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combining for 14 goals and 16 assists in a four-game U.S. sweep at the Team USA Fall Classic. “We call it left side, strong side, because we’re both lefties and we just work well together from the crease to the elbow,” Tumolo said. Add Kayla Treanor to the mix, and the 2017 World Cup team could feature a reunion of one of the most formidable offenses in the country. In Treanor’s freshman season at Syracuse, the trio tallied 141 points in their first 13 games before Tumolo, a senior, tore her ACL. “It clicked before Treanor even got there,” Tumolo said. “Gary would talk about ‘this Kayla Treanor’ all the time. Lacrosse was still new to me. I didn’t play until high school. I just went with the flow. The second she got there, she was wowing every single player on the team. The same with Alyssa Murray. Alyssa Murray suffered a knee injury in high school and was sidelined for the fall to start college. When she came out in the spring, it was unbelievable.” Tumolo, Murray and Treanor — all lefties — graduated in 2013, 2014 and 2016, respectively, as three of the top five scorers in Syracuse history. But the chance to play for gold at the World Cup in Guildford, England, has them together again. The attack position is wide open. Only Danielle Etrasco returns from 2013. Team USA will trim its roster from 25 to 18 in January.
“At Syracuse, the three of us were always expected to get the ball, run the offense and somehow put points on the board,” Murray said. “On the U.S., it’s not just about three individuals. It’s the whole offense.” That’s not to say the three former Orange standouts have lost their wow factor.
“I hope we’re still the same,”
Tumolo said, “because we were pretty darn good at Syracuse.” USL
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HOW TO SEAL THE DOUBLE
Team USA’s Danielle Etrasco has you right where she wants you BY MEGAN SCHNEIDER
Double-team defense is a Team USA staple. But there’s more to it than simply swarming in twos. It’s called “sealing the double.” Coach Ricky Fried ingrains the concept in U.S. players for use in the “Aces” ride that has come to define Team USA under his watch. A successful double team looks like a triangle with the defenders at the base. Team USA’s Danielle Etrasco (13), working here in tandem with Michelle Tumolo (25), showed us how it’s done.
V Formation • Get your opponent going
in the direction you want, whether that’s up field or to her weak hand.
• Get on her body a little bit to slow her down while the defender who’s doubling comes to help.
• Turn her back into the approaching defender.
• Close the gap so she can’t run through or around you.
• The backside defender can back check if your opponent hangs her stick.
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