By Megan Schneider
TEWAARATON CHALLENGERS
Tewaaraton fi nalists, who could fi ll the fi nal three spots?
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BARBARA SULLIVAN NOTRE DAME, GR. D
Notre Dame could have the best defense in the country thanks to Sullivan, a 2015 Tewaaraton fi nalist. Her 3.42 caused turnovers per game ranked second in Division
I at press time and fi rst among Nike/LM Top 20 teams. Sullivan also boasted a team-high 47 draw controls.
KAYLIN MORISSETTE LOUISVILLE, SR. M
an outstanding attacker. Her ability to score and dominate on the offensive end has been fun to watch as a fan. They’re not going to match up. Taylor, it’s fun to see her play full fi eld. She plays disciplined defense. She has such speed through the midfi eld.”
Cummings’ end-to-end play has been considered one of the main reasons she has won the past two Tewaaraton Awards over Treanor, who stood alongside the Maryland midfi elder at the annual season-ending ceremony in Washington, D.C., as a two- time fi nalist. It fi ts a trend that has seen midfi elders win 10 of the last 15 Tewaaraton trophies. Conversely, 11 of the last 15 men’s Tewaaraton winners have been attackmen. “Two different positions are being compared to each other consistently with who’s better and that’s the reality
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of it,” Syracuse coach Gary Gait said prior to the season. “[The selection committee] determines what’s most valuable and I guess they say midfi elders are more valuable than attackers or defenders. If it’s 10 of 15 [Tewaaraton winners as midfi elders], that’s what I would read into the stat.” After Kailah Kempney graduated from Syracuse last year, Gait decided to move Treanor to the midfi eld as the team’s primary draw specialist. The position listed in her roster biography now reads attack/midfi eld. After securing 46 draw controls through her fi rst three years, Treanor recorded 114 in the fi rst 12 games. At press time, she ranked second in Division I with 9.45 draw controls per game behind Louisville’s Kaylin Morissette (10.08). If Treanor can sustain her
Maryland’s Taylor Cummings and Syracuse’s Kayla Treanor have met eight times in their college careers, with Cummings’ Terps winning all eight.
The minute Morissette walked onto Louisville’s campus, she was earmarked to become the next great draw specialist with exhaustive training that includes more than 30 workouts. She averaged a Division I-best 9.77 draw controls per game
and led the country with 127 draw controls at press time. Morissette also led the Cardinals with 46 points and 25 ground balls.
NICOLE GRAZIANO FLORIDA, R-SR. M
Added to the Watch List on March 17, the redshirt senior is much of the reason for Florida’s surprise success as the lone player remaining from the Gators’ 2012 NCAA fi nal four squad. Graziano led the Gators in goals (25), points (34) and draw controls (25) at press time. Shannon who?
ith Cummings and Treanor as clear front-runners to become three-time
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