Croteau did play, however, for the Fredericksburg Giants, a semi-pro baseball team in Virginia; a lot of the players there were former minor leaguers or players heading to the minors.
Today, Croteau enjoys playing on the St. Mary's team.
"I'm having a lot of fun," Croteau says. "They've accepted me as one of the players, not as a girl or a guy. Baseball's fun again."
A Fun Game
Baseball is especially fun when one of your opponents isn't your coach. Croteau's college coach has not been putting up the road blocks that her high school coach did.
"He doesn't discriminate against me or make it especially difficult for me," Croteau says. "That's all I want. I don't want any special favors because I'm a girl."
"She's accepted as a player and a student," St. Mary's Public Information Director Chris Cihlar says. "This is a natural thing to happen at this place. Gender is not an issue at St. Mary's We're going to write a little history without trying."
Croteau's goals for this season are to hit well and play the best ball she can. She would also like to steal a couple more bases.
"I'm lacking in the speed area," Croteau says. "Because of this, I have to think more and look for more openings."
She also hopes to continue playing baseball after college.
"I would like to play baseball forever, or as long as I can," Croteau says.
Her favorite team is the Boston Red Sox, and Croteau dreams of playing first base at Fenway Park.
Bill Bucker may always be remembered for allowing Mookie Wilson's shot to get past him, but Croteau hopes to come along and be remembered for quite different reasons.
Squash
Harvard Co-Captains Frank Huerta and Doug Lifford defeated players from Cornell, 3-0, and Penn, 3-1, at the Intercollegiate Doubles Championship in New York, But the dynamic duo lost in the finals to Yale's Erick Wohglemuth and Alex Dean.
"It's a social event," Huerta said. "It wasn't big-time competition. It was fun to play."
Quote of the Week: "In a capitalist system, you always have the haves and have-nots. You live with it or go to Russia."--Southern Basketball Coach Ben Jobe on the NCAA Tournament.
Runner-up: "I don't want somebody from Arizona State coaching the Michigan team. A Michigan man is going to coach Michigan. I'm going to seek the greatest basketball coach in America to coach this team."--Michigan Football Coach and Athletic Director Bo Schembechler discussing Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder. Frieder accepted the coaching position at Arizona for next season.