The No. 3 St. Thomas women’s club lacrosse placed fifth at the Division II WCLA national championship Saturday, May 11 in Virginia, Beach, Virginia.
The Tommies were seeded third out of 12 teams. There were four totals pools consisting of three teams in each pool. The Tommies lost 11-9 against No. 6 Navy and beat No. 10 Utah Valley 15-14. The Tommies did not advance to the final four, but were placed in the consolation bracket. In the consolation bracket, the Tommies beat Grand Valley State 21-16 and then New Hampshire 13-12 to claim fifth place.
Lauren Bradley made the Division II WCLA all-tournament team. (Courtesy of Lauren Bradley)
Tommie Lauren Bradley made the Division II WCLA all-tournament team. She takes pride in representing St. Thomas.
“For the schools that don’t know us, it’s also fun to be like yeah we’re St. Thomas. We’re a tiny school in Minnesota and then just ball out and show them how we play,” Bradley said.
The Tommies are always looking to improve, having placed seventh last season, they did just that this season.
“I think with the passion that all of us have for our school and putting in hard work and lacrosse, it is easy to just want it more and more,” Bradley said. “We have a really strong team.”
Heidi Prebonich who plays attack for the Tommies knows that the team has the depth to replace the seniors
“We have a lot of depth on the sideline for sure. There are people coming up,” Prebonich said.
Brennan Campbell can be reached at camp3460@stthomas.edu.