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When it comes down to it, girls just want to have fun, and Hopkins' Women's Lacrosse team is no exception. Starting their season out strong with a win against George Washington, the season looks promising for the Lady Jays. Three players, attackers Brett Bathras and Sam Schrum and defender Angela Hughes, were given the title of "Players to Watch" by Inside Lacrosse, while middie Kim Dubansky is being touted as a "Blue Chip" recruit. Spectators at Wednesday's game would recognize these rising stars, as they all managed to get their name in the box score while playing their first career games. Schrum scored four points, had three draw controls and three ground balls to help the win over the Colonials, while teammate Bathras managed a goal and an assist, in addition to two ground balls and a caused turnover. Not to be outdone, Dubansky helped an assist, a ground ball and a caused turnover, while also taking draw controls. Now it's time to unravel the mystery surrounding who these lovely new additions to the team are.

Number 27, attack Bretton Bathras, an International Relations and Spanish major, hails from Severna Park, Md. As a varsity player, Bathras scored 96 goals and amassed 73 assists within three seasons. As a high school senior, she was named to the Baltimore Sun All-County and All-Met First Team. This double threat played field hockey in high school in addition to being a member of the National Honor Society.

Samantha Schrum, midfield player number 16, calls Pasadena, Md., her home away from Hopkins. She has scored 216 goals and helped with 90 assists. In 2006, Schrum was the Washington Post's and Baltimore Sun's pick for Anne Arundel County Player of the Year. While her major is undecided as of yet, this scholar-athlete has been named a Dean's List and Normandy Scholar, in addition to having been a member of her high school's chapter of the National Honor Society.

Defense player Angela Hughes is also from Maryland, this time Manchester. Hughes was the captain of her high school lacrosse teams both junior and senior years, having been credited for getting her team to the state semifinals as a sophomore player.

Kimberly Dubansky, from Baltimore, Md., is making her mark as a midfielder. Having scored 100 goals with 67 assists over the span of four seasons, Dubansky promises to be an asset to the Hopkins team. She played on the All-Baltimore County, All-IAAM, U.S. Lacrosse and Under Armour All-American team as a high school junior and senior, she was also a IAAM Champion as a junior and the runner-up as a senior. Being new to the team, Dubansky is happy that the season has begun. "We've been waiting all year for it and have been practicing and working hard all through the fall and winter. It's exciting to finally be playing against other girls besides our own team!" As of yet, her major remains undecided.

"There's definitely a lot to learn between our offenses and defenses c9 but our coaches and upperclassmen do a great job helping us," Dubansky said. The team ended their Spring 2006 season strong, just missing the NCAAA Tournament. Hopefully with these new additions, the girls will be able to achieve much more.

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