LSU senior soccer players Jackie Moseley, Casey Crawford and Rosyln Jones experienced three hurricanes during their careers and saw the team become nationally ranked.  The Tigers had to deal with hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Gustav the last three years.  LSU coach Brian Lee said anytime there is adversity it will only make the team stronger.  ”The hurricanes makes you appreciate what you have, and as teammates we would do anything for each other,” Jones said.   Moseley said family became more important than soccer during the aftermath of the storm. “Soccer is so important to us, but at the same time our family became more important,” Moseley said. “It makes you realize that soccer is great, and we get to play a sport that we love and for a university we love. But at the same time there are other things that are more important.” The Tigers earned their highest ranking in program history and climbed to No. 12 in the latest Soccer America Top 25 released Tuesday. LSU is also the top-ranked team in the Southeastern Conference for the second consecutive week.”The senior class has had an unbelievable impact and changed college soccer at LSU,” Lee said. “The senior class began their career ranked No.12 of 12 in the SEC and were able to bring the team to win the SEC West title for the first time.”The team won the SEC West title last season for the first time in school history and went to the second round of the NCAA tournament.  Lee said all three girls have continued a “super” job leading the team this year.  ”Ros [Jones] is a big leader and sets by example,” Lee said. “Jackie is very vocal with the girls and Casey is a leader on the field, and all three have embraced what we’ve asked them to do and have flourished on the soccer field.”Crawford started all 24 games last season for a team that won the SEC West title.   ”Winning the SEC West title in 2007 was a wonderful feeling, so now we are ready to take another leap to win the SEC, and we really believe we can do it,” Crawford said.  Jones, a forward, was the team’s second-leading scorer with seven goals and seven assists last season.  The Mandeville native said she wants to lead the soccer team through hard work and make sure everyone is vocal on the field. Jones said senior leadership is important because they know what’s expected.Moseley, a reserve goalkeeper started 19 games her freshman year in 2005 and saw action in three games in 2007, only allowing one goal and making two saves.”I think us three seniors as a group have built our whole soccer careers on hard work and effort and heart, and that is how we all want to lead the team,” Moseley said.  Moseley said the three have been close since freshman year.Jones wants to be remembered as someone who always worked hard, never gave up and was a good leader on and off the field.   Moseley said the biggest part she will take away from her college experience is not only how to deal with success, but to take failures and make them into bigger successes.  The soccer senior class also set an example in the classroom as all three girls made the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2006 and 2007.  ”All are a good example on how to act as a student-athlete on and off the field,” Lee said. —-Contact Tiffany Tucker at [email protected]