Rocky Start to 2009 Season

First off - sorry for the delayed posting...

Secondly - Update on the team.

This year we brought in a pretty good group of freshmen and one transfer into preseason...a long preseason. The girls came in very fit and seemed like they were ready for the 2009 season when we took on Ohio Valley University in the home opener and blew them away 12-0, practically all of the girls got some playing time- it gave the team a good dose of confidence and a great start to the year.

However, in our second game (home versus Slippery Rock University) we hit a small road block after going up 1-0 on a beautiful goal by Senior Captain Courtney Johnson the team fell behind going into half 2-1. SRU didn't stop in the second half solidifying their victory with a 5-1 win and taking the wind out of LHU's sails.

Our third and fourth games of the season seemed to fly by with a loss at Mercyhurst College (3-1) and at Indiana University of PA (7-0). That is not to give props to some great games for a few of our players notably Amy Wittman has the loan goal for LHU vs. Mercyhurst off a deflected shot taken by Arielle Gordon from a corner, Kimberly Bentley came up with some HUGE saves last night versus IUP in the second half (their only goal on Bentley came off a PK - a weak call by the ref in my eyes).

Lock Haven Women's Soccer is looking to get things off to a positive start with a win versus Gannon University on Saturday, we hope to have a good few days of practice and gear up for a win and a good bounce back from a little bit of a rocky start. The Lady Eagles will look to Captain Courtney Johnson and stand outs Caitlyn Slattery and Arielle Gordon to lift them up going into the game.