One year and two weeks ago, Paula Jurewicz fell down and screamed feet away from Temple’s bench.
In the 12th minute of an American Athletic Conference match against Memphis Oct. 5, 2014 at Ambler Sports Complex, the 5-foot-4-inch defender from Holland, Pennsylvania, sprinted toward an over-played ball when she was pushed from behind, causing her right knee to hyperextend. She tore her ACL.
“You just never think it’s going to happen to you,” Jurewicz said. “I literally thought I was going to go out at 22 years old with no crazy injury ever, and then … it happened.