Behind the Players Interviews with the national championship runner ups

how long I have been playing the game, and we get to play in such a big game this weekend.” Fortescue was previously enrolled at Salisbury University. The irony in this is Salisbury has been referred to as CNU’s rival. “Sorry I didn’t know I was always going to come here, but I’m glad I did,” Fortescue said when talking about transferring from Salisbury. What made this game particularly difficult for the whole team was two of the star players, Anaya Simmons and Katy Rader, were out with torn ACLs. When talking about the reason behind their success Fortescue claimed that the team’s chemistry was behind their success and reassured her that the team would perform well in the National Championship.

“From the freshman to the grads I feel like we all get along well. Even with Anaya and Katy out, that gives us so much more reason to want it more. I think there are just a lot of deserving people on this team, and we all are on the same page like we know we want it,” Fortescue said.

Even though they lost, the entire CNU community appears to be proud. On cnusports.com a quote from the head coach, Coach Broderick, says it all, “They played a great game today ... I also just want to say that I’m extremely proud of my group. I think we fought and competed through a lot of adversity this year, and we didn’t stop fighting until the final buzzer went off.” outrebounding them 4442. However, Transylvania was able to get to the free throw line more often than the Captains, attempting 17 free throws compared to the Captains four.

The Captains perfect season came to an end in this game, making them 31-1 on the season. This was the program’s first ever NCAA National Championship Game appearance and only their second defeat in their last 76 games.