While Monday's loss spelled the end for Benet's five seniors -- Annie Doyle, Annie Gallagher, Colleen O'Shea, Mary Schuessler and Jess Pavlinec -- the Redwings return some talented players for next season.
Among those are junior Nikki Bell and sophomore Danielle Canulli, who often came off the bench to spark the Redwings. Canulli did that in the regional final, scoring a team-high 12 points in an upset of Batavia.
Canulli credited the seniors for helping her improve as the season progressed.
"They taught us to play together," Canulli said. "It was tough at the beginning of the year, but by now we all came together. They always pushed us on defense and it was good because we learned to push back. That prepared us for games mentally."
Also returning for the Redwings will be starters Brianne Riley and Ashley Veselik, as well as freshman Gintare Sankauskaite and sophomore Katie Ernsting.
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