April 8, 2014
SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse Participates in Team Molly Benefit
The name Molly Seifritz will always be remembered around Buffalo State and her former teammates are making sure that happens through the Team Molly initiative. Last year they started Team Molly and had four schools participate by wearing Team Molly t-shirts prior to competition in remembrance of Molly. This year all of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) women's lacrosse teams as well as over 20 other schools along the east coast will be participating in the cause to remember Molly.
A native of Syracuse and graduate of Henninger High School, Molly enrolled at Buffalo State in the fall of 2006. During her five-year lacrosse career, which was extended by a season-ending injury in 2009, she played in 65 career games and ranks sixth in school history with 156 career points, including 112 goals.
She tallied 41 and 51 points in her junior and senior seasons respectively after recovering from injury, and garnered All-SUNYAC Honors in both seasons. She was also named to the SUNYAC Championship All-Tournament team in 2010. She served as a team captain in each of her final two seasons.
Molly also excelled off the field, completing her bachelor's degree in hospitality and tourism in 2010 with a 3.42 cumulative grade point average. She returned to school to take additional classes the following year to complete her final season of eligibility. A Buffalo State Scholar-Athlete, Molly qualified for the Dean's List five times and was on the SUNYAC All-Academic Team and Commissioner's List.
Molly Seifritz sadly passed away last year as she battled a long fight with cancer. When she passed, her friends and fellow teammates gathered together to make sure she will never be forgotten. They started a benefit last year in her honor and it has grown even bigger this year expanding to over 30 schools to remember her. All the teams will be wearing a Team Molly shirt for warm ups in remembrance of her and all of the proceeds will go to Roswell Park towards rare cancer research in Molly Seifritz's name.
Any interested teams that would like to participate in Team Molly in the future, please contact Karen Shaddock.
Follow Team Molly events:
Twitter: Team Molly @TeamMolly18
Facebook: Team Molly
Website: TeamMolly.net
A native of Syracuse and graduate of Henninger High School, Molly enrolled at Buffalo State in the fall of 2006. During her five-year lacrosse career, which was extended by a season-ending injury in 2009, she played in 65 career games and ranks sixth in school history with 156 career points, including 112 goals.
She tallied 41 and 51 points in her junior and senior seasons respectively after recovering from injury, and garnered All-SUNYAC Honors in both seasons. She was also named to the SUNYAC Championship All-Tournament team in 2010. She served as a team captain in each of her final two seasons.
Molly Seifritz sadly passed away last year as she battled a long fight with cancer. When she passed, her friends and fellow teammates gathered together to make sure she will never be forgotten. They started a benefit last year in her honor and it has grown even bigger this year expanding to over 30 schools to remember her. All the teams will be wearing a Team Molly shirt for warm ups in remembrance of her and all of the proceeds will go to Roswell Park towards rare cancer research in Molly Seifritz's name.
Any interested teams that would like to participate in Team Molly in the future, please contact Karen Shaddock.
Follow Team Molly events:
Twitter: Team Molly @TeamMolly18
Facebook: Team Molly
Website: TeamMolly.net
