Field Hockey Coach Jessica Hale assesses the team and gives them things to work on during half time of one of their home games. Hale has been in love with the sport ever since picking it up in high school. She later went on to play for SLU throughout her college years and so when the opportunity came to become a coach she jumped at it. Hale believes that “women need to participate in as many sports as possible while they’re young so they can take that confidence into their adult life." She is able to help be a part of that. Sports in general can be an outlet for many players. "I sometimes can tell when they’re struggling in a different area and it bleeds into field hockey. And so I try to just work with them to work it out," Hale said.