ND Mikayla Vaughan ACL

[Vowelguy]

out for season
Irish down to 8 players

 

[Kaizen]

Hate to see players got injured. It really hurts the team.
Hope those players get recovered soon ...

 

[CocoHusky]

Damn! Hate to see this. Good luck and quick return Mikayla.

 

[easttexastrash]

It looks like Baylor may have lost one to an ACL, Trinity Oliver, who went down when fouled on an attempted break-away layup. I hope the news is better than I think but it didn't look good. I have seen way too many players grab their knee like that and lie on the court crying.

 

[Charliebball]

this ACL thing is really getting out of hand.............six high school girls at my daughters physical therapist today.......all had ACL tears in the past couple of months.............waiting for my kid to get scoped shortly for possible meniscus tear.............just takes the fun out of playing a great game

 

[easttexastrash]

this ACL thing is really getting out of hand...six high school girls at my daughters physical therapist today..all had ACL tears in the past couple of months...waiting for my kid to get scoped shortly for possible meniscus tear...just takes the fun out of playing a great game

It's heartbreaking. The girls work so hard just to have their course changed so quickly.

 

[Charliebball]

It's heartbreaking. The girls work so hard just to have their course changed so quickly.

out for season
Irish down to 8 players

I think MM is learning the hard way that the days of a ten player roster are over..............................

 

[CL82]

Very sorry to hear this.

 

[easttexastrash]

Are walk-ons allowed if a player is already attending classes at the university? In Indiana surely there are some gals at ND who have played some ball at a pretty decent level that could at least add another available body.

 

[Orangutan]

Are walk-ons allowed if a player is already attending classes at the university? In Indiana surely there are some gals at ND who have played some ball at a pretty decent level that could at least add another available body.

ND has two walk-ons. The number vowleguy cited is 8 scholarship players. ND has 10 available players including walk-ons Kaitlin Cole and Maureen Butler

 

[Vowelguy]

I got the statement about "8 players available" from Rebecca Lobo. I see the roster has 13, and 10 players were on the stat sheet against Michigan. Are some of those walk-ons (eg, Cole & Butler)?

Along with Vaughn, I know about Turner. What happened to Sr G Mychal Johnson?

ND still has frontline players of 6'4 Shepard, 6'4 Nelson, 6'2 Westbeld, and 6'3 Patterson, so they're not _that_ small.

 

[Vowelguy]

ND has two walk-ons. The number vowleguy cited is 8 scholarship players. ND has 10 available players including walk-ons Kaitlin Cole and Maureen Butler

Ha, just what I was in the middle of asking. Thanks.

 

[HGN]

ND has two walk-ons. The number vowleguy cited is 8 scholarship players. ND has 10 available players including walk-ons Kaitlin Cole and Maureen Butler

Orangutan, glad to see ND with 2 walk-ons , have at least enough players to scrimmage. As you recall UConn had the same shortage of players problem just a couple
of years ago and had to add 2 walk-ons.

I wish your players a good and healthy recovery. Though the UConn vs ND is a fierce rivalry , we never want to see injury happen to either side.

 

[Vowelguy]

Wow saw that Johnson had an ACL in October. So 2 players out with ACLs plus Turner. That's some rough injuries.

Assuming Johnson & Turner are back for another year, Irish will return 8 schol + 2 walkons next year. Plus add 4 frosh. Though it will be the unusual 5 senior + 1 jr + 1 soph + 5 frosh (4 new+1RS) for their scholarships.

 

[dtbtbtb]

That is a shame and even more so as she was having a great season. All the best to her and hopefully she comes back stronger!

 

[Dillon77]

Wow saw that Johnson had an ACL in October. So 2 players out with ACLs plus Turner. That's some rough injuries.

Assuming Johnson & Turner are back for another year, Irish will return 8 schol + 2 walkons next year. Plus add 4 frosh. Though it will be the unusual 5 senior + 1 jr + 1 soph + 5 frosh (4 new+1RS) for their scholarships.

Yup. That would return MM to her desired 12 scholarship players and we'll see if the two walk-on's continue. If so, guard Kaitlin Cole would be a junior and forward Maureen Butler a senior.

2018-19 Breakout (knock on wood) would be:

Low Posts (2): Turner, Vaughn
High Posts (2): Shepard, Cosgrove (Incoming Freshman[IF])
Forwards (2): Patterson, Butler
Guards: Ogunbowale, Young, Mabrey, Johnson, Cole and incoming freshman Jordan Nixon (point), Katlyn Gilbert (combo guard) and Abby Prohaska (more of a wing).

If MM wants to stay at 12, that would require a large (5) recruiting class for 2019 or two slightly smaller ones for 2018 and 2019 (given that Young is the only junior).

 

[cabbie191]

I read about the injury this morning in the South Bend Tribune before heading to work and had the same reaction as everyone else: crap.

ND is still a talented team and MM has shown over the years that she is adept at adapting to bad situations. This might be one of her most challenging. Will be interesting to see how their season pans out.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I guess the ND Injury Thread ... oh nevermind.