Daily News | West Chester women’s lacrosse is using adversity to propel them to the brink of a championship
In advance of the game against Pace, junior midfielder Meg O’Connell spent a few minutes from her hotel room reflecting on the season, its impact on her career, and wherein all of it fits the memory of her fallen teammate. O’Connell, who hails from Hatboro and attended Upper Moreland High School, was among the scoring leaders in the semifinal victory over No. 4 Grand Valley State, scoring four goals in the 18-10 win.
No, I wouldn’t call it nerves at all. I think we all understand that we need to cherish every single moment we’ve had this season, including this moment in the [NCAA] tournament. But we also keep reminding ourselves, that we earned this and we deserve to be here. We didn’t get lucky. All our hard work in the offseason and throughout the entire regular season is, you know, paying off. Now, it’s just remaining calm and confident.
West Chester has been the team to beat this season. How have you all been able to run the gauntlet of teams on your schedule with this much success?We do often talk about how we think we have a target on our backs. Everyone wants to beat us. People want to be the team to knock us down. Um, but I think it’s just important that we stick to what we know, so we don’t need to change too many things. We’ve just played our game.
Let’s stick with the home crowd. There are an overwhelming number of players on this year’s roster that are local to the area. Does that factor into having a great deal of support?Yeah, that’s honestly one of the most special parts about playing at West Chester. This entire team, a lot of us are local kids, so we’re super family oriented.
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