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GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 07: Duke Blue Devils forward Leaonna Odom (5) is blocked by Florida State Seminoles forward Valencia Myers (32) during the ACC Women's basketball tournament between the Florida State Seminole and the Duke Blue Devils on March 7, 2019, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, NC. (Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 07: Duke Blue Devils forward Leaonna Odom (5) is blocked by Florida State Seminoles forward Valencia Myers (32) during the ACC Women's basketball tournament between the Florida State Seminole and the Duke Blue Devils on March 7, 2019, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, NC. (Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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SOUTH BEND, IN – MARCH 25: Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Abby Prohaska (12) celebrates a play with Notre Dame Fighting Irish Center Mikayla Vaughn (30) during the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship second round basketball game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on March 25, 2019 at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN – MARCH 25: Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Abby Prohaska (12) celebrates a play with Notre Dame Fighting Irish Center Mikayla Vaughn (30) during the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship second round basketball game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on March 25, 2019 at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Prohaska out indefinitely for Notre Dame

After graduating all five starters, Muffet McGraw was looking at sophomore Abby Prohaska as someone she could lean on this season for experience and leadership. She was one of just two returning players who featured in both Final Four games for the Irish last season.

At ACC Media Day in October, McGraw said of Prohaska and Mikayla Vaughn: “They know what it takes. They’ve been in the locker room. They know what it looks like.”

But on Monday, Notre Dame and Prohaska announced that she would be out indefinitely after she was diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary embolism, with blood clots in both of their lungs.

“It’s a huge loss not having Abby for so many reasons,” McGraw told the IndyStar. “She is somebody that gives energy because she comes in and she takes charges and hustles for loose balls. She’s somebody you could point to for the freshmen to look up to and say, ‘This is how you’re supposed to practice, this is how you’re supposed to play.’”

Additionally, McGraw announced Thursday that Vaughn would be out four to six weeks after suffering a right knee sprain. McGraw will go into Friday night’s home opener against Loyola (Maryland) with just seven scholarship players.

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