Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Horned Frogs victorious in ‘grueling match’
By Nathan Loewen
Wire Coordinator

Senior forward Jenn Coulson scored the game’s winning goal in the 112th minute to lead the TCU women’s soccer team to a 3-2 double overtime win against the second place Saint Louis Billikens Sunday.

Players and coaches from both teams said the match was grueling.

“The match was tough for both teams and we were both worn out after the game,” said Saint Louis (3-3, 1-1 Conference USA) head coach Tim Champion.

Senior forward Crystal Pratz battles Saint Louis forward Jaime Perry for the ball Sunday. The Frogs won 3-2 in double overtime.

The win snapped the Frogs’ (3-4, 1-1 Conference USA) three game losing streak.

David Rubinson, coach for the Lady Frogs, said that the victory was good for his players’ confidence.

“We battled uphill the whole game and our girls never quit,” Rubinson said.

Freshman forward Laura Greenberg scored two goals against Saint Louis to tie the game. Rubinson said that he was glad to see Greenberg step up this past week.

“(Greenberg) has really played well this week and has been instrumental in our games,” said Rubinson.

Greenberg said she was excited to be able to help tally a win for the team.

“We shocked a lot of people when we came out on top in overtime,” Greenberg said.
Champion said he knew the Frogs would be a challenge.

“(TCU) is a good team and they have adjusted to the conference really well,” Champion said. “I was impressed with their persistence.”

TCU dropped its first conference game, 2-1, against the East Carolina Pirates (4-3, 2-0 C-USA) Friday. Rubinson said he was disappointed with the loss.

“I feel like we didn’t deserve to lose,” Rubinson said. “Yet I also feel that we didn’t deserve to win. I would have like to seen that match (Saint Louis) go into overtime.”

The loss was the Frogs’ third consecutive. In that span the Frogs were outscored 7-2.

“We need to step up our intensity from the beginning and be more aggressive defensively,” Rubinson said.

Greenberg said the Frogs had chances to win the game but did not capitalize on them.

“We were very disappointed in our loss. We felt like we should have taken the game,” Greenberg said.

The Frogs play conference foe Marquette 3 p.m. Friday at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

Nathan Loewen
n.d.loewen@student.tcu.edu