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Top female suburban athletes tend to do soccer, lacrosse & track in spring

Lacrosse has the best scholarship/participant ratio of any women's sports aside from golf and rowing, which a lot of parents with athletic girls have figured out. Also, lacrosse is seen by many suburban kids as being "cooler" than softball due to its novelty and the fact that it tends to get played by a more affluent crowd.
Posted: 04/09/2023 at 11:32 AM ET
(In response to this post by MidloHokie)

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Interesting that the three best pitchers in the UVA series were . . .
MidloHokie • 04/09/23 07:23 AM ET
BIg i n loudoun county, a suburban area... though to be fair, the western
VAHokie89 • 04/10/23 08:23 PM ET
Top female suburban athletes tend to do soccer, lacrosse & track in spring ◄
UpperQuad • 04/09/23 11:32 AM ET
Yep, women's LaX is clearly more frufru. After all, it's played . . .
MidloHokie • 04/09/23 11:48 AM ET
FruFru is hardly the word I would use to describe women’s lacrosse.
WhoDatVT • 04/09/23 06:05 PM ET
Helmets
Techdady • 04/10/23 09:25 AM ET
It's actually been a big debate.
EvDogHokie • 04/10/23 04:22 PM ET
Most lacrosse players I've have known...
Old Line Hokie • 04/09/23 01:01 PM ET
And UVA’s best position player/hitter is a Fr from Bassett**
hokiepro • 04/09/23 10:25 AM ET
The Bingham girl from Rustburg is going to be a star
sacramento hokie • 04/09/23 08:34 AM ET
As a Red Devil alum, it killed me seeing her go to uva-c***
A3genhokie • 04/09/23 01:30 PM ET
Me too even as a Gretna guy***
sacramento hokie • 04/09/23 07:17 PM ET
For one thing, the ball is coming at you from a different direction...
EDGEMAN • 04/09/23 09:38 AM ET
I played against a guy 6’6 who fast pitched
sacramento hokie • 04/09/23 07:20 PM ET
Yep, I went to a batting cage once that had fast pitch softball. It was a
UEMcGill • 04/09/23 12:58 PM ET
I played baseball as well and I coach fastpitch. Speed/distance equivalents
NC_Hokies • 04/09/23 08:52 AM ET
And 70 mph from 43’ from a 6’ tall + pitcher is another level. Actually a
VT One • 04/09/23 01:21 PM ET
Yes, ball is probably released around 36' from home plate after stride**
NC_Hokies • 04/09/23 07:40 PM ET
I played fast pitch softball and pitched. Much harder to hit.
B(ig) H(okie) • 04/09/23 09:08 AM ET
Link...**
No_Limit_Hokie • 04/09/23 06:26 PM ET
Yeah my neck of the woods. I remember all that well and Sea Biacuit **
SCHokie1103 • 04/09/23 05:38 PM ET
I remember Eddie Feignor(sp) and the King and His Court… he was a legend **
sacramento hokie • 04/09/23 09:52 AM ET
The King and his Court did an appearance in Blacksburg back in the 80s when
WVHokie84 • 04/09/23 01:43 PM ET
How about Ty Stoffelt? 104 mph.**
Blobster • 04/09/23 12:51 PM ET
Eddie Feigner and.....
2hhoop3 • 04/09/23 01:54 PM ET
The King and His Court were the Globetrotters of fastpitch softball.
NC_Hokies • 04/09/23 09:18 AM ET
Legit ?
Techdady • 04/09/23 11:36 AM ET
Maybe so, but he was still a talented guy back in the day when fastpitch
NC_Hokies • 04/09/23 12:10 PM ET
Eddie
Techdady • 04/09/23 01:37 PM ET
Players who played against him, said the ball was hollowed out.**
william floyd • 04/09/23 10:14 AM ET
Wouldn’t that make it harder to throw that hard
hokiepro • 04/09/23 10:27 AM ET
Someone who played against him, told me that the ball was hollow. **
william floyd • 04/09/23 08:42 PM ET
The King and His Court were featured in Sports Illustrated, IIRC.**
Will StewartAdmin • 04/09/23 09:18 AM ET
Here is Eddie, striking out MLB All Stars...
No_Limit_Hokie • 04/09/23 06:42 PM ET
They were. I thought Eddie Feigner was actually on the front cover.**
Nortazhokie • 04/09/23 10:30 AM ET
Actually saw the act in the 1990's. By then Eddie was almost . . .
MidloHokie • 04/09/23 09:50 AM ET
My daughter took great pleasure in making her high school and collegiate .
MidloHokie • 04/09/23 08:52 AM ET
Softball is a big deal in a lot of rural areas. This is something VT should
Hokie_Forester • 04/09/23 08:22 AM ET
Our climate really hinders us in Spring sports recruiting.**
Femoyer Hokie • 04/09/23 09:31 AM ET
Could be worse
VTCC 65 • 04/09/23 11:18 AM ET
Yes but we are probably the most northern school that offers
Hokie_Forester • 04/09/23 10:47 AM ET
No question we're a cold weather destination compared to . . .
MidloHokie • 04/09/23 09:56 AM ET
We’re not colder than Oregon, Washington, NW
hokiepro • 04/09/23 10:32 AM ET
Hence the word 'most'.**
MidloHokie • 04/09/23 10:34 AM ET
I’d say we have **
hokiepro • 04/09/23 09:09 AM ET
It's definitely a rural sport. Not saying there aren't urban players **
HokieR • 04/09/23 08:19 AM ET
Very true. JMU’s next AA pitcher just might be from rural single A, too. **
VT One • 04/09/23 08:16 AM ET