Sister Act
For Carson ’27 and Skye Cerow ’29, Dickinson lacrosse is a family tradition built one season at a time
by Tony Moore
Carson Cerow ’27 remembers the exact moment Dickinson stopped being just another stop on the recruiting trail. She was on campus during her junior year of high school, and after she met the women’s lacrosse team, the decision more or less made itself.
“Everyone was incredibly welcoming, energetic and genuinely happy to be here,” says the international business & management and educational studies double major, noting that she could tell right away that there was more to the group than wins and losses. “Being a member of the Dickinson women’s lacrosse team meant being a part of something bigger than just the sport.”
Her younger sister Skye ’29 (law, justice & society; economics) needed even less convincing. By the time she was choosing a college, she already had a scouting report from the source she trusted most.
“Carson’s experience at Dickinson and as a member of the lacrosse team was definitely the driving factor for why I chose Dickinson,” Skye says. The academics fit what she wanted from a liberal-arts school, but it was Carson’s firsthand account of the tight-knit community, on the team and off, that closed the deal. “I’m truly grateful for that choice every day!”
Carson ended the season with seven points on five goals and two assists, with Skye putting up strong defensive numbers and scoring one goal on one shot. The two have shared a field for three years now—Skye on defense, Carson at midfield—but the pairing runs deeper than X’s and O’s.
“Even in high school, we were always looking for each other in transition, connecting through the midfield whenever we could,” says Carson, who was added to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll this season. “We know each other’s strengths so well, which allows us to communicate, trust one another and support each other in the best way possible.”
Skye sees the same dynamic from her side of it, a season in now as college teammates.
“It’s never felt like we have had to go head-to-head, or that one sister’s success comes at the cost of the other’s,” she says. “If there’s anyone who is going to be positive, encouraging others and working as hard as possible, it’s Carson.”
Ask either sister for a favorite memory and the answers arrive from opposite ends of the field. For Carson, it’s the team’s spring break trip to Puerto Rico, made unforgettable when their parents and younger sister Tally made the trip, a rare stretch when the whole family shared the same sideline. For Skye, it’s a free-position goal against Haverford that she scored with her eyes closed and no real expectation of success, followed a few days later by game film that caught Carson on the sideline dropping to her knees and then leaping into the air.
“The goal was definitely not a game winner and wouldn’t be on any highlight reel,” Skye says, “but Carson’s excitement summed up the support we have for one another, which is hard to describe beyond feeling as though each other’s success is more significant than our own.”
Read more from the summer 2026 issue of Dickinson Magazine.
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Published September 8, 2026