Positive Results Over the Weekend

After struggling to find the back of the net the first three games it was nice to get on the scoreboard and come away with two wins over the weekend.

Sophomore Dillon Muise's first two goals of the season came Friday night as he helped down Shenandoah University 2-0 at Bobcat Stadium. It wasn't our best soccer, but we were finally efficient in front of the goal and made the most of our opportunities. Again there were glimpses of some really good soccer, but we didn't do it consistently for 90 minutes.

We knew turning around and having to travel to Waynesburg on Saturday after the late 7:00 PM kick-off on Friday would present a bit of challenge for the boys, but once again they young guys responded when called upon. The injury bug is still a major concern as now starting and all-conference center back Jamie Flewellyn was unable to go due to an injury. The backline that started against Waynesburg was a totally new back four from the group that started the season.

We were able to control most of the game in the mid-field and put away two decent goals by Sophomore Shawn Baker and Freshman Michael Norman, but we probably should have had a third and put the game away. Instead Waynesburg was able to close the deficit to 2-1 with about 10 minutes to go and it became much more of a hectic final few minutes than it ever should have been.

Sophomores Dillon Muise and Shawn Baker

Capital Athletic Conference play begins at home on Wednesday against Marymount at 5:00 PM. This is an important game for us as we need to get off to a positive start in the conference and pick up some points before we begin play against some of the favorites.