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TOP FIVE FOR 2015


1. Maryland Beth Glaros was


the Terps’ lone senior starter. Maryland is No. 1 until someone finds a way to stop Taylor Cummings, Brooke Griffin and Kelly McPartland.


2. Florida


After graduating a mammoth, history- making senior class, 2014 was supposed to be a rebuilding season for the Gators. Shannon Gilroy (86 goals) never got the memo. Florida returns virtually everyone after making the NCAA quarterfinals.


3. Northwestern The Wildcats lost their most games (seven) since 2003 and still made the final four, thanks to the emergence of attacker Kara Mupo, defender Haydyn Anigian and goalie Bridget Bianco.


4. North Carolina The Tar Heels lose Abbey Friend and Sloane Serpe, but look for Aly Messinger and Caileigh Sindall to step up on attack and defense, respectively. How will Sydney Holman respond after her outstanding freshman season ended with a torn ACL during the ACC tournament?


5. Boston College The Eagles made good on the hype in 2014 and boast a strong senior class for 2015 that includes driving forces Mikaela Rix and Covie Stanwick.


Clockwise from top: Kelly McPartland (Maryland), Covie Stanwick (BC), Aly Messinger (UNC), Kara Mupo (Northwestern) and Shannon Gilroy (Florida).


matching red headbands. Glaros, one of just five seniors on the team, emerged on this stage as a freshman in 2011. She scored four goals in the NCAA final, but the Terps lost to Northwestern 8-7. “This team lives and breathes with Beth,” Cummings said. This time, Glaros scored a game-high


five goals and Syracuse had no answer for Cummings, whose eight draw controls fueled a 5-0 run to start the game and a 4-0 run to give Maryland the cushion it needed in a 15-12 win. After they celebrated, Lamon,


a reserve attacker who came off the bench to score three goals, followed Cummings, Glaros, Reese and Tewaaraton finalist defender Megan Douty to the post-game press


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conference — her GoPro camera affixed to a backwards-facing grey and white hat with “women’s national champions” stitched on the front. Cummings who did jumping jacks as they left the locker room, smiled and made funny faces at the camera. Cummings, who added three goals


in the game, was named the most outstanding player of the NCAA championship. Four days later, she became the first sophomore to win the Tewaaraton, lacrosse’s version of the Heisman. During the ceremony, Douty


overheard Cummings’ name coming from backstage after the teleprompter failed to show the announcers’ script and whispered the good news to her


teammate. “What? You heard it?” Cummings asked. Before Douty could answer, she


hugged Cummings as the announcement came and applause filled the auditorium at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. As usual, Cummings thanked her teammates, the 14ers. And as usual, she found her father in the crowd. “To see your daughter’s name get announced, it’s incredibly humbling,” Michael Cummings said. Almost as humbling as it is for the rest


of college lacrosse to prepare for two more years of seeing Taylor Cummings face to face, out in the heat, hanging tough, staying hungry. LM


July 2014 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 47


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