Throughout the few weeks we've been together, we've all began to bond; this bond created by our common goal, to win ODACS. This team has a lot of heart and a lot of motivation to win. We made it clear to everyone on Friday that we would stop at nothing to win. Suffering from a 1-0 deficit to Dickinson after the first half of play, the team knew we had to step up our game.
Coach gave us a speech at halftime about the things we were doing well, but also the numerous things we needed to work on and fix if we hoped to win. All I remember hearing, and what was drilled into my head during the speech was "MOVE YOUR FEET ON DEFENSE". Coach made a very good point, we were getting beat on defense when we didn't move our feet. This made it easy on the Dickinson attackers because they could read this and use their quick stick dodges to get past us.
So we finally made the adjustment, and we began to move our feet on defense, which soon enough allowed us to keep the ball on our offensive half. By keeping it down there, it gave us multiple opportunities to score. We fought hard and finally scored 2 goals in the second half to lead us to a 2-1 win over Dickinson. This was a big win for us, and gave us momentum going into our game the next day against Hood College.
From the game against Dickinson, we quickly learned each others abilities and it began to be easier to read our teammates on the field. We worked well with each other, making sure our passes were good, making sure we were moving our feet, etc. The final score of this game was 6-0; Bri led the team with three goals, Christina followed with two goals, along with Kalah who also had a goal. The team worked hard to assist them in moving the ball up-field and to create opportunities to score. As a result of our teamwork and heart, we are now 2-0!
Hopefully we can keep this momentum going into our game on Thursday against Mary Washington, a team similar to Dickinson. I'm sure this week's practices will be very tough, and require a lot of concentration to fix the things that will make us better. I know we have what it takes to beat this team, so all that's left is to prove it to ourselves :)
