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Lady
Lions shut out Bearcats, kick for MIAA title Staff Writer
With
an 8-1 (4-0) record under their belts and shut outs of the opposition in
the past two games, the Lady Lions look to Saturday s game at home
against Rockhurst College. Defense
has really been a major strength for us lately, said Geoff VanDeusen,
head coach. We have also continued to show we can put the ball in the
back of the net. In
the game against the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, junior
midfielder Ashley Munnelly scored two goals, which brings her total to
12 for the season. The Lady Lions out shot the Bearcats 23-8, and
goalkeeper Shannon Brosnahan contributed five saves to the defensive
effort as Southern shut out UNMS, 4-0. We
played pretty good against Northwest Missouri, said Terressa Kusick,
freshman forward. We ve been putting our passes together really
well, and our running has also been improving. We
played very well against Northwest Missouri, but we know any team in the
conference can beat us, VanDeusen said. We need to keep playing
well as a team because team chemistry has been great. VanDeusen
says every player on the team has been contributing, and not one
particular player is carrying the team. The
most important thing we need to work on in order to keep winning is ball
control, he said. We must not turn the ball over. We
can always improve on our passing and more diagonal runs, Kusick
said. We just need to work toward continuing what we ve been doing
all year. Even
though the Lady Lions have an overall record of 8-1, and an unblemished
record of 4-0 in the MIAA, they still are not nationally ranked. But
VanDeusen said that s fine with him. We
need to continue the way we have been playing, he said. We will
earn more respect if we keep winning. We
aren t nationally ranked now, Kusick said, but wait until we
play Truman State. That will be our big test. VanDeusen
said the Lady Lions can t look ahead to games against the top teams in
the MIAA such as Truman State and Central Missouri State. We have a saying that the most important game of the season is the next game, he said. When you re winning, everybody wants to beat you. |