 Hello and welcome into the coach's corner. I'm Joe Wamba joined now with Graham Miller head coach of the women's soccer team and coach Congratulations again on joining the ECAC tournament hosting it For first game on Saturday was a pretty solid result five nothing Yeah, it was a great performance from the girls, you know, especially after the you know the disappointment of losing to Arcadia the week and a half before and and Not you know reaching our goal of getting into the NCAA tournament So, you know for the girls to pick up last week had a really strong week of practices and really came out You know great against Chatham. I mean we scored two goals in the first five minutes Which set the tone for the game, you know the girls You know I was ready very impressed with the performance and and Chatham's a good team Chatham, you know, they were 11 5 and 2 coming into it and you know had reached the semi-finals of their conference And so we knew it was going to be a difficult game But we really really played well at home and I was very impressed with them on Saturday And it was a all-around effort, you know five goals going in and none for the bad guys You know, you know Tiffany McKee keeping it out. Yeah, the defense and the defense did a great job all year You know, we've come up against some really good opponents and probably apart from the Hopkins game every other game You know the defense has really, you know stayed strong and Tiffany's, you know Being our only goalkeeper, you know all season with the injury to Alexis So, you know Tiffany's you know every practice every game and you know every warm-up and she'd another you know Shout-out, which was our career best seven on the season So really happy for Tiffany and you know to get that shout-out and the defense to come up strong again And it's tough to play back-to-back days and then Grove City is a pretty strong team as well You know fallen three to one, but it was a pretty goal that Alexis had there Yeah, it was and you know we We just didn't start well, you know It was the big difference from the Saturday game to the Sunday game, you know We didn't start well We gave them an early goal and then they got another one and you know to nothing down But we didn't give up and you're right It was a very very nice goal by our senior, you know Alexis say Jack and you know great finish to keep us in the game and at halftime We did believe that we could you know come back and win the game and we just couldn't create enough Opportunities to to tie the game up and then you know when you're pushing forward, you know They got the third goal just because we were committing players, you know up the field and that happens sometimes But you know we gave it a go and against a very good Grove City team who I think will do well this weekend and the final championships for the ECA season, you know We've we we definitely can compete with them and and we know we can compete with them and beat them on a different day Now let's talk about those seniors, you know Playing for four years that in a college or college sport is difficult to do Yeah, the three, you know we have the three players, you know Alexis say Jack like we just mentioned Jordan Pareto who wasn't able to play this weekend Should of having a surgery and then Jessica Demko who played a little bit this weekend and all four of those all three of those Girls have really, you know given a lot for the program on and off the field You know, I always you know don't look at the seniors of what they Contributed on the field, but what did they do for the program and you know, they all came to every practice They all worked hard. They all you know followed the rules They all were you know great ambassadors for the Stevenson, you know women's soccer program And I'm I'm proud of all three of them and you know, I know they're gonna go on to great things Another point to be proud of seven all conference elections. Yeah with the seven players You know two of them were seniors, so we still have five that will be coming back next year So we have a lot of optimism for next year I mean the girls know that we didn't quite fulfill the potential that we could have this year and getting to Maybe the conference final and having a shot at the NCAA tournament So we've got a lot to a lot of work a lot of things to work on but the potential is there and that's what it is right now It's potential, you know, we have five conference players coming back all conference players coming back We have you know, plenty other players coming back who will be hungry to get more playing time And and then we're also recruiting, you know We're looking for the best recruits like we do every year to come in and to help our program Reach that next level of being in the NCAA tournament So I am very optimistic for next year and there is a lot of potential and it's up to Those players, you know to do the work in the offseason to be ready for next year and competition in the offseason for positions and playtime Could be good for Next season. Yeah, well, we're gonna challenge the players You know, we really Some of these players need to step up and really challenge and challenge for playing time and challenge for the spot in the team And and not feel like they're entitled to a spot on you know And it's starting to live and they've got to earn it and they got a fight for it And and I'm expecting a lot of competition and a lot of players to really step up over this next year Well coach, we appreciate your time this week and every week that you've been up here with us and congratulations on the easy AC bit And and you know, Joe has been great, you know, we do have a lot to be proud of you know We did finish third in the conference. We have a winning records, you know made the AC AC tournament You know beat a nationally ranked opponent And had those seven all conference players So we have a lot to be proud of and I appreciate you guys always taking the time to you know make this, you know interview So it's been great to promote the program. He's Graham Miller. I'm Joe Wamba and this has been the coaches corner