[TheFarm07]

I've seen press discussing Maya Dodson's "stress reaction" in her foot--so we might expect as much time out as Lexie just went though.  Lexie missed 9 games.  Maya has missed 4 so far.  Naturally, I would be most delighted to see Maya back in a game well before our brutal six game stretch against Cal, the Oregon and SoCal schools begins.

If indeed Maya's ailment is a similar injury, severity and timetable for recovery as Lexie's, then I don't believe we can use Lexie's absence in terms of games as an accurate measure of how long Dodson could be out, since the span of those games covered finals break and the subsequent limited December schedule due to the holidays. We only played 9 games in a month and a half during that stretch. Our conference schedule is more condensed.

Lexie's last game before her injury was against San Francisco on Nov. 15 and there was an eight day gap until our next game against Florida Gulf Coast (due to the Ohio State game cancellation), so we are not sure when she got injured during that time period. She didn't play again until UCLA on January 6 (a span of 52 days if we assume she got injured or showed signs of injury soon after the San Francisco game).

Maya's last game before she got injured was December 29th against Northridge. If we assumed a similar timetable as Lexie's injury (and we have no idea if they are related in severity and recovery period needed), then Maya wouldn't be due back until the Arizona game on February 22nd (unfortunately after the Cal x2, Oregon and SoCal stretch).

I really hope that Tara's public pronouncements that Maya will be back soon is actually soon (as in the next couple weeks) and not more in terms of how she described it as sometime before season's end. If we harbor any hopes of defeating Oregon and going far in the postseason, we need a healthy and effective Dodson to provide not only a post scoring threat to complement Alanna, but the rebounding and defense needed against the Ruthy Hebards, Kalani Browns, Teira McGowans of the world

[TheFarm07]

I've seen press discussing Maya Dodson's "stress reaction" in her foot--so we might expect as much time out as Lexie just went though.  Lexie missed 9 games.  Maya has missed 4 so far.  Naturally, I would be most delighted to see Maya back in a game well before our brutal six game stretch against Cal, the Oregon and SoCal schools begins.

If indeed Maya's ailment is a similar injury, severity and timetable for recovery as Lexie's, then I don't believe we can use Lexie's absence in terms of games as an accurate measure of how long Dodson could be out, since the span of those games covered finals break and the subsequent limited December schedule due to the holidays. We only played 9 games in a month and a half during that stretch. Our conference schedule is more condensed.

Lexie's last game before her injury was against San Francisco on Nov. 15 and there was an eight day gap until our next game against Florida Gulf Coast (due to the Ohio State game cancellation), so we are not sure when she got injured during that time period. She didn't play again until UCLA on January 6 (a span of 52 days if we assume she got injured or showed signs of injury soon after the San Francisco game).

Maya's last game before she got injured was December 29th against Northridge. If we assumed a similar timetable as Lexie's injury (and we have no idea if they are related in severity and recovery period needed), then Maya wouldn't be due back until the Arizona game on February 22nd (unfortunately after the Cal x2, Oregon and SoCal stretch).

I really hope that Tara's public pronouncements that Maya will be back soon is actually soon (as in the next couple weeks) and not more in terms of how she described it as sometime before season's end. If we harbor any hopes of defeating Oregon and going far in the postseason, we need a healthy and effective Dodson to provide not only a post scoring threat to complement Alanna, but the rebounding and defense needed against the Ruthy Hebards, Kalani Browns, Teira McGowans of the world