Many of us, on the Southampton Girls Lacrosse team, are not in agreement with the merge that will be occuring next season. Although a couple years ago, we had a small amount of girls on our team, we have expanded our numbers to about 34 girls this year. Many of our games have become more competitive, and the improvement we have seen in our playing has been clearly noticeable. We have become a strong and close-knit family with eachother, and we do not want to lose many of the players we will if we merge next year. For many, the idea of playing until 6pm in East Hampton, and then having to take the 30 minute bus ride, is simply impossible. We are starting this petition in order to keep our family, and our identity as Southampton Mariners. We truly see the brightest of futures for our team, based on the talent we brought up this last year. Please sign our petition to help us keep our team.