The Ball State lacrosse team is looking for new members for the upcoming season.
The lacrosse team held a call out meeting in a conference room in Worthen Arena Thursday for anyone interested in playing.
Coach Chris Berju said they were there to play, but also to have fun.
The season starts in late February, but the team has been practicing already with some conditioning and ball tossing.
Sophomore Isiah Sweat and freshman Drake D'Ambra, president and vice president of the team gave a summary of the rules of the game for any new players that might not have been very familiar with them.
Both new and experienced players are welcome to practice with the team.
The rules are basically like soccer, they said. There are 10 players on the field at a time: Eight field players and two goalies, five players on either side.
Sweat plays an attack position. The attack position's job is to stand by the opposing team's goal and attempt to score.
D'Ambra plays a defense position. His job is to stand by their team's goal and keep the opposing team from scoring.
The third field position, the midfielder, is responsible for carrying the ball up and down the field and helping with attack and defense depending on which side of the field they are on.
Sweat and D'Ambra both said they enjoy playing the sport and are trying to keep the program going, and in order to do that, he said, they need more players.
Sweat said the team funds itself and the players all contribute to the team's funding to have equipment, use the fields and schedule games with teams at other universities, such as Indiana University, Butler and Purdue.
Having more players also allows for more substitutions during games which helps players rest and remain competitive.
Sweat and D'Ambra said they lost a few games last season because they had so few players they were exhausted by the end of the game and had a hard time maintaining their level of play.
The two players also said all the players on the team are pretty close friends and they try to get some of the guys together outside of practice to socialize, including having occasional team dinners.
The team still does not have a full roster, so everyone interested in playing is welcome to contact them, Sweat and D'Ambra said.
Practices will be two days a week and may run for about four hours, but the team is waiting until they get more players to officially schedule practices so they can find days and times that work for everyone.
Berju said they need a full commitment from anyone that wants to play, but ensures they are there to play the game and have fun.
Any players interested in playing can contact Isiah Sweat at isweat@bsu.edu or Drake D'Ambra at dwdambra@bsu.edu.
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