Friday, October 26, 2001

Women’s soccer seeks more intensity
Frogs hope to open match strong
By Nathan Loewen
Wire Coordinator

If the first half of soccer matches did not count, then the TCU women’s soccer team could be undefeated.

Players and coaches agreed the Frogs cannot afford another slow start as the Frogs (7-8-0, 3-4-0 Conference USA) face Tulane (7-6-0, 5-2-0) at 1 p.m. today at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

SPECIAL TO THE SKIFF Junior defender Brenda DeRose dribbles past defenders in a match last season. DeRose and the Frogs face conference-foe Tulane 1 p.m. today at the Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

The Frogs have been dominated in the first period, being out-shot 103-73 and out-scored 12-7. Though the Frogs start slow in the first period they come out hard in the second out-shooting opponents 127-97 with 60 percent of the Frogs’ goals coming in the second period.

Freshman midfielder Cara Toulouse, who is second on the team with assists, said they need to come out and work hard from the beginning.

“We need to play all 90 minutes,” Toulouse said. “We have to start playing in the first period not just the second.”

The team needs to keep a high intensity of play throughout the entire game, freshman forward Laura Greenberg said.

“As a team, we need to come out and keep up high pressure on (Tulane),” said Greenberg. “Our intensity level on offense needs to remain high.”

Junior forward Nicole Carman said the Tulane match is critical.

“We need to take it to them, or we will be done in a couple of weeks,” Carman said.

Head coach Dave Rubinson said the team will need to win two if its final three matches to be guaranteed a spot in the C-USA Tournament.

The Frogs are coming off a disappointing 1-0 loss against Memphis where they out-shot the Tigers but did not score a goal.

Rubinson said they did everything but win against the Tigers.

“We need to be more aggressive,” Rubinson said. “We need to go out there and finish off our chances.”

Greenberg, who is tied for first in goals scored, said at this point that they need to win.

“We have pressure to win,” Greenberg, who will make her second start of the season, said. “We have to keep our enthusiasm up.”

For the first time, a women’s match will be broadcast on the radio by KTCU (88.7 FM).
“We are excited about being broadcast on the radio,” Toulouse said.

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