“Ask me in the winter, I’m going to say hockey. “I think it depends on the time of year and what sport I’m playing,” Ross said.

Both offer plenty of challenges and both are equally fun to play, she said. The 22-year-old said she’s not sure at this point if she could pick a favourite sport. You’re using whatever you can to keep the ball in front of you.” You’re using whatever body part you can to keep the puck in front of you. You’ve got to keep everything in front of you.

And in hockey, being a goalie, you’re huge. “Ball lets me have a nice glove in hockey, so I think that’s huge. It's the glove work that connects the two the most, she added. I think it translates really well from one sport to the other,” said Ross, who led Canada to bronze at the 2018 Women’s Baseball World Cup. You see the whole field, you see the whole ice, you’re kind of the quarterback of the team and you’re a leader. “I think with the two sports, and the positions that I am, goalie and catcher, they’re huge. 931 save percentage for the Cougars, and dreams of playing professional women’s hockey someday, after her university career comes to an end in 2025.īeing a catcher and a goaltender, Ross said the two positions allow her to essentially help lead the team from the back-end. native had a 15-4-3 record, a sparkling 1.42 goals against average and a. Ross, a catcher with Canada’s national women’s baseball team, which is set to open the Pool A qualifier on Tuesday, an event that will help solidify the field for the Thunder Bay-bound 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation Women’s Baseball World Cup, is also the starting goaltender at Mount Ross University – and a pretty good one at that. THUNDER BAY – Kaitlyn Ross isn’t the first two-sport star to come along.īut regardless of how many times it happens, it’s still the sign of a pretty special athlete.

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