 Welcome to the Laurel Martin show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson field hockey head coach Laurel Martin and coach Maybe not the season you had hoped for it going into the year Finish just one win shy of the Mac Commonwealth playoffs. Talk about the season as a whole. I Think the season as a whole obviously a disappointment to not make postseason play But as a whole we played some really really phenomenal field hockey At one point in stage we were ranked ninth in the country for strength of schedule. We played the best teams We competed against them We're just we're just one step shy of of actually making it into the ring When you look back at the year and you say you take you played very, you know Tough opponents of your 11 losses eight of them were one goal loss That's something that you kind of you know You know hold your head high on that that you compete it with some of those best teams Yeah, I mean I think you have to I mean you either are gonna be proud of what we've accomplished Or you're gonna cry because we were one goal shy every time so I think that the girls competed and and Being one goal shy against some major Opponents, you know Salisbury made the NCAA tournament Messiah, of course in our conference made the NCAA tournament Rowan made the final four and We're just we're there. We're close Then we're just gonna continue to strive to get better Yeah, as you turn the page to to the next year you lose a big group of seniors We do important players to but you bring back some some young talent Brooke Morris Brigitte Sirach Even Kelsey you're in net so talk about how you transition into the next year So I think the transition has to begin now and the girls are already doing it So they're already starting to do their off-season lifting And they're talking to me about what playing opportunities could be coming up here for the winter time frame So in division three you have to have the leadership and the and the drive to do things on your own Due to our limitations as a coaching staff to be able to you know be a part of them day in and day out So they're starting to do that. We've got some great leadership coming up And they're hitting the weight room hard. So we're looking forward to good things in the future Yeah, and before we let you go here as you as you make that transition into the next year What's the biggest thing that you want to see your team improve on? You know, I think we just need to strive on off-season training, you know quite honestly, I think that we need to have the drive to do the things that we need to do in the off-season and Become United as a team is one of the things we've always had, you know, we get along great We, you know, we have a great team a good bunch of girls and the next step is going to be what can they do collectively? On the off-season to elevate us to that next level Well coach, thank you for your time this year and good luck in the off-season. Thank you for head coach Laurel Martin. I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Laurel Martin show