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Soccer
team needs fans Staff Writer
Lions
soccer continued to battle forward in the season with a game on Oct. 2
against the University of Missouri-Rolla. Southern
went into the game with a 2-3-1 record, which included wins over
Southwestern Oklahoma and St. Joseph s College. I
can t say this season has been a disappointment, said Geoff
VanDeusen, head coach, but we need to win the close games and realize
that we can beat teams considered to be above us. We have a lot of
talent on this team, but sometimes we don t play like we re
capable. The
Lions soccer players have also said it would help if the students
would show them more fan support. I m
out there every game rooting for the Lions, said Michael Arevalos,
freshman psychology major, and I think all the students need to lend
them more support. The confidence of the team would improve
tremendously. VanDeusen
said the players need to do a better job of putting the ball in the net
when the opportunity is there, which is a big reason they haven t won
the close games this season. The
Lions have a game at 3 p.m. on Friday at Ouachita Baptist University and
another game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday against the University of Southern
Illinois-Edwardsville at home. We
have a lot of tough games coming up, VanDeusen said, and we need
to stay focused on them and keep working hard in practice to improve. I
think the men s soccer team is solid, Arevalos said, but
execution is sometimes lacking. They have to run to the ball and be able
to score. Overall,
VanDeusen remains optimistic. This
season has been a good learning experience for us, but we still must
execute on all of the little details, he said. If we play like we
should, we will win more games. |