Athlete of the Week: Briana Vibbard
Sherburne-Earlville girls soccer coach Kylie Davis said it was the worst knee injury she had ever seen. That injury to junior Briana Vibbard occurred in March last year during an indoor soccer game.
She planted to take a left-footed shot, and at the moment she took the shot, a defender slide-tackled into her plant (right) leg. She converted the goal, but her soccer playing was over for quite a while.
“She tore every ligament but one in her knee, and she immediately had surgery,” Davis said.
Vibbard tore her anterior cruciate ligament, the posterior cruciate ligament, and the medial collateral ligament. The only ligament she didn’t tear was the lateral collateral ligament, but to make up for that, she completely shattered her meniscus.
“I was really devastated and upset after it happened, but I just figured I had to go to PT (physical therapy), and make sure I kept doing it,” Vibbard said.
There were some fears that Vibbard may not play soccer again, and Vibbard, herself, had some doubts about whether she would return to the form that allowed her to score 20 goals as a freshman on the S-E varsity team.
Vibbard missed all of the 2009 soccer season, but was released for contact sports late in the fall playing as a reserve guard on the Marauders’ basketball team. Through persistent therapy, she began to play soccer again during the spring, and this summer, was encouraged by her doctor to play soccer without her support brace. “I don’t think she was as confident playing without the brace as she is now,” Davis said. “She’s definitely comfortable with it off now, and she knows she has to be confident with it off.”
While Vibbard admits she is still not entirely back to the same speed and quickness before the injury, she is still getting the same results, and her performance at Sherburne-Earlville’s season-opening tournament helped her club win the championship last Saturday.
Vibbard scored three of her team’s four goals in a 4-0 shutout of Hamilton, and had the assist on the winning goal against McGraw in the title clash. Vibbard’s dynamic return to the soccer field has earned her the distinction as the first Smith Ford LLC, Giant’s Warehouse/Evening Sun Athlete of the Week for the 2010-2011 school year.
Any tentativeness Vibbard had in playing soccer is now gone, but she has had to adapt her game to achieve the same results. She hasn’t returned to the same level of quickness, but is making up for that with natural athleticism, strength, and intelligence. “She’s amazing with the ball, and I’ve seen her fight through two players,” Davis said. “She’s a smart soccer play and is such a threat with the ball.”
“I think I’m a different player than I used to be,” Vibbard said. “I see the game differently now. Being out a whole season made me love soccer that much more.”
And Sherburne-Earlville is a different (and much better) team with Vibbard on the field.
She planted to take a left-footed shot, and at the moment she took the shot, a defender slide-tackled into her plant (right) leg. She converted the goal, but her soccer playing was over for quite a while.
“She tore every ligament but one in her knee, and she immediately had surgery,” Davis said.
Vibbard tore her anterior cruciate ligament, the posterior cruciate ligament, and the medial collateral ligament. The only ligament she didn’t tear was the lateral collateral ligament, but to make up for that, she completely shattered her meniscus.
“I was really devastated and upset after it happened, but I just figured I had to go to PT (physical therapy), and make sure I kept doing it,” Vibbard said.
There were some fears that Vibbard may not play soccer again, and Vibbard, herself, had some doubts about whether she would return to the form that allowed her to score 20 goals as a freshman on the S-E varsity team.
Vibbard missed all of the 2009 soccer season, but was released for contact sports late in the fall playing as a reserve guard on the Marauders’ basketball team. Through persistent therapy, she began to play soccer again during the spring, and this summer, was encouraged by her doctor to play soccer without her support brace. “I don’t think she was as confident playing without the brace as she is now,” Davis said. “She’s definitely comfortable with it off now, and she knows she has to be confident with it off.”
While Vibbard admits she is still not entirely back to the same speed and quickness before the injury, she is still getting the same results, and her performance at Sherburne-Earlville’s season-opening tournament helped her club win the championship last Saturday.
Vibbard scored three of her team’s four goals in a 4-0 shutout of Hamilton, and had the assist on the winning goal against McGraw in the title clash. Vibbard’s dynamic return to the soccer field has earned her the distinction as the first Smith Ford LLC, Giant’s Warehouse/Evening Sun Athlete of the Week for the 2010-2011 school year.
Any tentativeness Vibbard had in playing soccer is now gone, but she has had to adapt her game to achieve the same results. She hasn’t returned to the same level of quickness, but is making up for that with natural athleticism, strength, and intelligence. “She’s amazing with the ball, and I’ve seen her fight through two players,” Davis said. “She’s a smart soccer play and is such a threat with the ball.”
“I think I’m a different player than I used to be,” Vibbard said. “I see the game differently now. Being out a whole season made me love soccer that much more.”
And Sherburne-Earlville is a different (and much better) team with Vibbard on the field.
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