The Idaho women’s soccer club competed against Boise State’s club on Saturday and fell be the score of 10-2.
Tessa Fox, the captain of the team, said that her team is still trying to learn how to play together and not let nerves get the best of them.
“Our team seems to be still working out butterflies and nerves not only just in a game situation but also playing with each other,” Fox said.
Fox said that part of the reason for the struggle comes from the fact that even though they have been practicing for the past month, they have a bunch of participants who have never played together.
The inexperience showed in the first half when Fox said that Boise State scored the majority of their goals and really controlled the pace of the game.
“The first half of the game just wasn’t ours and we let Boise have it,” Fox said.
Fox said that their goal going into the second half was just to have some fun and the rest would take care of itself, Michele Sing would score a goal early on a second goal. Fox scored on a penalty kick.
“We got really fired up after that and we were dominating the game, Boise was getting frustrated and we just started playing really good soccer,” Fox said.
Fox said she was pleased with the play of her teammates and Kayla Barkdull, the club’s goal keeper, made some really strong saves and ran into a few Bronco players.
Chase Lane did a good job getting the ball to forwards and outside midfielders, Fox said. Defensively, the team fared much better in the second half from some solid play.
“Angie Rios, Heather Watson, Brookelynn Vizzerra, and Jackie Amende held our defensive line trying their hardest to keep Boise out of our side of the field,” Fox said.
Fox said that the key of the second half was the team calming down and just playing their game.
“The effort and heart definitely came in the second half and I was liking what I was seeing. We are the kind of team that has to keep the mood light or we will tense up and won’t play like we know how to,” Fox said.
The women’s soccer club will be on the field again at 11 a.m. this weekend at Eastern Washington.