At one of Arizona’s first practices this spring, assistant coach Paul Nagy pulled several field players aside, put them in goal and lasered a shot in their direction.
Some jumped out of the way; others hung in to make a save.
“It’s fun just to have a little joking during practice,” said defender Morgan McGarry.
But the drill served a purpose. When the Wildcats play their first spring game Saturday, they will only have one goalkeeper on their roster, soon-to-be sophomore Kendyll Humphreys.
That means someone has to be ready to man the net in case of an emergency.