First in Their Class

The Castleton women's lacrosse team won its fourth North Atlantic Conference (NAC) conference championship last week to secure an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament, but for a couple graduating seniors viewing the NCAA Tournament selection show was still an anxious experience. 

Seniors Kate Auer and Mariah Lesure were supposed to graduate on Saturday, May 9, but the NCAA First Round was unfortunately scheduled for the same day. There was some hope of getting a bye to the second round, but that didn't happen and the duo was faced with the unfortunate reality of not being able to graduate with the rest of their classmates. They were excited about the good first round draw and the possibility of winning an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in program history but the thrill was tempered by missing that once-in-a-lifetime experience of college graduation. 

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