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Lacrosse Magazine Article on Women's Team... by dillon77

..featuring interviews with Andie Aldave and Coach Halfpenny.

Everyone felt that news before the trip to Vandy was a bit ominous, then surreal, then downright deflating. As both Aldive and Halpenny said, they felt like they had all the pieces together this year. And they were playing #1 NC on March 15th.

So, the bad news is pretty obvious at this point. The good news is that all four of the Irish top scorers come back, as does their goalie. The question is will the seniors/grad students and given that so many of these scholarships are partial, how much can they get? Can they afford to come back? Do they have jobs. Samantha Lynch, for instance, was already a grad student. Can she really come back (again)?

In any case, here's the article. Hard to swallow, but can appreciate just how well they had been playing.