Women's lacrosse gets their season up and running this weekend down in Jacksonville.

Noon start.

You could stream it on ESPN Plus.

So why not have the head coach of the women's lacrosse program here?

That's Hannah Nielsen.

She's going to join me in just a moment.

Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics.

Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way.

This is Conquering Heroes.

Here's your host, John Jansen.

Now joined today on the Conquering Heroes podcast by Hannah Nielsen, the head coach for women's lacrosse.

And coach, I know it's your seventh season.

You're coming off back-to-back NCAA tournament trips.

What's this off-season been like?

And what are your expectations coming out of last year heading into this one?

Yeah, it's been a good off-season, well-deserved break over the summer for the girls,

and then they've really come back in, you know, ready and rearing to go.

I think the taste of how the season ended at the end of last season is really fresh

in everyone's minds and we're hungry for more.

I think, you know, we are very happy that was made the tournament the last couple years,

but we're certainly hungry to take that next step as a program.

And, you know, the team's looking great.

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