soccer Minnesota Duluth f Millsaps Eckerd Central Oklahoma Midwestern State TexasA& "Commerce John Brown Christian Brothers ... orth labama Freed Hardeman Belhaven Ouachita Baptist Alabama-Huntsville Lincoln Memorial Northeastern State Montevallo West Florida Central ~rkansas Dallas Baptist Loss 3-4 Win 9-0 Loss 0-3 Loss 1-4"" Loss 0-3 Loss 0-6 . I Wm5-1 L~ss 1-2 Loss 1-2 Loss 1-2 Loss 1-5 Loss 0-2 Loss 3-4 (Photo by April Clem) Determined to stay ahead of the Alabama-Huntsville opponents, junior Lyndsey Garner keeps her eyes on the ball Oct. 11. Throughout the season, players sharpened their skills during practice in order to optimize their perfor– mance, during matches. (Photo by April Clem) rebuilding a ODD a The Lady Bison soccer team looked to rebuild this year, after losing four seniors last year. Coach Greg Harris added 13new freshmen to the roster in the fall. With an overall record of 5-14, the Lady Bisons made good use of the home field advantage, taking three wins at home. The new bleachers made it possible for larger crowds to watch games and help the team defeat Freed Hardeman University, Millsaps and Lincoln Memorial. Freshman Megan Hatcher scored eight goals on the season while freshman Becky Oostenbrug made six goals and had four assists this season. Along with the new talent, returning players sophomore Lori Boren and jLmior Lyndsey Garner combined for nine season goals. "I thought we played a lot better as a team this year," Boren said. "All thenewgirls really added a lot to the team." JLmior Courtney Saul, team captain, and jtmior Brooke Cockrell both made first team A1I-GulfSouth Conference. Boren made second team All-GSC. "We had a really yOlmg team so itwas a building year, but ram looking forward to playing next year/' Cockrell said. "We'll have 10 starters returning and I really believe that we'll just perform better and play better." Along with new offensive changes came defen– sive changes as well. Freshman Lindsey Kertes and junior Gracey Mathis worked together to make 113 saves at the goaL All-conference defender Cockrell shot past midfield to score five season goals. With the new improvements came typical build– ing-year problems. The Lady Bisons went only two for eight in conference play. Though most of the six conference losses were heart-breakingly close, the team was outscored by only nine season goals. "Wewere prettymuch in every game, and we had that chance to win. We didn't get blown out by any one team," Cockrell said. "Hopefully next year we can score more. We need to work on the little thlngs, and a lotof thatwill comewith the freshmen from this year settling down." The problem of finishing seemed to be the next area of focus. "Weare already competing, we just need to finish more," Boren said. - Ryan Saul women's soccer 247 mm, .
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