In the waning moments in an eventual 3-0 win against George Mason in September, Alyssa Poarch, almost a year after suffering a season-ending knee injury, found the back of the net for her first goal of the season.
“I felt like myself again,” she said after that game.
The Middletown, Delaware native’s six-year career with Maryland women’s soccer has been a tiring journey, but a rewarding one, and one that led to her being named a captain this season.
“I’m not the most vocal person ever but I feel like it’s the way I carry myself and my training habits and just being there for other people,” Poarch said about her captaincy.