McAlpine and the Bulldogs entered the 2023 season with higher expectations and ambitions. This is no longer last year and last season.
Georgia lost in the second round, 3-1, at powerhouse North Carolina, which has won 22 national championships. 7 seed in 2022, won their first-round matchup, beating Samford, 2-0, in the program's first home NCAA tournament game since 2007. A weight was being lifted, sparked by the arrival of coach Keidane McAlpine and his staff and the buy-in and execution by the players.
For the first time since 2014, Georgia was back in the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament.
A year ago, this was all fresh, new and exciting - mixed with a dose of catharsis.
