After suffering through a 1-15 season, Liberty's girls lacrosse coach Bernadine Sivick understands it's never an easy situation to go through.

However, looking on the bright side, Sivick can only hope this season's struggles have planted roots for a future to build on.

"This was a learning year for a very inexperienced team," said Sivick. "We will continue working on our basic skills and use our few experienced players to build a more aggressive determined team.

"We've learned that we must depend on each other to play team defense. It's not only your responsibility to stop the play but our job."

Giving up nearly 16 goals a contest this season, team defense is something Sivick can certainly look at as an area of improvement, but having an inexperienced team play against top-caliber programs like Parkland, Easton and Emmaus in the East Penn Conference makes the season a challenge.

Caitlin Kennedy is the only top player that will be lost to graduation next season, but the 'Canes return Anissa Abboud, who led the team in scoring with 26 goals this season.

Getting better is the most important factor for a young program and Sivick wants to see that development throughout the the off-season into next spring.

"We've learned what skills we need to improve upon as well as what level of commitment is need to be bring our team into a competitive setting," Sivick said. "Moving into the summer we hope to have players going to camps, clinic's and playing in a summer league."