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University of Arizona coach Adia Barnes gave birth six months ago.
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Learning how to breastfeed can be an extremely frustrating process. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
Barnes, who gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Capri, six months ago, took time during halftime of the game to pump breast milk for her daughter, according to ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe.
Rowe reported that Barnes came back onto the court after halftime a few minutes after her team because she was pumping breast milk.
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University of Arizona basketball coach Adia Barnes was proof of the dedication working moms devote to their careers and their children on Sunday at the NCAA Women s Championship game. During a break from coaching her team on the court, Adia spent halftime in the locker room pumping breast milk for her 6-month-old baby girl named Capri, according to reporter Holly Rowe. In response to the stigmas surrounding public pumping and conversations around breastfeeding in general, Holly said during the game s broadcast, For those of you who think this is too much information, let s normalize working mothers and all they have to do.
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Top-seeded Stanford will face upstart No. 3 seed Arizona, led by coach Adia Barnes and senior guard Aari McDonald. Arizona knocked off powerhouse Connecticut with a decisive victory Friday night.
A final Goliath stands in their way of pulling off one of the more remarkable turnarounds in women’s basketball history (the Wildcats went 6-24 in 2017-18).
Of course, Stanford is coached by the legendary Tara VanDerveer, who became the sport s all-time winningest coach in December. Sophomore forward Haley Jones, the unicorn, is a force on both ends of the court. The Cardinal escaped fellow No. 1 seed South Carolina in the semifinals and are trying to end a championship drought that extends back to 1992. Arizona has never played for the women’s championship, and the program snapped a 16-year tournament drought in 2021.