Sports > October 18, 2007

By Allison Lange | Asst. sports editor

Junior Michelle Kasold has a lot on her plate this year. She is an integral part of the women’s field hockey team and a member of the USA national team, all in addition to being a Wake Forest student. Kasold currently leads the team in total points with 22, including six goals and 10 assists this year. As a member of the USA team, she travels to play in those games while balancing her committment to the Wake Forest team, leaving little room for down time.

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(Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Media Relations)

The Old Gold & Black’s assistant sports editor Allison Lange sat down with Kasold to talk about playing with the USA national team, making goals for the season and playing in her favorite game of her Wake Forest career so far.

On playing at a field hockey powerhouse: I love it because our school is one of the top schools academically. Because we’re a field hockey powerhouse we can be challenged by other teams on the field too.

On her favorite game at Wake: My favorite game would probably have to be at Carolina last year. We sent the game into overtime by scoring with no time left and then won in overtime. I’m also from Chapel Hill so I always love beating UNC.

On why she plays field hockey: I started playing field hockey the summer before sixth grade because my mom played in high school and she wanted me to try it.

On playing for the USA team: It’s a lot of fun and really intense. It really pushes me to my limits because I just love to play and I get so excited to get out on the field and play for my country.

On her goals for the season: Our goal is definitely to get as far as we can get in the postseason. We’ve worked really hard and come really far this season and we’re hoping we can get a shot at the ACCs and the NCAAs and the Final Four like we have been the past couple of years.

On her favorite class at Wake: I really like my computer science class. It’s kind of hard but it’s really fun to make programs and stuff.

On the three-game trip to California: It was actually a longer trip for me because I was in Maryland the week before the games playing for the U.S. team. I actually missed a week and a half of school so it was really hard, but I just had to do a lot of work in my off time.

On playing another sport other than field hockey: I’d definitely like to play soccer. I’ve played since I was four and I’m a diehard soccer fan. I’d play every day if I could.