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“Interest in sand volleyball has really dropped off, so we’re going to replace it.”

Both intramural football and ultimate frisbee will tentatively be played on the newly renovated Klas Field.
The new lights above the field will allow games to run later, and thus more games can be played. If
League interest is high enough, O’Hara said she not rule out having a second season in the spring.

O’Hara said she would like to see more interest in the programs because she feels more teams mean better competition and better leagues. The goal is to create an experience that can bring students at
Hamline together through sports, but that sometimes doesn’t happen if a league is too small, or if teams
are incomplete.

“To have a good league, you probably need at least six teams to get some variety,” O’Hara said.

Interest in other sports, like racquetball and dodgeball, have also been voiced from the campus community, but not in great enough numbers to warrant the formation of a new league. Last year, separate groups on-campus held one day tournaments for both dodgeball and racquetball, but significant commitment to a season-long program has not been apparent.

If interest in an intramural sport is not wide enough, starting a league can be a tricky business, not only because all the teams must show up for every game in order to have good competition, but because of the cost of officiating, jerseys, and operating the facilities can grow so high. For this reason, each team is charged a ten dollar entrance fee to join the league, but that doesn’t go very far, O’Hara said. Still, she said if interest in any sport was high enough, formation of a new league would be considered. O’Hara hopes to see interest grow high enough to where it would be feasible to expand both the number of sports offered and the number of games to be played.

“I know that our athletic director [Dan O’Brien] wants to see that field being used by Hamline students, whether they’re athletes or not,” O’Hara said.

The meeting for teams interested in fall intramural sports will be Tuesday, September 13, in the lobby across from the post office. Teams interested are asked to bring their registration forms, complete with all teammate signatures as well as their ten dollar entry fee.