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Nahla Turner, a goalkeeper for UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019s women/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019s soccer team, played in only one game during her senior season. She had spent the prior 16 months battling an aggressive form of cancer. That game /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2014 the Knight/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019s 2021 season finale /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2014 marked Turner/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019s victory over cancer, a return to the soccer field and the start of a new chapter in her life./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u201cBeing back on the field and feeling the support of my teammates and coaches was an indescribable feeling. Those moments meant the world to me,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u201d says Turner, who played the entire 90-minute session, had two saves and was recognized as a graduating senior during the pre-game senior-night ceremony. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u201cWe learn a lot about ourselves when we are forced to overcome life/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019s circumstances. Through all that I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019ve experienced in the last year, I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019ve found strength that I never knew I had. I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u2019ve found a sense of peace that I value more than anything./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122048/n