COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The trophy case sings of conference championships, tournament titles and that span of 17 NCAA appearances. A career’s worth of victories and validation, and Nikki Izzo-Brown typically charges right past it.
The coach who established and elevated West Virginia women’s soccer is too busy chasing the next win, the next recruit or, to the aim of her current mission, the next trip to the College Cup.
With a ponytail dangling from beneath her WVU ballcap, Izzo-Brown spoke to reporters about her preseason No. 1 team, and she did so a few steps from the awards shrine that has been 21 seasons in the making.