Melissa Verde referred to it as "nothing special."

Her teammate and longtime friend Holly Tankersley said it was "a little knee injury."

Most observers, however, are amazed at how Verde has managed to play softball for the past six weeks with an injury that would put most athletes on an operating table.

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By CHRIS DABE


[igm] "It's nothing special," said Verde, a Kelly graduate who tore her left anterior cruciate ligament during a game March 20. "You face adversity in life, and you have to overcome it. It's like that in softball and in sports, and life in general." [/igm]