Girls' soccer

By Jack Carney
Critic Staff

Lady Hornets' soccer pick up the slack on slow season.

After losing the first two games to start the regular season, the Lady Hornets’ women's soccer team is now on a three game win streak heading into the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) opener vs Castleton tomorrow. Women's head coach Jim Davis said the first two games were tough with all the new faces.
"We spent the first week finding players. At the start of the year we only had nine girls, and now we have 17," Davis said. "I have ten freshmen that are new to this team and the school. So I think those first two games were just us getting the jitters out. But we have a great group of girls that work together and are focusing to be a better team."
Kathy Kline has scored three of the Hornets’ five goals in the last two games. Kline says she sees that her team is starting to focus and get better overall as a team.
"I think it’s because we became close as a team," Kline said. "Our game has progressed so much over the past few games. If we play the way I know we are capable of, I know we can win."
Davis said going from 0-2 to 3-2 has made a big psychological difference. Since going on the three game win streak the girls have scored 12 goals and have only allowed four. Davis says this is because the girls are finally moving into a progressive sequence.
"We can definitely score, but I think if we can tighten up on defense, we can beat any team," Davis said. "That’s what wins games is defense and if we can do that we will be a solid team. If we can do that we have got a good shot at beating teams and winning the NAC this year."
After their first five games, the Lady Hornets currently are ranked second in preseason NAC rankings in women’s soccer. Kline went on to say she and her teammates have big plans for this team and their season to come.
"I think I want to win the NAC conference," Kline said. "We can beat any team we go up against. We're 3-2 right now but by the end of the season I want us to be the winners overall."


Photo by S.C. Lury