Sometimes it hurts

As much as we love the beautiful game of soccer, competitive sports can certainly be cruel at times.  Of course, the thrill of competition is that you don't really know the outcome but only realize you have to perform at a high level to be successful.  Saturday, we did not play well enough to outscore an athletic and physical team from York and did not advance in the CAC Tournament.   After going down by 2 goals and losing our Sr goalkeeper to injury, our players rallied and dominated the game for the final 30 minutes.  We forced a goal-line save and another point-blank save but could not put a ball in the goal.  We'll regroup and start looking forward to next year a bit earlier than we're used to but we will also celebrate and remember the outstanding careers of our 7-member Senior Class.

It's Playoff Time!!

We'll host a CAC Tournament game on Saturday at 2pm in the FSU Stadium.  The team that advances will move on to the CAC Semifinal at St. Mary's on Tuesday.
Here's the 2015 CAC Bracket:

A Great Senior Day!

With today's win on Senior Day, we clinched a home game in the CAC Conference Tournament on Saturday, October 31st.  The details will be finalized on Thursday but we expect to host York College at 2pm in the FSU Stadium.  After a slow start today, we eventually scored several good goals and played every healthy player on a beautiful day for soccer at the 'burg!  Happy Sr Day!

2015 Women's Soccer Seniors

Senior Day!

Always a memorable day.  A special recognition of 7 very special people will occur in our stadium on Saturday before our 1:00 kickoff vs Wesley.

Battling for First

   After a terrific overall performance on Wednesday, we find ourselves undefeated in conference play and in a battle for first place in the CAC standings.  We've allowed only 1 goal in conference games so far as we head into a tough road game at St. Mary's who also sit atop the CAC table.  Looks like a great race to the regular-season finish.

Our New Media Guide:

Pink Game

Our team wears Pink in our October home games, in recognition that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The team supports the fight against cancer by participating annually in the FSU Relay for Life event held here in Bobcat Stadium each Spring. This year’s event is scheduled for April 29th.  For more information about Relay for Life at FSU and the fight for more birthdays, please visit: RelayforLife.Org/FSUMD

"Conference" Games

Playing in a conference like the CAC is terrific fun. We get to play teams in our region that are sometimes similar and always familiar to us.  We get to know the opposing teams and fields and styles of play and it creates some great rivalries and often epic games.  In our series with Salisbury since joining the CAC, only 1 game has been decided by more than a goal and we've had ties in 3 of our last 5 games.  Saturdays 0-0 draw at FSU showcased 2 athletic and physical teams battling it out for 110 minutes in the beautiful sun at Frostburg State.  Our YouTube channel shows a few great overtime chances that could have ending the game, but it was not to be.  As we battle in the CAC standings for our post-season placement, we travel to Marymount on Wednesday night before a visit to St. Mary's in Southern Maryland on Saturday.

A good 'bounce back'?

After the start of a season that yielded some real mixed results, we have begun our conference season winning 2 regular-season CAC games that we did not win just last year!  2 away wins and 2 shutouts to start conference play as our team bounces back from some early season adversity.  We are learning and growing as a team every week and hope to continue improving as we finally get to host a few games after a 5-game road swing.  Harrisburg visits Wednesday night and our rivals from across the state will visit us Saturday.

A Big W!

Competitive college soccer forces you to experience all kinds of emotions.   We've experienced a lot already this year but our roller coaster ride took a good turn this weekend.  We played the highest ranked team and pre-season favorite to open conference play and got a great 1-0 result at CNU.  It was great for lots of reasons: we scored a quality goal, defended bravely, and got great performances from many important players.  It was the kind of quality result we were due to have but cannot take for granted. More big games and quality opponents await next week.  Here we go!

Soccer Karma?

Soccer Karma seemed to take a bite out of us on Friday night when we surrendered a game-tying goal in the final seconds of a home game after a questionable out of bounds call.  It was a tough moment but one we had to bounce back from in 48 hours as we traveled to Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh to play a top-10 team that was undefeated and had not allowed a goal yet this season.  We did a lot of chasing in the first half Sunday before getting into the game with a fantastic counter attack goal (see our YouTube Channel).  We could not complete the comeback but proved that we can be a great 2nd-half team and can play with some of the best teams in the country.  We have a run of tough away games coming up including our first CAC contest next weekend but are learning and growing as a team every week.

Solid Win at Home

A great start to the game tonight led to 3 goals on the board by halftime and a solid home win on a beautiful fall night for soccer.  We played every healthy player and controlled much of the game tonight as we got goals from 4 different players and 3 of our forwards.   A big weekend awaits as we host Stevenson on Friday night before traveling Sunday to Nationally Ranked Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh.

Getting Back on Track

Just like every team in the nation at this point in the season, we are making adjustments and are learning week to week how to improve our team and get the results we expect.  In an unusual reschedule to Friday night for weather, we traveled to Shenandoah and got a great away result.  Leah Yurko scored early and Brooke Longo scored a great 2nd half goal for a 2-1 win.  We defended very well and earned the weekend off before a home game Tuesday.