Jill Aguilera still ices her left knee after every game.
It’s a precautionary measure, she says. Her surgically-repaired knee is pain-free, and she wants to keep it that way.
“Because I never want to go up to [head coach] Tony [Amato] and say ‘my knee’s hurting, I need to sit out,’” Aguilera said.
She did enough of that last year. The redshirt freshman missed the entire 2016 season with a torn ACL.
“I want to be there whenever [Amato] needs me,” Aguilera said. “So I do whatever in my power to make sure I’m 100 percent all the time.