In lacrosse, one of the most important things is communication, and when you play with your twin sister, that communication comes a whole lot easier. This is the case for senior twins Sara and Sofia Marshburn.
“When we are playing in a game I feel like we can just play together so well, because I feel like we can think the same thing and what we want to do,” Sara said.
After playing lacrosse together for six years, the Marshburns signed their Letter of Intent to continue their lacrosse career at Central Michigan University after committing their junior year.
“I feel like just as a twin, we’ve just always been good together,” Sofia said. “I feel like we push each other more because we’re really competitive, so even on the lacrosse field we push each other to be better.”
Their freshman, sophomore, and junior years were spent going to different college lacrosse camps to see which school was the best suited for each of them. It was not until their junior year that the coaches were able to give the girls offers and the choice came down to where they could play together.
“It’s so exciting to do it because we really wanted to go to college with each other,” Sara said. “But if the Lord had it planned out for us to go together, then it would happen.”
The Marshburns have been on the Starr’s Mill team since 8th grade. Before they were lacrosse players, they did gymnastics until a friend of theirs convinced them to switch to lacrosse. The twins started out playing at Peachtree City Warriors lacrosse for two years before they moved to Eagle Stix for three years. They currently play at Southern Zone.
“We used to do gymnastics and then in sixth grade we stopped wanting to do it anymore, and our friend Addie Lally was playing,” Sofia said. “She was like ‘Oh you should join lacrosse,’ and we tried it and we’ve played every season since.”
Sara is a midfielder and Sofia plays defense on the field so they often work together when on offense. This ‘twin telepathy’ is truly remarkable when they transition the ball up the field and work together to score.
Through lacrosse, the twins have learned to not take things to heart and created friendships they will have forever including the extra bond they formed through lacrosse.
“Don’t take everything too negatively if you mess up,” Sara said. “It’s just in the past now and you have to let that go and just try to get better.”
As twins, going to the same college means having a built in friend to make the distance from Michigan and Georgia just a little bit shorter.
“I know I’ll always have someone pushing me to do better when I’m in Michigan,” Sofia said. “ I’ll always have a built-in friend with me and a passing partner.”