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Panther pride and Red Sox shakeup

This week on The Sports Rapport, we speak with Middlebury women's lacrosse team head coach Kate Livesay and star attacker Skylar Lach about the team's unbeaten season and how they're doing in the NESCAC playoffs.

We'll also be joined by NBC5 Sports reporter Jack Main to talk about the latest status of teams fighting to advance from round one of the NHL and NBA playoffs and the early season struggles and coaching changes for the Boston Red Sox.

Guests

Kate Livesay, Middlebury women's lacrosse team head coach
Skylar Lach, Middlebury women's lacrosse team attacker
Jack Main, MyNBC5's Weekday Sports Anchor

The High Five

5. The Vermont Coyotes were named the ABA's expansion franchise of the year.
4. The Saint Michael's College lacrosse team received several postseason honors, including head coach Alex Smith being named NE10 coach of the year.
3. Sophomore forward Noah Barnett announced his intention to return to the University of Vermont men's basketball program after entering the transfer portal earlier this month.
2. Middlebury College women's lacrosse is 16-0 after beating Bates College 18-6 in the NESCAC tournament quarterfinals.
1. Colchester High School senior Brinlee Gilfillan broke her own state records in the outdoor 100m and 200m sprints.

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.