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Balotin’s D-III journey Middle school project leads to transformational experience at UNE Years before she ever stepped foot on campus, Sydney Balotin had already imagined life at the University of New England. As a seventh grader in Syracuse, New York, she was tasked with researching a college. UNE may have seemed like an unconventional choice, but Sydney was drawn to it through a former babysitter who attended the school. At the time, it was just an assignment. Nearly a decade later, Balotin is thriving as a dual-sport athlete at UNE. In the midst of a strong senior lacrosse season —…