Daily News | TJ Malone walked hills and valleys to get Penn State back to the NCAA lacrosse semifinals
When TJ Malone was in kindergarten, he picked up his first lacrosse stick and put on his first lacrosse helmet. The helmet was too big for his little head, so he quit.In the 17 years since, Malone has experienced many highs and lows, but only once did he come close to ending his lacrosse career again. Malone’s hip and groin injuries, suffered in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, became his biggest obstacles since the too-big helmet.
Tambroni already had a long-standing relationship with Haverford School and its former coach John Nostrant, so he trusted Nostrant’s judgment more than Malone’s impressive senior stats. He decided to give him a look, and Ament got his wish. But in his third season, Malone began to deal with injuries. At first, it was thought to be a pulled groin muscle, so he played through it. The pain continued, and the different diagnoses did as well, until it reached a point when Malone was told he would never play lacrosse again.
Malone eventually found doctors with a more optimistic prognosis. Knowing what was wrong helped, but the battle was far from over. In all, he has undergone three surgeries for a torn adductor and a torn labrum.
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