The official roster has been updated to reflect the players who have left the program. Other than the ones we already knew about (Burgardt, Canty, Nigh) there was one surprise in Lauren White. She obviously didn't make much of an impact on defense this season, but being a natural center back I figured she might see some minutes this spring to at least get a chance to make an impression before the freshmen come in this summer.
Anyway, it looks like it's going to be another shorthanded spring for SMU.
Keepers (2): Bodden, Stewart
Defense (4): Smith, Hartweck, Larson, Bass
Midfield (5): Baum, Clarke, Bartol, Ambrose, Robinson
Forward (5): Redman, Elliott, Scovill, Lewis, Gaines
So we will only have 14 outfield players available. Robinson will probably only see limited minutes coming off her knee. There are also usually some other players who have had off-season surgery as well who will either be unavailable or limited in their action.
I imagine we will see the seniors (at least in the home games) if they want to play - maybe we'll even get to see Webb play some forward or midfield which would be cool.
Hopefully we won't be in the situation of having to play with 10 on the road like last season!
The interesting thing we might be able to learn this spring is if Smith is moving to center back. It sure seems like a dangerous move since it will hurt the offense to some degree, but she is by far the best defender on the team so it might be a necessity.