I opponents like North Carolina and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I think the system that we have offensively and defensively is Division I-caliber stuff. So it will be interesting to see how it flies against that level of play. Tucker herself would like to see the team be ranked in the top 15 and have a bid in the playoffs within four years. But don't tell that to her players.
Players tend to be optimistic about our season.
I won't like it, but I'm not going to kick trash cans if we lose a game, so long as my women are playing hard and executing the game plan. As a Division I team Hopkins had to leave the familiar confines of the Centennial Conference, which includes Division III teams such as Washington College and Dickinson, and become an Independent team like the men' s program. Without the built-in scheduling structure of a conference, the coaching staff had to come up with a schedule of Division I teams to play. Tucker says that in doing so, she and the coaching staff were careful not to weigh down the schedule with too many strong opponents. My team is not used to losing.