2008 Woodie Awards
Scheduling conflicts, losing streak deter team
By: Tim Ottusch
Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: Sports
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A season of highs and lows ended Saturday for the women's club soccer team.
The team's season started fairly strong. Central lost a one-goal game to Western Michigan, then beat Toledo before losing a close game against powerful Ohio State to start the season.
Then the team ran into an unfortunate scheduling mess.
Two of its games, spaced between two weekends, were canceled for various reasons. This left the team without a game for two weeks, as it lost the momentum it had to started to build.
After the two-week layoff, CMU lost its remaining five games, ending the season with 1-7 record.
"I thought we would have a lot more wins under our belt," said sophomore Erica Lemm.
Others on the team had aspirations of better things during the season.
"I thought it was going well for a while," said sophomore Caitlyn Bifoss.
With so many new faces on this year's team, one of the biggest things the team had to do was bond.
One the best bonding experiences came during the team's road trip to Toledo to face UT and Ohio State. The women all stayed at a teammate's house close to Toledo the night before the games and ended up going cow tipping, which ended with one of the players somehow running into an electric fence.
The team has big plans for the offseason and for next season. Central plans to host fundraisers this offseason to buy new uniforms, goalposts, warmup sweats and pay the coaches it plans to bring in.
The team is looking into hosting a spring tournament, which would bring in some neighboring schools in a weekend round-robin competition.
"I just want to have everything we can have. I want to feel good when we step on the field," Lemm said.
Lemm is hoping to reserve one of the gyms once a week during the winter so the team can keep in touch with each other and practice. In the spring, she also plans to host team practices.
As team vice president, Lemm plans to take a different approach when it comes to picking players when tryouts begin next year.
"I want the best team, not the best players," she said. "I want people who are going to work hard, who are wanting to show up and want to play."
sports@cm-life.com
The team's season started fairly strong. Central lost a one-goal game to Western Michigan, then beat Toledo before losing a close game against powerful Ohio State to start the season.
Then the team ran into an unfortunate scheduling mess.
Two of its games, spaced between two weekends, were canceled for various reasons. This left the team without a game for two weeks, as it lost the momentum it had to started to build.
After the two-week layoff, CMU lost its remaining five games, ending the season with 1-7 record.
"I thought we would have a lot more wins under our belt," said sophomore Erica Lemm.
Others on the team had aspirations of better things during the season.
"I thought it was going well for a while," said sophomore Caitlyn Bifoss.
With so many new faces on this year's team, one of the biggest things the team had to do was bond.
One the best bonding experiences came during the team's road trip to Toledo to face UT and Ohio State. The women all stayed at a teammate's house close to Toledo the night before the games and ended up going cow tipping, which ended with one of the players somehow running into an electric fence.
The team has big plans for the offseason and for next season. Central plans to host fundraisers this offseason to buy new uniforms, goalposts, warmup sweats and pay the coaches it plans to bring in.
The team is looking into hosting a spring tournament, which would bring in some neighboring schools in a weekend round-robin competition.
"I just want to have everything we can have. I want to feel good when we step on the field," Lemm said.
Lemm is hoping to reserve one of the gyms once a week during the winter so the team can keep in touch with each other and practice. In the spring, she also plans to host team practices.
As team vice president, Lemm plans to take a different approach when it comes to picking players when tryouts begin next year.
"I want the best team, not the best players," she said. "I want people who are going to work hard, who are wanting to show up and want to play."
sports@cm-life.com
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