Vanderbilt women's soccer player may kick for football team

[Tanuki]

https://www.newschannel5.com/sports/vandy-womens-soccer-player-option-to-kick-for-football-team

"Women's soccer player Sarah Fuller has practiced with the Vanderbilt football team and coach Derek Mason says she’s a good option to be the Commodores kicker Saturday against Missouri.

Mason says he's keeping all options open with health issues on special teams and will see what Fuller can do Saturday if given the opportunity.

Fuller is a senior from Wylie, Texas, who made three saves last weekend as Vanderbilt upset top-seeded Arkansas in women's soccer to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament title.

No woman has ever kicked in a Southeastern Conference game. Vanderbilt is just 3-of-7 on field goal attempts."

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Cool!

Reminds me of Lucy in Necessary Roughness. I think that was played by Kathy Ireland. Her character was also a soccer player.
Head coach tells assistant (Robert Loggia), "Wrong gender!". Until he's reminded there's no rule against it.
She ends up on the team

[abqtommy]

2. Well sure! It is 2020, not 1920!

[Tanuki]

3. Hey, don't bring 2020 into it...the way the year is going, that might jinx

her!



I will be following this with interest. That is my undergraduate alma mater, and as the article in the OP says, it would be a "first" for the SEC. I hope she gets to play and makes us proud!

[Tanuki]

4. Sarah is going to play like a girl

(If you click the picture, you will see that she's showing the message on her helmet)

Link to tweet