 Welcome to the Toddy Korba show presented by Buffalo Wild Wings. I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson women's soccer head coach Toddy Korba and coach maybe not the start of the season that you had hoped for sitting at one five and two currently But the rack record may not match the play. So just talk about your team's performance to the first half of the season Yeah, so I you know, we knew heading in to the season starting out at the Invitational Wayne Smith with Rochester and Wayne Smith that it was gonna be Certainly a competitive start to the season. I thought a good test and it was it was a great experience really being there and You know kind of getting away together and heading up to New York and Played very very well against two very strong teams and I think to start the season that way Really kind of showed that we are capable of playing with one of the best teams in the country in Wayne Smith and the Score, you know three-nothing And we you know, we created some chances and it really wasn't It really wasn't that we were being dominated. So I think that Was great for for really a young team that we have for them to see that We are capable of a lot of good stuff this season. So, you know rolling then into into Gettysburg and St. Mary's in Catholic and really we have no breaks in our schedule. So playing some of the best teams certainly in the region and and you know, even in the country and Have been really pleased with how we've been playing for the most part and I think that we've been learning from every single game and you know a bunch of one-goal losses against some very very good teams or some overtime losses or some ties and You know sometimes in soccer, honestly all you can ask for is their performance and sometimes the results you can dominate a team and Lose or be dominated and win Which honestly is kind of what our disails win was we were pretty dominated and and won So it's been kind of an upside-down Backwards funky season and I think the team's done a really really good job Staying locked in and staying focused and knowing that We're capable of a lot more than our record indicates You know while she may not also have the record either Keegan Kaferi in net has done pretty well for you She's just a sophomore played in one game a couple minutes last season talk about her play between the posts for you so far yeah Keegan has grown so much in the last year and Was just a great overall team player for us last year and Did so much work in the off-season put on a ton of muscle and a ton of confidence think with that muscle and Had a really good spring season for us clearly did a lot of work this summer and came in and just said is my spot and She has been She's been outstanding and I think again for her to only be a sophomore You know, I think kind of the sky's the limit in terms of what she's capable of she's got great size and You know, she's strong in the air. She's made some outstanding saves for us and So I think as long as we keep her confidence up and you know, she's got a great work rate And she's just a great team player and you know great person to be around So we couldn't be happier with where she is and and what you know the next two and a half years hold for her Yeah, shifting into the field. You have seven goals this season seven different goal scorers Probably not what you drew up heading into the season So is there someone that you see in the second half maybe emerging as a top goal scorer? Are you happy with the spreading it throughout the team? Well spreading it throughout the team is certainly not been intentional, but Sure, we'd love to have somebody kind of rise to the top and be that person We have had a tremendous amount of injuries this season We've had Maciel tear. We've had compartment syndrome. We've had stress fractures broken hands broken feet dislocated shoulders concussions So we've had Marissa and Glisa who scored, you know, a bunch of goals for us last year's missed last couple of games Shannon McNulty is out for the season. So we've taken some hits on the offensive side of things, but I think goal scoring is one of those things where Sometimes the harder you push the harder it it is to finish. So I'm trying to strike that balance of Allowing our forwards who've been working really really hard Allowing them the opportunity to kind of rise to the top without, you know, really putting too much pressure on it And I think, you know, hopefully we're poised to have some people You know find their hit their stride in conference and hopefully we're getting Marissa back right in time for conference and certainly that will help but Really any of them? I mean a lane erasers been playing really well for us as a as a target and We certainly have had a bunch of people kind of pop up and score goals here and there and and hopefully that continues But hopefully we get some people scoring multiple goals as well Yeah, before we flip the page to conference or as we flip the page to conference and ending non-conference play What do you want to see your team kind of improve on or emphasize on as you head into the second half of the season? Yeah, I think Again, it's been interesting. We've we've walked off the field many times this season Really happy with you know leaving it all in the field and really feeling like we've battled in every single game and Ironically, I think the worst we've all felt this season was our win against the sales Which I think really says a lot about the team as well Certainly that's something we wanted to get that monkey off our back and finally get that win and it was not satisfying and and I appreciate I think that the team You know, we all want the performance and the result and I think given our you know given our schedule That's what we're going to need So going forward, you know, we need to continue to battle and and to fight and to leave everything on the field and play the way that we want to play and You know Continue to push and and get those results But I think the general consensus really throughout the team is that you know we've we've been through a lot and we've hung tight and you know, we're playing too hard and fighting too much for it not to ultimately Pay off and I think that I think there's a you know a bit of a feeling that you know We're about to hit our stride and and hopefully it's it's in conference Yeah, you mentioned conference starts on Saturday kind of like the non-conference schedule It's not easy to start you play Arcadia at home on Saturday. They're ranked 23rd turn around three days later host number four messiah What's the goal in conference play outside of the obvious of winning it? Yeah, I think certainly, you know the focus is one game at a time We talk a lot about one minute at a time just kind of win the minute I'm really looking forward to the Arcadia messiah games. I think You know, we've stepped up against some good teams. So You know, this isn't kind of the first game the first tough competition we're coming up against at all I have a tremendous amount of confidence that that will show up and certainly those those are the two best teams in conference You know historically I think to get a result And either of those, you know would be fantastic and But it's again, it's soccer. So any given day, you know, they're off. We're on You know ball bounces a funky way. I think as long as you're competing You know stuff can happen. So we're looking forward to those games and I think You know the way things fall out really the bulk of our conference schedule is really towards the the back end of it We're teams that we are You know gonna be fighting for those those conference spots and you know, I think the first step is to take games one by one and You know focus on that one and try and pick that team off and then focus on the next and certainly then To finish in the top five and and as high up as we can and then certainly to go into playoffs and go from there Well coach plenty of soccer left still this season So we wish you the best of luck the second half of the season and hopefully we're sitting right back here previewing the Macom well playoffs. Yeah. Thank you for head coach Toddy Korba. I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Toddy Korba show