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Molly McClintic is a sophomore on the women’s lacrosse team who hails from Charlottesville. Following a win at Boston College last Saturday, McClintic stepped up as a defender against Harvard on Sunday to help the Cavaliers defeat the Crimson, 13-9.
Virginia has this week off before heading to George Mason next Tuesday for a 7 p.m. contest.
Question: With only a couple of games left, what is the team looking to accomplish in the remainder of the season?
McClintic: The wins over Boston College and Harvard this past weekend definitely got us back on track. With only two weeks left in the regular season, I think that our main goals are to use all of our hard work in practice to win every game from here on out so that we can be successful in both the ACC and NCAA tournament.
Question: What was the best part of the trip to Boston? Had you ever been there prior to this weekend?
McClintic: The best part of the trip to Boston was definitely winning both games, but also getting to spend time with the team in such a great city. My cousins live in Andover, so I have been into the city of Boston a couple of times to eat, shop and visit schools with them.
Question: Being from Charlottesville, what made you stay in the area to go to school?
McClintic: Having the opportunity to be a student-athlete at Virginia was and is one of the best things that will happen to me for a while. On top of that, Charlottesville is a great place to be and I couldn’t think of a better city to spend four years of college.
Question: Now that you’ve almost completed your second year what have been some of the perks to being so close to home? Are you able to go home a lot?
McClintic: I have a car this year, so I have definitely been able to go home more this year than last. It is really nice being able to swing by my house every now and then to eat lunch or dinner and see my family, but I try to limit my visits so that I learn to do things on my own.
Question: What is the most difficult part of the sport of lacrosse?
McClintic: Keeping up with all of the great players that you see today.
Question: Why do you like being defender?
McClintic: I like to be a defender because defense wins championships, and because you get to steal the ball rather than lose it.
Question: You were on a cup stacking team in high school. Tell me about that. What is it? Did you win anything? Who did you compete against?
McClintic: Cup stacking was a huge hit at St. Anne’s-Belfield School. It is basically a timed race between two teams of four or five people to see who can stack a set of 12 cups up in three set patterns the fastest. We had tryouts and practice during lunch everyday for about a month until our competition against the lower and middle school teams, which we lost. It sounds weird because I probably didn’t explain it right, but it’s actually really fun.