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It wasn't long before Bailey, who was looking for a school that was a better academic match, committed to Virginia. "Everything just fell into place at UVa," Bailey said. "It was like I was meant to be here." Bailey said beating rival Duke last season is one of her biggest highlights. In that game, the Cavaliers pulled out a 14-12 win in Durham. Bailey, who has two younger brothers — one of whom plays lacrosse at Tufts — said a highlight from this season was a 10‑3 win over instate foe James Madison. "Any time you beat a top-10 team, it's exciting," Bailey said. "Last year, we beat Syracuse. she doesn't have any chance of getting and she makes plays on them. "If we could be greedy, we would have loved to have her for four years. She's just the kind of kid you want to have around your program." Bailey, a Spanish major, has certainly made her mark off the field. Last year, she was awarded the Ralph Sampson Scholarship, which is given annually to a third-year Virginia student who best demonstrates excellence in academics, leadership and athletics. After graduation, Bailey is hoping to attend medical school and already has a pretty good idea about what she'd like to do with her life. "She just plays with heart. She goes after loose balls that you would think that she doesn't have any chance of getting and she makes plays on them. If we could be greedy, we would have loved to have her for four years." Head coach Julie Myers on Bailey This year, when we beat JMU, it was exciting because they were a team with a lot of energy and I feel like we matched it. That was an exciting game because they usually intimidate teams that way." Dunleavy noted that Bailey is one of Virginia's defensive anchors. She calls her fellow fourthyear "a huge communicator on defense." "If I don't know the solution, she can think of it," Dunleavy said. "She's a really scrappy player and she sees the field well. She's really good at marking cutters. "I'm sad I only got the chance to play with her for two years. I wish I had all four years. We've grown close just in the two years that we've known each other." Myers echoed Dunleavy. "She just plays with heart," Myers said. "She goes after loose balls that you would think that "I've always wanted to do volunteer work in other countries and help out, medically, in South America," she said. "So one of my goals for the future is to be a doctor who volunteers down there. "And Spanish will be a very helpful skill in hospitals in the United States in the future." Bailey said she's thrilled to have wound up at Virginia. "I loved Florida and I loved my teammates so much," she said, "but it just wasn't the place for me. I'm just so grateful to have had that experience and to have made so many great friends, but then the opportunity to come here and meet other great people. "I'm just so grateful to be here because I just love this university so much. It's funny how things happen. It just all worked out." Quite poetically, one might say. ◆