Residence Hall women face off in Powder Puff football match to raise funds

Dressed in maroon and bright pink, these women were ready to rumble.

The bright pink-clad ladies of Fabiano, Emmons and Woldt Halls faced off against the maroon-wearing women of Saxe, Herrig and Celani Halls in a Powder Puff match Thursday
at Kelly/Shorts Stadium to raise money for breast cancer research.

“I’m super amped up,” said Davisburg sophomore Jessica Frick. “I love football and I love SHC.”

Spring Lake freshman Emily Rosencrants jokes with her team in the pre-game warm ups as they try to create an end zone celebration dance Thursday night at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Saxes/Herrig/Celani won 22-0. (Matthew Stephens/Presentation Editor)

Frick was on the winning team of SHC, who beat FEW 22-0.

Cheering for SHC were LaPeer freshman Dante Harris and Dansville freshman Travis Konen.

Lake Orion junior Lauren Drury catches a pass and runs past the Fabiano/Emmons/Woldt defense Thursday night for the powder puff game at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. (Matthew Stephens/Presentation Editor)

Harris said he came to the game because he loved football and wanted to watch his resident assistant play.

Konen had a similar reason for showing up.

“The girls on my floor are playing and it’s something to do,” he said.

Harris and Konen agreed the game had a good cause.

“My aunt has breast cancer, so I should come,” Harris said. “It’s a very important issue with women and men.”

Let’s play

Springlake freshman Emily Rosencrants said her RA motivated her to take up the quarterback position for the SHC team.

“The RA lives across the hall, and she’s like, ‘Hey — like to play football?’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah,’” she said.

Having people in her family dealing with this issue really hit home with her, Rosencrants said, and it was great to be able to show her support by playing at Kelly/Shorts.

“It’s a great cause, especially with having all women playing,” she said.

John Johnstin, Herrig Hall’s Residence Hall Director and defensive coordinator for SHC, arranged the second annual event.

The original idea for a Powder Puff football game came from one of Johnstin’s residents last year, and has since become a tradition.

He said he was hoping to eventually open up a similar event to other areas of campus.

“We would really like to get something worked out, maybe with South Campus,” he said. “Maybe work out campus-wide events open up to all residence halls.”

Johnstin said he hoped the event would raise as much money as possible, especially since the crowd had to deal with the biting cold.

“We’re going to raise as much as we can, hopefully at least $100,” Frick said.

Johnstin said he just hoped the participants would have a fun and safe time with no injuries.