27-minute duel ends Tugs
Showdown leaves Sigma Lambda Sigma on top of the heap
Article by:
Laurel Marselle - Staff Reporter
• lmarselle@northernstar.info
Sigma Lambda Sigma sorority won the women’s Tugs championship
after a 27-minute tug against Alpha Delta Pi on Saturday at the Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity house.
The win was an upset - Alpha Delta Pi won the competition the past
three years. Last year, Sigma Lambda Sigma placed last in the Tugs
competition.
Tugs organizers did not have an estimate of how much money was raised
at the event, which benefits the Cancer Foundation of Chicago.
After 10 minutes of tugging, the team with at least six inches of
rope past the marking tape on its side wins the match. The match will
continue after 10 minutes in the event of a tie, said Kristy DeFauw,
Sigma Lambda Sigma tugger.
“We tried everything we could to pull through,” said Jason
Joyce, coach of Alpha Delta Pi. “[Our tuggers] are a little upset
about it, but [they] gave about 110 percent out there.”
The Sigma Lambda Sigma success came from physical training and hard
work, said John Garcia, Sigma Lambda Sigma coach.
“We’re a lot stronger this year, which brought us up,”
he said. “If you can’t pull rope, you can’t win.”
Coaches also said they had high expectations of the girls from the
start, said Steve Timko, head caller for Sigma Lambda Sigma.
“We practiced harder than we did before, and we all just clicked
and everything worked,” Timko said.
The Sigma Lambda Sigma win this year will aid in establishing a reputation
for the sorority, Garcia said.
“This is a big victory for their house because it’ll put
them on the map within the Greek community and in women’s tugs
and give them higher respect,” Timko said.
“From coming in last place the year before to first this year
shows a lot,” DeFauw said.
