Tuesday, October 2, 2001

Greenberg welcomed after recent injury
By Nathan Loewen
Wire Coordinator

Winners of two of its last three games and coming off the team’s first home win, the TCU women’s soccer team will get their leading scorer back from injury today.

Freshman forward Laura Greenberg, who sat out against Marquette Friday and DePaul Sunday due to a concussion suffered against Saint Louis Sept. 23, returns as the Frogs (4-5-1, 2-2-0) face Texas-El Paso 3 p.m. today in El Paso.

Senior midfielder Jeanine Rogers eludes a Texas Tech defender’s slide tackle in a game last season Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. The Frogs play Texas-El Paso 3 p.m. today in El Paso.

“We missed her,” head coach David Rubinson said. “She adds spark to the team.”

Greenberg led the team with four goals in the previous three games before going into the weekend. Her spark will be needed against a quick Miner team, Rubinson said.

“We must move the ball quickly against them,” Rubinson said. “We need more of a defensive presence early.”

The Frogs cannot afford to play shoddy defense, Rubinson said.

“If we have a defensive lapse in the game the Miners will take advantage and the game is theirs,” Rubinson said.

The Frogs enter the game after winning their first home contest of the season. The team shut out the DePaul Warriors 2-0 on Sunday.

“I felt like we deserved to win,” Rubinson said. “We played a terrific second half.”

DePaul head coach John Wilson said he was impressed with the Frogs’ play.

“I thought that both teams felt they could win the game,” Wilson said. “We had three or four shots in the game and couldn’t finish a half-eaten cheeseburger.”

Wilson said he was surprised with how well the Frogs played.

“I knew they would be a talented team but I had no idea just how talented,” Wilson said. “TCU was the better team on Sunday for sure.”

Friday the Frogs lost their first home conference game, 2-0, to No. 21 Marquette.

Despite the loss, Rubinson said he saw progress.

“We are getting better as the games go on,” Rubinson said.

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