BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — You don’t invite a fight if you don’t know with absolute certainty you’re the top dog. And Hailey Van Lith is all dawg.
“At the end of the day, I think in my DNA I impact winning,” Van Lith said on Friday, an understatement on a collegiate career still acquiring accolades.
Playing the Notre Dame program known as “Guard U,” the fifth-year guard showed out as the best one on the floor. In the first quarter, she put on moves to beat Hannah Hidalgo on the baseline. In the third, she stood stock still in a silent flex of a brick wall after blocking Hidalgo's drive into the lane.