Women's Soccer - SMU vs. UTEP
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:26 amSMU is at UTEP Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Hopefully the team will be able to bounce back after yet another frustrating one-goal loss Friday. All seven of SMU's losses this season have been by one goal for those who are counting.
Friday saw some of the players really stepping up and trying to make things happen. I sensed it was more desperation than frustration (at least I hope so). Once SMU got a goal down and was still struggling to generate much offense, Mallory Baum started getting more aggressive on the offensive end. Her five shots led the team on the afternoon and a couple of them were marked for the back of the net before nice saves from the keeper. At one point late in the match, Courtney Smith even made an offensive run into the opposing team's six-yard box!
You could also tell Courtney Webb wasn't going to let another team get a breakaway on us. At one time she literally came 40 yards off her line to get to a long through ball before the CC player could get to it. One other time she did the same thing 25 yards out.
After hoping the offense would come around all season, at this point I guess we know what we are going to get. Hopefully one or two of the good chances will go in Sunday.
After Friday's action, SMU has slipped to 4th place in C-USA.
1. 25 (8-0-1) Memphis (x)
2. 19 (6-2-1) Colorado College (x)
3. 18 (5-1-3) UCF (x)
4. 16 (5-3-1) SMU
5. 14 (4-3-2) Tulsa
5. 14 (4-3-2) UTEP
7. 13 (4-4-1) Rice
8. 10 (3-5-1) Houston
9. 9 (3-5-0) East Carolina
10. 7 (2-5-1) UAB
11. 5 (1-6-2) Marshall
12. 1 (0-8-1) Southern Miss
Note - ECU still has a weather makeup game with UAB so SMU does not have a spot clinched in the postseason tournament yet.
Friday saw some of the players really stepping up and trying to make things happen. I sensed it was more desperation than frustration (at least I hope so). Once SMU got a goal down and was still struggling to generate much offense, Mallory Baum started getting more aggressive on the offensive end. Her five shots led the team on the afternoon and a couple of them were marked for the back of the net before nice saves from the keeper. At one point late in the match, Courtney Smith even made an offensive run into the opposing team's six-yard box!
You could also tell Courtney Webb wasn't going to let another team get a breakaway on us. At one time she literally came 40 yards off her line to get to a long through ball before the CC player could get to it. One other time she did the same thing 25 yards out.
After hoping the offense would come around all season, at this point I guess we know what we are going to get. Hopefully one or two of the good chances will go in Sunday.
After Friday's action, SMU has slipped to 4th place in C-USA.
1. 25 (8-0-1) Memphis (x)
2. 19 (6-2-1) Colorado College (x)
3. 18 (5-1-3) UCF (x)
4. 16 (5-3-1) SMU
5. 14 (4-3-2) Tulsa
5. 14 (4-3-2) UTEP
7. 13 (4-4-1) Rice
8. 10 (3-5-1) Houston
9. 9 (3-5-0) East Carolina
10. 7 (2-5-1) UAB
11. 5 (1-6-2) Marshall
12. 1 (0-8-1) Southern Miss
Note - ECU still has a weather makeup game with UAB so SMU does not have a spot clinched in the postseason tournament yet.