Women’s soccer club down 1-2

By Jacob Dyer|

The Idaho women’s soccer club lost 2-1 Saturday to the Eastern Washington University soccer club in Cheney.
Even with the loss the club walked away feeling good about its performance, and Tessa Fox, the club captian, said the second half of the game was theirs to win.
“We dominated in the second half of the game passing around Eastern players, sending teammates up the field and taking shots on goal,” Fox said.
The club went the entire first half without scoring a goal, but in the second they broke through when junior forward Chase Lane scored while fighting off two defenders and got one past the keeper.
Angie Rios, a sophomore defender, attributed the club’s improved play to better passing.
“As a team our passes were a lot better, we really connected to feet and played some great balls to each other,” Rios said.
The club hasn’t earned a victory yet this fall, but their spirits are up and Fox said they are beginning to come together as a unit.
Katie Martin, a freshman defender, said she has started to see that improvement and is enjoying the camaraderie the club has gained.
“We are getting better and we are
getting closer as a team on and off the field,” Martin said.
That closeness almost paid off at the end of Saturday’s game when Idaho
controlled the ball and got past Eastern’s defense.
Lane said she feels like they just ran out of time and more minutes of play would have changed the results.
“If we would of had a little more time in the game, things would have ended a little different,” Lane said. “We had it at the end.”
The game was in their hands, but they allowed it to slip through their fingers as the defense couldn’t hold strong, Fox said.
Fox said the club walked away a little happier than in previous games with
the way things turned out because they were in the game through the entire
duration.
Fox said that if anything at the end of the season they will have walked away with 20 new friends.
The Idaho women’s soccer club will be back on the pitch at 4 p.m. Saturday in Boise to compete against Boise State’s club.

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