RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Aug 22, 2024 17:49:01 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Aug 22, 2024 21:54:29 GMT -5
Goal 1 (oops)
Goal 2 (classy goal right there, great instinctual reaction shot, set up by being Jane on the spot)
Goal 3 (traffic in front, blasters in the back)
Goal 4 (what a f***ing banger...the way she brought down that cross...incredible)
Goal 5 (OOOPS)
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Post by RusskyHoya on Aug 22, 2024 22:10:07 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Aug 23, 2024 11:07:27 GMT -5
Dear Hoya Family, I still can’t get my head around where summer went and how we are already one game into the 2024 campaign. This season marks my 26th here on the Hilltop and 21st as the lowly head coach. We reported on July 29 this year, and as is our norm after a day of meetings and media activities, we took off for the Maryland Soccer Complex for our first week of work. Thankfully the weather wasn’t too hot and we were able to start putting the building blocks together for this year’s team. We are grateful to have this opportunity, because in addition to training at a world class facility, the girls get to know each other and officially welcome the newest members of our team. Toss in countless visits to Panera Bread and the necessary sleep, we achieve so much up there every year and we are grateful for the opportunity. After the first week away, the girls are always excited to get back on campus and move into their dorms. Although, sometimes I think the moms are even more excited to lay out and dress up a college dorm room. The second week of camp gave us two good exhibition games versus Bucknell (3-0) and Virginia (1-2), and while the scores are not important, we performed really well and that is ultimately what matters. We wrapped up that week with a 24-hour retreat at the University Contemplative Center in Bluemont, Virginia. This is a beautiful setting and the cool mountain air, beautiful views and work that the team did with the Cooper Athletics Leadership swami, Al Lattell, our DEI Director, Marissa Gatson, and Chaplain, Tony Mazurkiewicz, really helped center the group as we prepared for the season opener versus Vanderbilt. Last Thursday, August 15, we opened up at home versus Vanderbilt, one of the traditional SEC powers and secured a 0-0 draw. We played well and were unfortunate not to take the victory with the chances we created, but I like the look of this group and I think we can play with anybody in the country. We have an upcoming run of three home matches against challenging opposition. First, Quinnipiac, an NCAA team from last year, followed by Sacred Heart and Lafayette. Hopefully we continue to improve each day before our gauntlet of four incredibly tough matches versus Pepperdine and Penn State, followed by our first away matches against Princeton and South Carolina. It’s certainly a challenging schedule, but contains the games we need to build a strong NCAA resume if we can get some positive results. As is the norm, we have a really dedicated, ambitious and hardworking group of young ladies who are proud to wear Blue & Gray. They are excited for the challenge ahead as we look for more success and to make more history. Of note, the folks at Soccer Wire have us ranked as the 12th ranked program (from a total of 360 Division I programs) in the country over the last five years. Not too shabby in my opinion. All of this is not possible without the support of our community, whose physical support and financial backing allows us to keep providing our players with all they need to be successful. If you have been reading the newspapers you have seen how college athletics is everchanging and it seems to tilt the deck in favor of the Power Four conferences, but with your support we are going to keep boxing above our weight and continue to give our student-athletes the best experience. I will keep you updated as the season progresses and thanks again for all your support! Hoya Saxa! Dave Nolan Head Coach, Georgetown Women's Soccer
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Post by RusskyHoya on Aug 28, 2024 12:21:47 GMT -5
Women climb into this week's rankings at #23 in the coaches' poll. Still absent from TopDrawerSoccer, which has something of an anti-Big East bias (Xavier is 15 in the coaches' poll and missing from TDS).
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 2, 2024 15:46:25 GMT -5
Goals against Lafayette :
#1 (Tippins)
#2 (Montgomery)
#3 (Lohmeyer)
#4 (Lardner)
#5 (Lardner)
#6 (Lohmeyer)
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 6, 2024 15:17:47 GMT -5
Frustrating loss to Pepperdine, as the Hoyas had several coulda-shoulda-woulda chances that could have led to a very different outcome. It could easily have been 2-0 before Pepperdine's first goal made it 0-1. In fairness, the Waves did also miss a total sitter at one point.
It was an entertaining affair. Both teams were really going after it and trying stuff, resulting in a lot more turnovers, fouls in problematic spots, and other mistakes than you might otherwise see from either squad.
Given that the biggest concern with Georgetown teams tends to be the ability to generate offense, I was heartened to see the opportunities created against a very solid team (even if the goal that the Hoyas did score was definitely one the keeper is going to want back). But... the finishes will have to be much more clinical, and the mistakes way cut down, against Penn State. Otherwise, there's a risk of really getting shown up.
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 7, 2024 12:15:39 GMT -5
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