 In the wake of Stevenson women's lacrosse win 18-4 over Lebanon Valley and we've got the star of the game with us Kathy Rayleigh will join us in just a second as well, but carry your Russo eight goals today It's a career high. It's one goal off the Stevenson all-time record for single game I don't know if you knew that or not, but what were you seeing and what were you feeling today? I think I was feeling good in the beginning and also Obviously my teammates helped me get there. They were moving the ball super fast finding the open girl So I like that backdoor cut and I did it a lot today So eight goals. So, you know, you've been playing lacrosse for I don't know how long years I'm sure is do you think this is the most goals you've ever scored in a game? Yeah, probably Talk to me about this team I mean, this is a team that has a small roster this year that needs veteran leadership You got a lot of first-year players some injuries, etc. So tell me just a little bit about what's going on with you guys right now I mean, I know that we have a small team I think that like as the games have gone on we've gotten much closer and I think it shows on the field as well You know, we were starting to get that chemistry and know where people are going before they're moving there So I think that's a lot really helpful and for you in particular last year your top six scores from last year are all gone You kind of elevated and took the mantle So from your perspective like filling shoes of other players had how do you feel about that? I think obviously like playing with them my first two years has been a big help And I think I've just seen everything that they've done well and tried to mimic it myself First game of the conference season. So that's got to be a big confidence booster for you. Yeah, for sure We're gonna need to keep this energy going. Yeah, some big games coming up. We really enjoyed watching you today And thank you for joining us. Thank you. Okay, that's Kara Yuruso. Let's bring in Kathy Rayleigh head coach Kathy we have to go live right away. So I like I like your hat. Thank you. Yeah, awesome. Yeah Higher-level thought of what happened today. Well a couple different things This team is so hard-working. I really felt like we were gonna have a good game because we had such an amazing week at practice The energy was high the the things we were doing. We were doing at full speed You know, we have a lot of young players out there that are stepping their game up Enormously buying into what the coaches are saying and that is so helpful It's you know, it's easy to coach when you're telling them something and it gets done Or they're trying hard to make some changes out there We had to do a U-turn with our injuries, you know We had we had to do a U-turn and say we need to go back to the drawing board and we need to rethink the following things Taylor Blick did a good job of coming up with something that she thought maybe would could work for us So we're gonna start blending our defenses a little bit more which we did fantastically today after I believe It was only two practices that we practiced that defense. So so blending our defenses making sure our The attack that we're facing is never going to know what we're in when they get down on the field Just to try to click some seconds off so unbelievably proud from from goalie down to the lowest attacker of How hard we played how hard we were in how hard we played in the ride? How well we cleared How well we played defense and and I thought our ball movement I think our ball movement was not the highest point today But the thoughts and the concepts are there the execution we just needed to get a little little more work on so many things to ask you About let's let's stay with let's stay with the defense their top scorer Veronica venezia came in She had 24 goals. I believe coming I don't think she scored today I don't think she got two shots today. She got two shots. Well, we watch it We watch it. She's a great player and if she's watching this we're you know I don't want to have any offense towards Lebanon Valley or Veronica, but we're so glad she's graduating and we can't wait To we can't we're excited for her, but at the same time We're not sad that we won't see her on the opposing end anymore Well, you know, there was a couple things that we had the right when we were in man-to-man We had the right matchup and Hannah ash Hannah played her so tight and so well last year So when we're in man Hannah took care of her when we were in man And she the team itself Lebanon Valley the cells I think had a little difficulty finding the gaps in our in our defense and you combine that with a goalie That's gonna make the free position shot save and then you know We're okay giving up the outer hashes on the free position and we talked about that We just don't want to give the middle hashes So so they did everything that they were supposed to do with that which was fantastic Yes, go ahead. You you you controlled the circle today. I think I don't know the exact number But I think it was double 16 8 maybe as far as the draws were concerned rides midfield, you know free position You control the 8 we talked earlier You had to score a lot of goals to beat this team. I'm gonna tell you right a 20 So they were short by 2 But first game in the conference want to know confidence booster for the team absolutely And if they you know what we want to remember is why we the game was the score It was today the game was a score. It was because we practiced hard They're good teammates to each other. They're supportive to each other They practice hard they play hard. It's not you're not making a leap You're doing exactly what you should be doing in the game every day at practice And it just elevates and you know Kara and Hannah ash the leadership is exceptional with that They are just such hard workers at practice. So you have an interesting schedule coming up actually You've got a quick turnaround for Wednesday. You're off Saturday. Basically, you have two Wednesdays in a row right before you get into the grunt So how do you handle that now? Well, we got to get our midfield a lot of rest because we don't have the depth that this year in the midfield So though I think Kara can run for days and days on end. We want to make sure she and Isabel are fresh So they'll be somewhat limited in their steps and practice on Monday and Tuesday At this point of the season we got to take care of a few X's and O's We don't have to run them like crazy and in stick skill and they should be doing that on their own So so we can pair down practice a little bit, you know, every team in the Mac is is good or a threat We had a good day today Levin and Valley maybe didn't have a good day But they're gonna have better days We need to just ride this to get even better on Wednesday against Albright Yeah, it's a big win and one and oh and the conference means a lot. So congratulations Thank you to you and Kara by the way And I'm Gary Stein and the rest of the girls absolutely and this is go mustang sports dot TV You