All In: Women and girls in sports By Joyce Bassett on March 1, 2021 at 3:52 PM
Kendra Harbinger recalled the exact number of days her UAlbany women’s lacrosse team waited to step on the field to play an official game after Covid-19 shut down the season last year.
“It was I think 349 days,” Harbinger said after the team’s season-opening match Tuesday against Boston College. “Before the game Coach had a few of us in tears. She just said, ‘Guys we made it, we are playing a game.’ We’ve been waiting for this for a year. It was very bittersweet.”
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ALBANY With two games in three days after an abbreviated preseason, UAlbany women’s lacrosse junior Hailey Carroll said she was “pretty sore” following Thursday’s 16-2 non-conference win against St. Bonaventure.
But she had no real complaints about that. Last season ended in cancellation because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and this year’s season was never truly guaranteed until it actually started.
“We’re just glad to play,” Carroll said during a post-game teleconference.
After a ranked Boston College squad topped UAlbany 22-12 in its season-opening game, the Great Danes bounced back Thursday with an impressive showing at John Fallon Field. Five players registered multiple goals for the Great Danes, which scored the game’s final 13 goals after a 3-2 start.