Tuesday, October 23, 2001

Tigers shut out Frogs
By Nathan Loewen
Wire Coordinator

The Frogs out-shot the Memphis Tigers Sunday but failed to post a goal in a 1-0 shutout at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

TCU (7-8-0, 3-4-0 Conference USA) entered the match with strong offensive play for five minutes into the opening period, but the Tigers (4-11-1, 2-6-0) contained the Frogs for the rest of the period.

Erin Munger/PHOTO EDITOR Freshman forward Laura Greenberg maneuvers with the ball Sunday against Memphis in her first career start. The Frogs lost 1-0.

“We came out strong in about the first five minutes,” freshman midfielder Cara Toulouse said. “It seemed like we lost our momentum all of a sudden.”

The Frogs allowed six shots on goal in the first period. A shot by Memphis midfielder Mary Shelton found its way into the back of the net 13 minutes into the game which was enough for the Tigers to hold onto the win.

“We let them come at us,” said freshman forward Laura Greenberg, who is tied with the team lead in goals with seven but started the first match of the season Sunday.

“They had us playing with a defensive mentality in the first half.”

As they started the match with the Frogs came out in the second period on the offensive. The Frogs had 11 shots over the Tigers’ two shots in the second period.

Head coach David Rubinson said the team put out a lot of effort but could not convert that into goals.

“We did everything but win,” Rubinson said.

The Frogs managed seven shots on goal in the second period but failed to score.

Erin Munger/PHOTO EDITOR Freshman midfielder Bara Gunnarsdottir tries to take the ball from a Memphis player Sunday.

“The space was available for us to score,” Rubinson said “We were never able to connect.”

Greenberg said it was frustrating not to register a goal.

“It was unfortunate,” Greenberg said. “We could have had a couple of easy goals.”

The team’s personality seems that its intensity level on offense does not kick in until the second period, Rubinson said.

“We are our own worst enemies,” Rubinson said.

The Frogs have three more conference games and Rubinson said they need to pick up the intensity to finish out the season.

“I don’t want to come down on the players, they played hard,” Rubinson said. “We just did not win the match.”

The Frogs play the Tulane Green Wave 1 p.m. Friday at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

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