"We Don't Care About Soccer."

Now that I have your attention, I will explain myself. The Marquette Tribune does not care about our women's soccer team. A story in the Nov. 15 edition of UCLA's student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, was about the men's soccer team making the Sweet 16, and their B story was about the women's team making it the same distance in the tournament. So why is it that when our own women's soccer team makes it that far they fall second to the headline "A Battle Off The Court?"

Yes, everyone loves Trey Schwab and shows support in his overcoming personal obstacles back in 2004. However, back in March 2003 the all-star Marquette University men's basketball team made the Sweet 16, and without a doubt that was front page material. That was a spectacular accomplishment, and it would have been outrageous to put anything else as the main headline on our paper. I support the men's basketball team, but the women's soccer team should be equally supported.

A year and a half later, the Golden Eagles women's soccer team has done the same thing the basketball team did. They made history by defeating the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to make Marquette's first appearance in the Sweet 16 in the soccer program's history. Is this not as important as what the men did, or did someone decide to weigh one sport over the other? At 6:45 p.m., 15 minutes before the start of the game, it was 36 degrees outside and the wind was blowing at 21 miles per hour. These are not ideal conditions to play in any sporting event, and to pull through a game like that to extend the season deserves more recognition than our Vol. 90 No. 22's headline about the Big East Preview coming up on Thursday.

My hat is tipped to the ladies nonetheless, and I hope the Tribune decides to honor its objective "to inform its readership in a fair and objective manner about important events and issues facing the community" (Vol. 90 No. 20 pg. 4). Good luck in California, girls.