I sat in her office for two hours, soaking in her words of wisdom. She had a gift for making you feel immediately at ease. She also had an incredible ability to stare down doubt. That stare could quiet a room. It could tell you something about yourself.
Ament has missed the past two games with a leg injury that he suffered against Alabama on Feb. 28. He is listed as questionable on the SEC availability report. According to a source, there is no certainty in how much he will play against Auburn, but there is an expectation that he will play.
I wasn't trying to get kicked out. I also think that at that time, what I said was warranted, and the action that I took was warranted, and I'll stand behind that. You want to kick me out for it, they can kick me out. What I do love is the fight that my team showed. There's only so many ways you can say something over and over again, so I said it differently, and I got kicked out, which is fine.
"You play, what, 36 games, and you try to put yourself in this situation as often as you can. I think every team that's here knows that this weekend is probably the biggest weekend of the year."
Lacey Eden became the first player in NCAA women's hockey history to win four national championships after co-captaining the Wisconsin Badgers to another title in 2026.