 Welcome in to the Laurel Martin show. I'm Sam Murray joined with Stevenson head field hockey coach Laurel Martin and coach Just one game last week after the rain out at Salisbury tough game against Washington. What do you take away? And what do you learn about yourselves from that type of game? Yeah, I mean the Washington game will be an incredible Opportunity for us to learn and grow from that some of the tactical things is we did not respond well to goals As far as when we scored a goal or we had a goal scored against us so the reaction to those Those critical five minutes to four minutes after goal is scored is huge and and we need to adjust that tactically I think also there were a lot of Big calls made in that game so there were multiple cards two penalty strokes one goal called against or away and How do you react to that? How do you continue to keep in your mindset and? Still control the controllables and react positively and come out on top And so that's something we can work on as well and then from a coach's perspective I need to figure out how to convert more of our APC's We had quite a few attack penalty corners that we should have converted on and we did not so a lot of video Review for me and some work to hopefully change that for the better I think one of the storylines of your young season is the youth a Lot of youth are getting goals. Is that something you foresaw coming into the season looking at your roster? It is young Yeah, did you expect this many freshmen to get on the board? Well, I think our struggle last year was the inability to put the ball in the net We had some phenomenal players some and we continue to have phenomenal players, especially the junior class a lot of these kids have been starting since they've been freshmen and I think it's they're the creators that are giving you know the youth some of the freshmen off the bench and some starters as well as Tanner as a sophomore is up there as well the opportunity to finish so I The youth are getting the points But it collectively it is about the entire team Looking ahead your home versus goucher on Thursday And then you hit the road for four straight games beginning on Saturday at Shenandoah Yeah, yeah, sometimes they happen little road trips Yeah, what do you expect or what do you hope to see from your team in those games? Well, the goucher game is is going to be exciting because we've been training with them and they're you know our next-door neighbors So it's turned into a friendly rivalry if you will so I expect I expect both teams to be really fighting for a win on Thursday and then you know the road trips obviously Traveling on the road can be a real bonding experience So a lot of good things on the bus some hopefully some study hours on the bus and and we'll go from there So I feel positive about this team. I like the girls. I like the work ethic and I think we'll we'll move on positively. Well, we wish you the best of luck. Hopefully two wins. Yes this week She's Laurel Martin. I'm Sam Murray and you've been watching the Laurel Martin show