Off the field: Field hockey's Brittany Burga
Staff Reporter Justin Hicks sat down with Ohio native Brittany Burga, a back on the CMU field hockey team. Burga has started five of the 10 games she’s appeared in this season, including the team’s 3-2 overtime loss against Ball State Saturday, where she scored her first goal of the season.
Justin Hicks: If you weren’t playing field hockey, what sport would you play? Brittany Burga: I think I would be doing gymnastics because, before I switched to field hockey, I was pretty good at it.
JH: What sorts of pre-game rituals do you have? BB: It’s more of a sophomore thing. We have a pretty heavy stereo system in our room and we jam to music. All the sophomores room together and, if you walk past Celani, you’ll hear it.
JH: When you’re not on the field hockey field, what do you enjoy doing? BB: Sleeping, eating and Facebook.
JH: Do you have any phobias? BB: Getting hit by the ball is a phobia I think any field hockey player has.
JH: What’s your favorite class at CMU so far? BB: TAI 170: Fundamentals of Interpretive Reading. Me and Erin (Dye) had it together and it was kind of like an acting class. You inspect poems and lyrics, and I thought it was fun.
JH: What are your plans after graduation? BB: I’m majoring in special education with a minor in reading language skills in the elementary level, so I hope to find a job in that back home in Ohio.
JH: Why did you pick CMU? BB: Well, they recruited me for field hockey. I was recruited by Kent State and I looked at Miami (Ohio), but I really liked the atmosphere here and the team was really nice when I visited.
JH: Do you have any nicknames on or off the field? BB: (Laughs) Well I’ve been called Burga-licious and Burga-buns. Emmy started Burgy-buns. She thought it was funny and just started calling me it.
