Is Women’s Soccer Ready To Take Next Step?

After a fast start to the 2015 season for the team, they kind of fizzled out with a 4 game losing skid to close out the season to finish out 10-7-1.  But, there was plenty to look forward to for the 2016 season, but that excitement was tempered quickly when they were only able to win 2 games.  This slow start left fans puzzled because there wasn’t a lot of roster turnover from the 2015 season, but they did lose a few veteran leaders to graduation from that team.

So, in 2016 this team went through a lot of growing pains and ended the season on a 4 game losing streak again to finish 2-15-1.

As we quickly turn the page to the 2017 preseason and try to look ahead to what we have to look forward to with this team, I would say we will see a team much closer to the 2015 season than last year’s.

First we will take a look at the Forwards and Midfielders, and the first thing you notice is this team should score more than they did last year as they will be a much more experienced Forward/Midfield group. And it all starts with Junior Sarah Krause who led the team with 1 goal, 2 assists and 28 shots last year.  I look for Krause to connect on more of those shots this year and lead this team offensively.  My offensive comeback player of the year is Redshirt Junior Taylor Pryce who didn’t play much last season due to injury,but she was a force on offense in 2015 and look for her to lead the way from Game 1 this season.

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