program as high as it can be, and leave it that way.” That’s
an ambitious goal for a team that hasn’t been to the NCAA tournament since 2010, especially when the Terriers are facing some tough conference-realignment realities. In June, Boston University announced its decision to leave the America East Conference for the Patriot League beginning in 2013-14. As a penalty, the America East banned all Terrier teams from its conference tournaments during their final year in the league.
With no chance to earn the America East automatic qualifier, Etrasco and the rest of the Terriers could only hope to compete for one of the eight at-large bids in the women’s lacrosse field of 16. The path to the tournament was very narrow for Boston University. The school’s student-athletes petitioned the America East for a reprieve. It didn’t work. Then in August, the Terriers caught a break. The NCAA announced the 2013 Division I women’s lacrosse tournament would expand from 16 to 26 teams due to more schools sponsoring
the sport. The number of at-large bids would increase from to eight to…13. Suddenly, Boston University postseason prospects were much brighter. “That number is everywhere,” Etrasco said. “I think it’s extremely lucky.” LM
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BEHIND ENEMY LINES World Cup veterans dot Australian roster
Jen Adams, who in October 2012 became the first Australian ever to be inducted into US Lacrosse’s National Hall of Fame, will lead Australia in her third World Cup appearance. She’s one of 10 returning players from the Aussies’ 2009 team that finished second to the U.S. in Prague, Czech Republic.
Two-time Tewaaraton winner Hannah Nielsen is among 10 returnees from the 2009 Australian team.
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Adams, 33, first played for an Australian national team in 1995 as a 15-year- old standout for the Aussies’ under-19 team. She also won a gold medal with Australia’s senior team in 2005. If anyone has shown you can perform well into your 30s (and 40s), it’s Australian goalie Sue McSolvin, who is back for her sixth World Cup appearance.
Other names you’ll
recognize: Stacey Morlang, Sonia LaMonica and Sarah
Mollison are all three-time World Cup participants. Mollison, a Tewaaraton Award finalist at Maryland in 2011, will reunite with Hannah Nielsen, the two-time Tewaaraton winner (2008-09) at Northwestern.
Marlee Paton, who plays for Adams at Loyola, will join her coach on the field. Paton, a junior midfielder for the Greyhounds, was the 2012 Big East Offensive Player of the Year.
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