Inside the Locker Room Nora Tomlinson-Weintraub '10 visits The Campus

Author: James Kerrigan

Nora Tomlinson-Weintraub has wasted no time in making a major impact on one of the fall's best teams, women's soccer. Even after a relatively slow offensive weekend for the first-year striker, she is still leading the team in goals with seven and is tied for second on the team with three assists.

She has taken a team-high 30 shots and generated many more scoring opportunities for her teammates. When Tomlinson-Weintraub is not running around defenders and scoring important goals, she can likely be found in her third floor room of Stewart.

Tomlinson-Weintraub's home state of California is a long ways away and has plenty of sunshine. As the sun sets earlier and earlier, she will no doubt be adding plenty of heat to the Panther attack.

The Walker sisters (Lindsay '10 and Kim '07) both share Dragone Field and the locker room with the star striker, but Lindsay also shares a dorm room with her in Stewart. Will this give her a leg-up and a potentially unfair edge in the teammate vs. roommate competition?

In the first ever family feud, which sister will come up victorious, the younger striker or the older midfielder? And, will the proverb "older and wiser" hold true in the second biggest competition this week for women's soccer?

The number of syllables in Nora Tomlinson-Weintraub's name (7) matches the number of goals she has scored this year. Although neither her roommate nor her teammate could match that total of seven, Lindsay Walker came close with an impressive five-point-showing.

The roommates have taken the series lead in the Inside the Locker Room competition with a record of 3-2-1. They also hold a slight lead in total points as Lindsay Walker helped propel the roommates to take a 2.25 point lead (23-20.75).

Despite Lindsay's victory, the duo still has their sisterly love. "[Playing with my sister] has been amazing," said Kim Walker. "There is definitely a connection on the field and it's really added something special to my senior season. We are very close and it's fun to share the tradition of Middlebury soccer with her."

Tomlinson-Weintraub's alleged hidden talent is wiggling her ears, but on the field the only wiggling she has been doing is past opposing defenders - she has done this with much success.

The Walker sisters, Tomlinson-Weintraub and the rest of the team head down to Amherst to take on Colby this Saturday in the NESCAC semifinals.