By LAUREN KLOSE
Staff Writer
On March 19, the Student Events Board held The College of Saint Rose’s Annual Dodgeball Madness. A total of 16 teams competed for this year’s trophy, including last year’s winners: Soccer Club. As MCs Kyle Salcedo and Natish Davis announced the competitors, the players ran through their teams banners into the gym of cheering fans.
“It was fun. Actually, it was so weird to be in that position because I’ve always been one of the ones cheering. It was still fun though to be out there with my team,” said Tara Parker, a Junior at Saint Rose majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. Parker was a player on “Ben’s Team” or the Violet Team in the event. “My thoughts were mostly to catch the balls that were thrown to get my team mates back out on the court and try not to get hit,” said Parker.
Dodgeball Madness was originally started about 10 years ago by Assistant Director of Residence Life Joseph Pryba.
The event consisted of four rounds with a total of 15 games. The final game was between “Dogs, the D is Silent” and “To Be Determined.”
Some teams really get into the games, going all out with their outfits and even practicing before the event. Unfortunately due to the snow storm this past week, “Ben’s Team” was unable to practice for the event as they had planned to on the campus lawn.
In order to compete in Dodgeball Madness teams must have seven to 10 players as well as having at least two boys and two girls on each team. The players must be student, faculty or staff members currently attending or working at Saint Rose.
Before hand, board members of S.E.B. hold a team meeting to discuss any last minute information, as well as collecting the consent forms required by the school. This is also the time where team rules are given, t-shirts are handed out, and team photos are taken.
Prizes that were raffled off in the general raffle throughout the event included a $100 Visa gift card and a basket of gift cards and certificates to certain stores in Stuyvesant Plaza. The final prize was an i-Pad mini which could be won if a person placed their second ticket in the winning team’s bowl.
Shirts were sold for $3 in each team’s color so people could support their friends and favorite teams. Each year the decision is made by the board as to where the money made from the shirts will go. In the past it has been donated to Relay for Life. “We felt that since budgets had been cut this year, we needed to put some money back into our other income account so that we can continue to provide awesome events for the Saint Rose community for years to come,” said Erin Donnelly, President of S.E.B. and head of the Dodgeball Madness committee. Proceeds from events such as Saint Rose Music Awards, Date your Classmate, and Saint Rose Got Talent have gone to support this year’s Relay for Life.
“We are all big supporters of Relay for Life and are really excited for the event,” said Donnelly.
