KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- It was a phone call no coach ever wants to receive while on vacation.
''I was in Mexico last winter and I told the staff, 'don't call me unless it's something worth calling me for,'' Western Michigan University women's soccer head coach said. ''When I got out of the pool and saw on my phone that I had three missed calls, I knew something was wrong.''
Very wrong.
The Mid-American Conference defender of the year, senior Mira Pierre-Webster, had suffered a knee injury and would be out for the 2024 season.