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Leadership will also come from the frontcourt, especially from 6'5 center Melissa Johnson. When she was healthy last year, Johnson averaged 12.2 points per game and 11.4 rebounds per game in her first season in Crimson since transferring from North Carolina. But Johnson was sorely missed after a knee injury sidelined her during the second half and Harvard struggled to a 3-4 finish. Johnson will be out for the first couple games as she completely recovers from knee surgery in the off-season...
Sarah Johnson, a 6'4 center, and 6'2 forward Kate Ides, two sophomores with a year's experience under their belts, will help key the Crimson's efforts in the paint and on the board, although Sarah Johnson will likely be out until December with a knee injury. Center Lindsay Ryba, a 6'3 All-Ivy freshman pick two seasons ago who missed much of her sophomore year, will also see action in the middle, although she likes to shade out towards the arc where she is a dead-eye shooter when left open. Sharon Nunamaker...
...that it will provide immediate improvement to the team, which has already been bitten by the injury bug. Co-captain Melissa Johnson is still on the mend from a torn MCL last year, junior Laura Barnard is out with a stress fracture and sophomore Sarah Johnson injured her knee in practice...
...knee injury--damage to the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. As increasing numbers of young women lace up their cleats and head out onto the field, more are showing up in infirmaries and operating rooms with a partly torn or completely ruptured ACL. This is a lot more serious than an ankle sprain or a jammed finger. The ACL is the knee's most important stabilizer and if severely injured can require surgical repair and cause permanent, perhaps career-ending damage...
...female athlete, you don't have to take knee problems as a given. There are several things you can do to reduce your risk of ACL injury. One is strength training. The muscles around the knee--in particular the quadriceps (front leg muscles) and hamstrings (back leg muscles)--play a critical role in keeping the knee stable during athletic performance. Strength in the hamstrings has been shown to protect the ACL from excessive strain; women, however, tend to be stronger in the quadriceps, creating an injury-prone imbalance...