07-27-2013, 11:01 AM
This is rough news. So sorry for both of those two young women. This will be the third year in a row that Aly has been injured, and one begins to wonder if she will ever play--and if she does whether she will be able to shake off three years of rust.
This virtually assures a lot of playing time for our first year players to supplement Chiney and the returning starters. I hope they are ready for it. It is beginning to seem that this year's prospects for the team are perhaps a bit lower than they were 12 months ago when we were reeling from the loss of Nneka. This year, we still have Chiney, but the loss of Joslyn and Toni will demand that some others step up. The critical factor is to find someone to take the load off Chiney so this is a less one dimensional team than a year ago--and for a time we hoped that Aly might be it. How about Erica?
This virtually assures a lot of playing time for our first year players to supplement Chiney and the returning starters. I hope they are ready for it. It is beginning to seem that this year's prospects for the team are perhaps a bit lower than they were 12 months ago when we were reeling from the loss of Nneka. This year, we still have Chiney, but the loss of Joslyn and Toni will demand that some others step up. The critical factor is to find someone to take the load off Chiney so this is a less one dimensional team than a year ago--and for a time we hoped that Aly might be it. How about Erica?