Jamie Ortega Using NCAA Semifinal Loss As Fuel For 2020 Women's Lacrosse Season

Posted Jan 29, 2020
Five months later, Jamie Ortega can still effortlessly rattle off every near miss from those first six minutes of overtime in the 2019 NCAA Championship game. They were close. So close. But, ultimately, not close enough. But expectations are especially high this season for the top-ranked Tar Heels and Ortega, their star junior attacker. And rightfully so. (US Lacrosse Magazine)

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