 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, let's first talk about the semifinal game. You guys are able to host all bright and had a very strong offensive performance in that game. Sure. This week was a tale of ups and downs. Wednesday, Shirley wasn't up. Everything was working on Wednesday. We had a great fast break. We dominated draw control. We dominated ground balls. The defense looked really together and cohesive. Offense moved the ball well again. Those were things that we wanted to do heading into Saturday. And we just weren't quite ready to do that. On the positive note, Olivia Montero, getting her 200th point, was really exciting for us. And for her, obviously. Yeah. The clear percentage was awfully high against all bright. And then against Messiah, your guys' caused turnovers ratio was awfully high, too. Talk a little bit about that defensive effort against Messiah that, unfortunately, wasn't up to it. But it was still a strong effort. Sure. Well, we went in with a game plan that we wanted to not let Messiah score in transition. And that's kind of where we dropped the ball overall as a unit. We thought we could beat them if we got them into a 7-v-7 format. So as long as we could force them to settle, we thought we had a really good chance of getting the ball back from them. That certainly proved to be true. As long as they settled, we really had some great takeaways. Amazing double teams, great checks. Jamie Bettner, Sarah Rorty, really took the ball from them time and time again. What we didn't do, however, is make that turn into goals. We didn't take those possession opportunities and head down the field and finish it with a goal. We would finish it with a forced shot or a forced feed to the middle. So that's kind of where the game plan fell apart. Well, you talk about the youth. You mentioned Sarah Rorty. Another one that comes to mind is Mallory Davila with two goals in that game. How excited are you for how well the young players played in their first experience in Mac Commonwealth play? They were cool as cucumbers in that. They were the ones that didn't have the nerves. They went out there and they just played hard from start to finish, refused to give up. I'm so proud of that effort. They're not going to be as timid come 2018. I think that this is going to sit in and they're going to simmer all summer long on the fact that they didn't play their best. And when they come back in the fall of 18, I think it's going to be our focus. I think that conference championship is theirs to grab if they work hard in the summer and kind of let that fester in there that they should have had a better performance as a group. And a group that has performed well over their careers are these four seniors. Really high potent offensive efforts. Just talk a little bit about how much you're going to miss them, especially the 200 career points from Olivia Montero and their leadership on the team and getting these young players involved. Sure, they were such positive leaders this year. I'm so thankful for that. I think we really had a culture that we wanted to get better every day. They welcomed in this large group of freshmen and really made it feel like family, which is so important. We haven't always had that. And I think that one of the reasons the freshmen performed so well, they were in an environment that they felt comfortable going for things. They were in an environment where they were comfortable passing it to each other and not afraid to make mistakes. And when you have that environment with such a young, when half your team is a freshman or sophomore, then that really lets you kind of spread your wings and fly. And we owe that to the captains with that. And the senior class in general, they were very supportive. They're very supportive and very proven. One person coming to mind is Brady Hare, our fighting heart recipient this year. And just having that type of experience and leadership for these young players knowing that they can do anything. Sure, sure. I know this senior class wanted a better performance in the last game. And I would wish nothing more than that for them. It's unfortunate to go out that way. But they should be walking away from Stevens and Women's across, being as proud as they can be. They really took a team this year that had such a bumpy, rough start and turned them around. And there we were in the championship again. It's something that I'm not sure any of us knew would happen. So they should take a lot of pride in that. And that's through their hard work and their leadership. Well, Coach, I appreciate your time every week. And thank you. It has been a pleasure talking to you after every post game and being up here every week. And we wish you the best of luck and a strong summer and getting back to it next fall. Absolutely. Going to hit the recruiting trail. Thank you. She's Kathy Rayleigh. I'm Joe Wamba. And this has been the Kathy Rayleigh Show.