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WMC Women's Soccer Team Struggles with Adversity By DOUG GOLDEN Swarthmore. The Terrors, on age to throw together. Alas, the conditions they play under. OUfdefense most be incredible, s"IC'lI'rl", time was nOI on their side and Sure they allow goals in, but especially on a ream with such the other hand, seemed ener- The Western Maryland gized; and in return, kept the the game ended during what what defense would'nt when the few substitutions. During the women's soccer team has many ball moving around the was surely one of their lop per- ball is constantly being forced to past few games, the Western characteristics to their players. Swarthmore goal. The Terror fonnances. their goaL It seems that every Maryland defense has been the They have hustle, leadership, offense dominated loose balls Praise must be given to the time the defense brings the bait workhorse, but the strongest of and skill at least equal to that of and the defense denied what- Western Maryland defense. down, the offense coughs thc horses will fall when over their opposing team. " ever offensive advancement the They operate as effeciently as banback up to the opposing de- worked. So why then are they winless? Swarthmore offense could man- any defense can when put under fense. The exhaustion felt by Another thing that the West- They are winless because ern Maryland women's soccer tbey lack some of the most ba- team needs and is lacking, but sic and important traits that ev- amazingly enough has no con- ery team needs to compete and trol over, is support. The team be successful. Those traits are has a minute number of specta- intensity and mental discspfine. tors in comparison to other vari- In all of their last three ous teams. Perhaps an increase games, the team has entered the in WMC students can make game pumped and aggressive. some some sort of difference in This is reflected in the team's how the Lady Terrors perform. constant hustle and relentless Just me noise coming from their pursuit of the batl. Thentheop- peers can and should give an posing team strikes back with added boost of confidence; and their first goal; thus causing, a possibly, some long missed of- blow 10 the WMC player's posi- fensive domination. tive attitude. You can sec the The players of the team are Terror's confidence and team- still looking positively on their work go down as they drop upcoming season. The nucleus their heads and slowly walk ot the team refuses 10 fold early back to their posistions for the in the season and speak of their kick-off. Any athlete can tell upcoming games with a cornbt- you that when an opposing team does this, that it is a great boost 11;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#IJ~"'_natiOO-2!.detenninationandan- ger. Tbese-tedtes aren't just :: to the other team's confidence. The Woman's Soccer Team: Why Are They Winless? confidenL. ..... they're out ....for Reflecting on their teams in- ===__----=-------------, tensity after Swarthmores first blood! goal, defenseperson Missy Baldwin and striker Sarah Sheckell's comment," We came out positive that we would win, but after we got scored on, our confidence was shot down." The team exhibits spurts of playing time when top rate soc- cer skill can be seen; then for some reason, they are inhibited by a lack of offense. Case in point, the Swarthmore game on Saturday the 25th. Swarthmore had outscorec Western Mary- land despite what seemed to be equal ball control by each team. Then the rain came. There was a definite enervation in the tran- sition and defensive game of FANS @ WMC STUDENTS SPECIAL: FREE ENROLLMENT!!! UNTIL OCTOBER 31 !! Fitness Center: Nautilus CHINESE RESTAURANT Body Masters Szechuan' Cantonese' American Free Weights Life Cycles 59 West Main St., Westminster, MD 21157 Step Machines Aerobics Telephone: 239-3366 (301) 848·0919 • (301) 876-3166 RT. 482, HAMSTEAD ·MEXICORD JUST MINUTES AWAYI