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MARYLAND Three-time Tewaaraton
winner Taylor Cummings and 2016 fi nalist Alice Mercer graduated. Beyond them, basically every Terp returns, including Megan Whittle, who made sure the offense didn’t miss a beat when Cummings encountered faceguards.
NORTH
CAROLINA Sammy Jo Tracy returns
for a fi fth year (she redshirted 2014 with a foot injury) and top scorer Molly Hendrick will be a senior. Caylee Waters, the 2015 IWLCA Goalie of the Year who ceded the starting role to Megan Ward, still has game-changing ability, as she demonstrated in relief of Ward in the NCAA semifi nals.
USC
STONY BROOK No NCAA tournament team
loses fewer starters than the Seawolves, who bring back the fi rst 100-goal scorer in NCAA history in Courtney Murphy.
FLORIDA
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Sydney Pirecca and Lindsey Ronbeck stepped up as freshmen. How will they fare without Nicole Graziano?
5 for 2017
Baltimore Ride midfielder Dana Dobbie (Maryland) drives against Long Island Sound defender Becca Block (Syracuse).
Lindsey Munday’s fi rst-ever recruiting class graduated with the Trojans on the brink of a fi nal four appearance. All-American Michaela Michael could put them over the top as a senior.
landscape, offering more opportunities to hold leadership positions, whether on the fi eld or in the front offi ce. “It’s great for women
in sports,” Force goalie Bridget Bianco said. “It’s great for our sport and the growth. To make history today and set a future for the younger girls is what it’s all about.”
Dobbie added the UWLX ultimately will attract young multi-sport athletes to lacrosse with the goal of playing professionally, with role models like Katie Schwarzmann, the No. 1 overall draft pick of the Ride. On opening day, 3- and
4-year-olds holding sticks or wearing new UWLX t-shirts and long lines of high school athletes hoping to get
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Ride coach Jen Adams, the fi rst-ever Tewaaraton recipient, as her team puts the dream of professional women’s lacrosse into perspective. Video debuts July 26.
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autographs stood out to the players and coaches. “One of the neat things is to imagine young girls imagining growing up and dreaming of one day putting on a Baltimore Ride uniform,” Ride coach Jen Adams said. “To fuel these young girls’ dreams is just so neat and to have the opportunity moving forward, I think the future’s bright.”
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