Women's soccer drops pair to Delaware and Western Carolina
Jennifer Gunderson
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: Sports
The Sacred Heart University women's soccer team dropped two games this past weekend in the Yale Tournament in New Haven, Conn.
On Friday, the women fell to the University of Delaware Blue Hens 5-1.
Sacred Heart's only goal of the day was scored by sophomore Leigh Dogmanits off an assist from junior Ashley Testani. Sophomore Meghan Reichelt had three saves in goal for Sacred Heart.
"In the first half, we played well, making it only 2-1 at half," said senior Megan Wosleger. "However when we came back out in the second half, we were flat both offensively and defensively."
"We didn't communicate enough in the back line. Miscommunications led to another four goals against us. We can take these mistakes and easily fix them. Communication is something that can easily be fixed; we just have to work hard at it together. We didn't play well and we didn't play our game."
On Sunday, the women lost to the Western Carolina Catamounts by a final score of 2-1.
The Catamounts scored their first goal only three minutes into the game and they added another just before the first half ended to put the Pioneers in a 2-0 hole going into the locker room.
Sacred Heart's lone goal of the day was scored by senior Britney Dupree off an assist by sophomore Alex Mack. Reichelt had two saves in goal for the Pioneers.
Dupree's goal was shot from about 25 yards out in the 55 minute of regulation.
The Pioneers had a number of chances to put the ball in the net, however they just could not capitalize on these opportunities.
"By halftime, we changed things around. We came out a totally different team," said Wosleger. "If only we had played this way the entire game, we wouldn't have lost. We came out strong in the second half, not allowing anyone to push us off the ball."
"Defensively we came out flat and didn't communicate. Sunday's game, we dominated the second half but we couldn't recover from the two goals we let up in the first half," said sophomore Brittany Cookingham.
On Friday, the women fell to the University of Delaware Blue Hens 5-1.
Sacred Heart's only goal of the day was scored by sophomore Leigh Dogmanits off an assist from junior Ashley Testani. Sophomore Meghan Reichelt had three saves in goal for Sacred Heart.
"In the first half, we played well, making it only 2-1 at half," said senior Megan Wosleger. "However when we came back out in the second half, we were flat both offensively and defensively."
"We didn't communicate enough in the back line. Miscommunications led to another four goals against us. We can take these mistakes and easily fix them. Communication is something that can easily be fixed; we just have to work hard at it together. We didn't play well and we didn't play our game."
On Sunday, the women lost to the Western Carolina Catamounts by a final score of 2-1.
The Catamounts scored their first goal only three minutes into the game and they added another just before the first half ended to put the Pioneers in a 2-0 hole going into the locker room.
Sacred Heart's lone goal of the day was scored by senior Britney Dupree off an assist by sophomore Alex Mack. Reichelt had two saves in goal for the Pioneers.
Dupree's goal was shot from about 25 yards out in the 55 minute of regulation.
The Pioneers had a number of chances to put the ball in the net, however they just could not capitalize on these opportunities.
"By halftime, we changed things around. We came out a totally different team," said Wosleger. "If only we had played this way the entire game, we wouldn't have lost. We came out strong in the second half, not allowing anyone to push us off the ball."
"Defensively we came out flat and didn't communicate. Sunday's game, we dominated the second half but we couldn't recover from the two goals we let up in the first half," said sophomore Brittany Cookingham.
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