It has been a bit of an up and down season so far. We are currently 6-6 overall, but are 2-1 in CAC play.
We really tried to test the boys early this year with our non-conference schedule. We lost games to Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, Kenyon, Lycoming, and Catholic during the early part of the season.
Kenyon was ranked as high as #2 in the nation, CMU is #17 in the nation, and both Lycoming and Hopkins are regionally ranked in the Mid-Atlantic region. We were in every game and were even up 2-1 on Kenyon, but couldn't hold on and lost 3-2.
We knew it was going to be a tough schedule, but we needed the competition to prepare for conference play. So far it has paid off with a strong 5-0 performance against Wesley and a solid 1-0 victory over St. Mary's, who came into the game 7-1-1 and ranked regionally.
We had a setback on Wednesday night when we dropped a 3-1 decision to Mary Washington. We actually played pretty well and were fairly even in shots 12-11, but made some costly mistakes that Mary Wash capitalized on each time. The Eagles are currently 7-2 and also ranked regionally in the South Atlantic.
Things do not get any easier as we prepare for Christopher Newport on Saturday at 7pm. The Captains come in with a record of 10-2 (3-0 CAC) and ranked #18 in the nation by D3soccer.com.
You can checkout the goals from the season so far on our YouTubepage: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
