Hailey Van Lith powers TCU past Notre Dame in NCAA Tournament for its first Elite Eight appearance

Birmingham, Alaa – With the end of the shot, Healy Van Laith looked somewhat unable because she looked for a teammate to pass it. No one seems to be open as a goalkeeper for the fifth year of high frogs from the second rank around it and retreated to a line of 3 points.

After that, she decided to finish possessing herself.

The guard rose 5 feet and 8 and shot, and he was raised from behind the bow, who felt as if a dagger was entering into the third ranked intestine Notradam. to Tcu -Play in The Sweet 16 for the first time ever-She was crowned in the fourth quarter of 14-5, which gave her eight points with about four minutes to play.

“It is clear that one of its defensive strategies is to move to all (ball screens) with me. That’s good. Certainly I can shoot 3, but I can also reach the edge on many people,” said Van Laith. “If you leave me wide open, I will stick it. I felt 100 percent, 100 percent at the rhythm. I just stayed, withdrew and released it, and I knew it was as soon as possible.”

Minutes later, Van Lith Twist blogged this knife again, as it ties to throwing the ball in the traffic to push the equal frogs feature to nine points with less than 70 seconds to play.

Weeks ago, Notre Dame was the first team in the country. Now, for the fourth consecutive season, their campaign ended in The Sweet 16. The crepetum was to fight the Irish story this year is Van Laith, former Louisville goalkeeper who clashed with the Irish several times in the Administrative Coordination Committee. She was happy to fill this role again.

“I am naturally competition, so you don’t have to do a lot for me to want to compete. I have a lot of experience with Notremam, and I have a chip on my shoulder about some things,” said Van Laith. “I personally do not feel any additional hostility towards them … I won most of these battles. I love winning.”

In fact, it is now 7-2 at all against Notre Dame.

Van Lith will now play at Elite Eight for the fifth time in her group career.

In Birmingham’s Legacy Arena on Saturday afternoon, Van Lith collected TCU in the first regional final ever in the NCAA championship by poured 26 points, nine rebound balls, four passes, stolen and a mass in victory 71-62 with the arrested frogs over the Irish.

She also pushed her point of view to TCU’s history books, which made her the most heavy one -season scorer in the history of the program.

“She is just ready to go to war and give her everything she has,” TCU coach Mark Campbell said. “I think this allowed this team to continue doing things that has never been done.”

When the bell looked, Van Laith tied her fists and raised her arms in victory. The hand of our master slapped and hit her on the chest, then Madison Conner embraced. Since she conducted a television interview on the field with ESPN, her teammates ran to their band and their firmness, jumping, screaming and celebrating. When she finished this interview, her teammates retreated and removed her, she shouted at ESPN: “For this reason!”

Van Lith is the first player in the history of university basketball – men or women – appears in the eighth elite with three different schools. I did it with Luisville and LsuAnd now it has the frogs of the century on the cusp of the final quarter. Van Laith had an incredible season for TCU, but March was the place where it flourished more than others.

“I feel that she saw the ball entry and it is a kind of roses. You can tell her energy, and her confidence was getting more powerful, and playing by playing,” Nil Evi coach Nile Evi said. “I thought she presented some good defense plays as well. Yes, this is the stage in which great players appear, and she really had a complete game.”

The overcoming of Notremam was not an easy task. Van Laith came out of the game looked like a warrior who was in a battle. She had countless wounds on her arms and blood flow from her right knee. But the 23-year-old Washington, Washington, played approximately 40 minutes with an infectious confidence and a large amount of hardness-as if she was able to walk on hell with a water pistol.

“My coach knows that I will plant at least once one game. I have the scars of all my body from the cuts that did not heal. I’m fine with that. I am a difficult girl.” “I grew up with an older brother and my father was very difficult, so it’s okay. I don’t mind it. I love it.

Photography of Greg Fium/NCAA photos via Getty Images

There was a moment when I felt that the story season in TCU was about to finish. In the middle of the third quarter, Notre Dame was showcasing all its muscles as one of the sport signing programs because it got progress from nine points.

But Laith, who is experienced, did not escape. She struck rituals in Stepback, then continued to throw the ball, then stole the ball from Sonia Citron, then prevented the Hannah Hidalgo pushing attempted for a short time before the prince feeds a pass that led to two free throws. Then Van Laith cleared two free throws on its own near the end of the frame, and continued the operation of 14-4 was directed by it.

“Healy is a dog, regardless of whether this is the offensive end or the defensive end,” said Conner. “She will do anything that requires him to win. She has a competitive advantage. I have talked about it a lot and you can see her in her game.”

After Nudam briefly returned, Van Laith continued to pour gas in the TCU tank. Early Horneed Frogs, Van Lith reached his two careers from Donovyn Hunter, a spiral ball to the top of the key and was launched from a deep group where the PRINCE screen is effectively holding Hidalgo. After the ball through the network, Van Laith’s father slapped his hands and hit her boyfriend, former Gonzaga star Galen Sujz, in the stands.

In fact, March is the month of Van Laith. It is now 25-8 in the post-season in her career-conference championships and great dance-which gives her 75.7 victory when games are more important.

This victory by Van Laith is the latest station in its redemption tour. A year ago in The Elite Eight, it was suspended to dry by LSU coaches, where they refused to make defensive adjustments and continued to allow Caitlin Clarak to ignite it. He narrated it as a scapegoat, and Van Laith moved from Patton Rouge in search of a better suitability.

I found it in Fort Worth, Texas, in TCU. After a trip to the Olympic Games where the team was the only total of the team and the United States of America 3×3 helped secure a bronze medal, she went to improve its game. She is now enjoying her best statistical season, as her professional career has been shot and 3 points, while average is 5.5 assists for each game.

Van Laith is not just an offensive player. I also improved as a defender.

“I mean, my God, Dang, she is an elite defender … she wears her and wants to protect the best player’s player while she is doing it.” “The child’s competitive spirit, DNA and the heart inside her chest are unparalleled.”

Keep in mind that in the fourth quarter, Van Laith outperformed the trio of Notre Dame from all American guards 12-5. Miles, Hidalgo and Sonia Citron were combined to shoot 1 out of 13 in the final frame while Van Laith flourished, firing 4 of 7 and being attempts from behind the bow.

On this day, Van Laith was the best player on the field. Irish fighting left the earth with their heads hanging in disappointment. He walked with her teammates with her teammates with tears of joy. For the last time in her career, she felt a beautiful feeling of Irish overcoming the big stage.

“Notradam is a school with many great guards. Since I was in college, they have always had a truly excellent guard, and so on, as you know, I am ready to attend this challenge,” said Van Laith. “When I really play a right goalkeeper, my goal in the game is to win this battle.”

There is no debate about who won this war on Saturday.

Van Laith got the last laughter.

Miss March marches on.