 Hello and welcome to the Kathy Rayleigh Show. I'm Joe Wombo, joined now with Kathy Rayleigh, head coach of the women's lacrosse team. And coach, you guys were able to clinch the number two seed in the Mac Commonwealth with a win against Lycoming. Again, the offense is clicking in that game. Talk a little bit about that performance and how big it is to host that first round or second round game. Well, Joe, when we were sitting here a month and a half ago, I was worried we'd make it into the tournament. We were not playing well. We weren't getting enough shots to produce enough goals. We were turning the ball over. We weren't ready defensively. So to sit here and say that we're in second place, we locked in second place last week, that's fantastic news. That's a tribute to the girls who have worked so hard knowing what we needed to get better in and have made that come true. So I'm very proud of them. One area that we were talking about where you needed to get better is the clears. And you guys have jumped into the top performing team in clears since that point where we were worried. Well, again, those first couple of games, I remember every post-game interview revolving around the fact that we couldn't clear the ball. We would make these great defensive stops. Mac would make a great save. We'd have a great double team, and we'd get three quarters of the way up the field and lose the ball. So we went from what I think was the worst clearing team in Division III to one of the best. And we made that change quickly. We lead the league. We lead the Mac in overall clear percentage. So that's outstanding after the start we had to still have those numbers that overall we're leading the league. It's great. As we talk, you guys finish out this season at Denison. That was a very good test as you guys head into this week of post-season play. Well, what did you learn from that game that you guys need to work on? Well, I think we learned emotional kind of lessons. I could tell at the warm-up we were not focused. We were not hungry. And I tried to step out on the warm-up field a couple times to see if I could change that. And I was having no luck. It was very reminiscent of our Lebanon Valley game, that feeling that it was just not serious enough. We were not working hard in the pregame to kind of challenge each other. So it didn't surprise me that we had a slow start. Now, that being said, I'm very proud of the team. They turned things around quickly. We just built too big of a hole in that first half. However, I think if that game was three minutes longer, I think it would have had a different outcome. Well, you compare that game to the Lebanon Valley game where it fueled a fire after that loss. Is that what you're expecting as you head into this weekend or hoping for as you guys move in to play against Albright on Wednesday? You know, when you're the second-place team, it's an expectation. It is not a hope. You cannot go out there and think that anyone is going to be an easy target from this point forward. We are not going to look at our previous Albright game and think that they're going to be an easy team, even though we scored over 20 goals on them the first time. That's not what it is. This is Mac Championship. We are on the road to try to get to the NCAA tournament. And we have to treat everyone like that. It's our final game. It's win or clean out your locker. And I think that that's for every team involved. It's not just us. So it's who handles that pressure the best and who executes on game day. The slate is clean, so to speak. The tournament's set. The season starts today. What are you going to do with it? We had a great practice this morning. And it was good to see after a loss, the girls came out with a ton of energy. The execution today was near perfection. So we're as ready, I think, as we're going to be. We just got to come out and play with some fire and some confidence. Well, Coach, we wish you the best of luck this week. And we'll talk to you post game on Wednesday. Great, thanks. She's Kathy Rayleigh. I'm Joe Wamba. And this has been the Kathy Rayleigh Show.