Season ends for women’s soccer
The University of Indianapolis women’s soccer team ended their 2010 season on Oct. 24 after losing 1-0 to Missouri S&T. Junior midfielder Lauren Soza had three of the Greyhounds’ nine shots for the game.
The Greyhounds ended the season with a 4-10-2 record (4-8-2 GLVC). The team experienced a slow start to the beginning of the season, going seven games before their first victory.
“Kentucky Wesleyan is a tough one to lose when you out-shoot a team 21-4 and lose by one,” head coach of the women’s soccer team Geoff VanDeusen said. “It’s the beauty and disgust of soccer.”
Three injuries in the preseason and early in the regular season contributed to some of the hardship.
“We kind of dug a hole in the beginning of the season and we never got out of it totally, not for lack of effort by the players,” VanDeusen said. “Other than the injuries, I don’t think I would have prepared or done anything different with our team.”
The first UIndy victory came at home on Oct. 24 against St. Joseph’s, with a score of 3-0.
Freshmen midfielder Kaitlyn Braunig and forward Nicole Duncan scored two of the three goals, with junior back Megan Grassly earning the third.
The victory propelled some Greyhound momentum. The team won two of its next five games and tied with the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers 0-0 in double overtime.
UIndy was one of three teams to hold the Rangers scoreless this season.
“We’re ecstatic about the tie with Wisconsin-Parkside,”VanDeusen said. “It was a big one for us and gave us a lot of confidence.”
On Oct. 15, UIndy lost 1-0 to Drury University at home. On Oct. 17, the Greyhounds earned a 3-2 double overtime victory over Rockhurst University.
Braunig and Duncan had two of the goals, with junior midfielder Dana Rosswurm scoring the game winner in the 103rd minute. The Greyhounds suffered a 1-2 overtime loss to Maryville on Oct. 22. Two days later came the loss to Missouri S&T, which ended the UIndy season.
“I think we’re excited for what spring’s going to bring, because spring is a lot of individual technical work and fitness,” said junior back Libby Anderl, one of the team captains. “So a lot of us are going to see really big improvements in our game.”
Only two seniors will graduate, and a class of nine juniors will return for the senior season.
“Looking forward to next year, we are definitely going to be a senior driven team,” VanDeusen said. “We saw a lot of the juniors, soon to be seniors, grow up and mature this year, which will really show next season.”
The team hopes to overcome the adversity it experienced this season and build upon the tough experiences.
“Obviously, this year wasn’t what we expected or set our minds on doing, but we learned a lot,” junior back Libby Anderl said. “We have a lot of things we can take from it both as people and players.”
The team’s goals for the next season include trips to the GLVC and NCAA tournaments.
“We know we have the talent,” Anderl said. “And we know that there’s a very small difference between winning and losing.”
