 Welcome back to the Kathy Rayleigh show presented by Buffalo Wild Wings I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson women's lacrosse head coach Kathy Rayleigh and coach last time we talked It was winning. You're in you won you're in and now you're on to the semi-finals after beating Arcadia 9-7 in the first round talk about that game. Well, you know from start to finish it was an exciting game was back and forth goals Seemed like throughout the entire game We know we played great defense. We went in with a really good game plan But I think the shiniest part of that win is we really connected on attack So even though we only scored nine goals. We really controlled the clock. We moved the ball Well, we really made them have to come up with big stops And I was really really pleased with that because that's something that we'd been struggling with all year long So I was very very happy to see the attackers move. I mean we were scoring in transition We were getting great shots on goal and every settled play So, you know, we forced their goalie to step up big In order to keep them in the game, which was great and defensively. We just we just took the ball from them a Time which is just lovely to have that both ends of the field. We transitioned pretty well We did what we wanted to do on the draw. So kind of all came together What I'm hoping for is that carries into today today Yeah, one of the statistics that your team has done well all sees longs free position Mary Kate White scored three goals in Monday's win all three at the free position You play Messiah today in the semi-final going back to when you played them in the regular season That last 18 minutes when you're held scoreless had five free position attempts. How big is that going to be today? You know, I don't know the exact step It was something like we were two and 13 on free positions. They gave us 13 opportunities to score Now in the way that the game is today with how they position the defenders on either side And now in the women's game you have defensive specialists on free positions It's changed the percentage of free position success. However, when you get 13 opportunities We have to capitalize on five or at least five of those if not more on those I'd love to see 50% on that So we work a lot on free positions just to see our success is not a surprise You know, Messiah has a very good goalie. We talked a lot about what her strengths and weaknesses were Their defense is very very quick very good. So a lot of our free positions They were on us before we realized that we needed to get the shot off So we we really talked about a lot of that stuff We hope and we think if we can control the clock today That will take better advantage of those free position shots and hopefully come out with a win When we talk last time previewing Messiah in the regular season goal tending You said was going to be a huge difference in the win over Arcadia Mac Ferguson had 14 Messiah's they seem to split their goalies 30 minutes in each half. Is that's going to be a key again today? I Definitely think so Mac is gonna have to have a really big game. We know how they shoot We know what kind of shots they like and we know where they shoot from we've been working on it with her And she's really seeing the ball well this time of year So, you know, I want a big game for her because I do think that she's one of the best goalies around and a Lot of goals that went in on her this year We're you know one versus keeper, which is not fair and doesn't help doesn't help her her statistics very much So, you know to see her not be First team in the Mac that that was disappointing and we hoped that she can show today Why she kind of deserved to be that You know in the game against Albright I real I mean not Albright Arcadia I think that we really did a great job of forcing shots that were easy for her to save We we you know some of them that was like somebody was passing to the goalie, which was great It was just a great team effort We weren't giving any shots right in front of her which is so difficult for a goalie in and the goalie You know, it would be a miracle if they save something like that everything was far out under high pressure So to me, that's team defense. You did another team's gonna shoot It's what kind of shot you provide your goalie and what kind of odds you give her to say make the save that really counts You know all throughout the year, but especially now All coach we wish you the best luck tonight and hopefully Saturday. Yes And beyond and beyond yes for Kathy Rayleigh. I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Kathy Rayleigh show