Women's soccer kicks off tonight
Erica Metzler
September 28, 2007
The UW women's soccer team is hoping to earn their first home victory tonight as they host Eastern Washington (3-3) at 7 p.m. It will be the final non-conference game before the Huskies start Pac-10 play in October, and the team is ready to get the ball rolling.
The Huskies are off to a struggling start with a 2-7 record. The team has suffered five straight losses by one-goal deficits, but believes their record is not a reflection of their performance on the field.
"Soccer is one of the only games where the better team can lose," senior goalkeeper Lizzy Showman said. "It's all in the preparation."
Washington is 2-0 against Eastern Washington, with wins in 2000 and 2001. No Husky Player on this year's team has toed up against the [HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]Eagles, so it should be an interesting match-up.
"We are going to be working on communication and connecting the front line with midfield and midfield with the front line," Showman said.
Bridges had the first score allowed by Brigham Young University in Monday's game against the Cougars, which ended their perfect defensive record of 849 scoreless minutes. Bridges is also the team's leading scorer with three goals.
Forward Shuree Hyatt is back in action after missing more than half of last season with an injury. She is the second leading scorer on the team with two goals.
"I think Shuree is beginning to play more up to expectations, her own and ours," Gallimore added.
The Huskies' schedule is tough this season with seven opponents ranked in the current Soccer America Top-25. Three were Sweet 16 competitors last season. However, the team is confident they can turn things around.
"We need to win. We need to put together a solid 90-minute performance in order to feel better about the first half of our season and give us a positive result going into conference play," Gallimore said.
[Reach reporter Erica Metzler at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.]
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