Defensive Gem Leads Owatonna to Big Win
It could be said Taylor Schlauderaff played bigger than she is during Friday s 52-35 victory at Rochester John Marshall. The 5-foot-4 junior was tasked with guarding 6-foot-2 future Indiana Hoosier Lilly Meister. She wasn t expected do it all on her own.
Huskies coach Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa said afterward, She s feisty. Her job was to face-guard Lilly and really pressure her and not let her get the ball and did a wonderful job. We had help by Lexi (Mendenhall) or Audrey (Simon) or Sarah (Kingland) in the paint. It was just good to see how tenacious she was. She got into Meister s head. It was really good to see how someone small can have a really big heart and play really hard.