Soarin' Beyond the Sport is a series in which members of the Post University Athletic Communications Team sit down with student-athletes across all the varsity athletic programs offered at Post University to learn more about interesting stories about the players off the field, court, ice, etc., in a short interview format. All the interview questions, filming, editing, and write-ups are done by the featured member of the Athletic Communications Team to help them gain new experiences in a variety of important aspects in the field.

In this episode, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant Jake Haddad talks with junior midfielder Paige Pipher from Post University Women's Lacrosse about transitioning to school in the United States, becoming a dual sport athlete this year with the Women's Ice Hockey and Women's Lacrosse programs, and how she translates the skills between the two sports.

WATERBURY, Conn. --  Junior midfielder Paige Pipher, from Orangeville, Ontario, has developed into a dual-sport athlete at Post University, playing at the NCAA Division I and II levels with both the Post University Women's Lacrosse team for three seasons now, in addition to joining the Post University Women's Ice Hockey program this past winter.
 
Pipher talks about how her experiences molded her into the athlete she is today, crediting her friends from home and teammates on the lacrosse team for her smooth transition into the United States. In her childhood, Pipher's mother was the one who got her involved in lacrosse, having played the sport herself. Having been a member of the lacrosse team in each of her three years at Post, the junior was able to take some lessons from her first season of  involvement on the hockey team in the winter of 2024-25 for the upcoming spring lacrosse season. With a team full of new faces, many of which are originally hockey players, Pipher was tasked with being a leader and mentor for her new teammates. Given her coaching experience back in Ontario, she was well equipped for this new challenge.

In the spring, Pipher had the opportunity to develop into a more attacking-minded player, hoping the team would mesh well together. Having the chemistry from the fall and the building blocks of this past spring season, Pipher and the Post Women's Lacrosse program will seek to thrive in a new environment entering 2026 in the second season under Head Coach Shelby Page.