Don’t allow a roll dodge underneath or up top. Keep her on that 45-degree angle, following the 8-meter line.
New Rule, New Tactic
Force her outside the 8-meter.
TRAIN THE NAVY WAY
When she gets to GLE, don’t let her get below you.
>> WHAT I DO How Navy’s Lizzy Rullan uses the crease
to her defensive advantage Both the academy and lacrosse
workouts are extremely similar. Physically with Navy, you’re doing as much as you can, pushing yourself, working out in the morning with your company. Everyone at the school is working out at the same time every single day, so that defi nitely helps. Also, the mental structure from the Navy is translated onto the lacrosse fi eld. You have to focus at all times and be prepared for anything.
Watch her hips. Your hips should face the same way. Move your feet with her feet.
PLAY
SOCCER, TOO
I enjoy playing lacrosse and soccer at Navy. It’s a great opportunity to meet friends with two different teams. Here, they make it a lot easier than other schools, because they understand we’re going through a lot, academically. Both of my coaches are accepting and understanding of how physically demanding it is and also emotionally and mentally.
Don’t cut off your angle and go around the crease, but glance in the middle to see where the goalie is — not just for her benefi t, but so you don’t collide.
Our locker room, we’re all about the dancing. There’s music playing at all times, and if someone’s not dancing, there’s a problem. We usually like to focus on the last song that we play, which is the “Wobble.” Some people get a little shy, but the whole team does it at the same time. It’s our last hurrah before we go onto the fi eld.
MY FLIGHT
PLANS I’m really interested in aviation. Hopefully, I can become a pilot or a naval fl ight offi cer. Any community I go into will be awesome and an honor. Everything you do here prepares you for that [decision]. In the summer, we go on a training block, and I’ll be able to fl y some planes, be in the back of planes and see if that’s the course I want to take.
A Publication of US Lacrosse
If the ball is up top, cross in front of the crease. If you try to chase from behind, not only will she have a stick advantage in front of you, she also will have the body advantage to roll that crease.
MY OTHER TEAM
I have a huge family — four
brothers and a sister. I’m the youngest. My brother enlisted in the Army. He was in the 82nd Airborne and just qualifi ed for Ranger School. Seeing how determined he was made me want to serve my country and do something with my life.
>> MY FOOD FIX
I love to eat. You can never go wrong with Chipotle. But crab dip is the No. 1 thing here. At the Federal House, that’s some really good crab dip. There are a lot of restaurants in downtown Annapolis that have awesome food, awesome crabs and are just great places to hang out.
— compiled by Megan Schneider July 2014 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 71
©JOHN STROHSACKER; ©SHUTTERSTOCK
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