 Welcome back 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. A little bit of a rough start to start the year. All six year losses by just one goal. Talk about the resilience of your team and how they've never given up in any of the games yet. Yeah, definitely a rough start to the season in terms of results. Not where we want to be, just a lot of close games. And honestly, we've just been struggling to find the back of the net early on. So, fortunately, you know, this is a group that they've stayed focused. They know that we're inches away from kind of being right where we want to be. We've played some good teams and in large part we're happy with, you know, for the most part how we're playing. So I think that we really feel like as soon as we can kind of catch fire, we think we'll be in pretty good shape and we all feel like that can happen. Do you think that Marymount win will kind of spark that catching that fire? You put three goals in the back of the net in that game. Is that a game that maybe can get the team going? I hope so. Certainly, you know, that's our hope. And yeah, I think so. You know, again, I mean, we got three goals in that game, which was just about equal to what we'd scored all season. We got numbers in the box, something we've really been working at. So with this team, you know, I think that instead of pushing harder, we've actually found we need to let go a little bit with this group. So I think they started to take some risks and they started to make some rungs and we hope and think that that should carry over. And as we head into conference, that's the most important time. Yeah. Senior Elena Reisner, she's matched her career best in goals, assists, points. You also had three freshmen who have found the back of the net this season. You know, talk about that, you know, Elena and then also, you know, your freshman class and how they contributed so far. Elena has been really strong for us this season and we can count on her work rate and her intensity and, you know, she's great at doubling down behind the ball. And she's, she and Marissa and Lisa have been finding each other well. So really happy with how they're playing and we expect that of our seniors. And I think they've done a good job coming together and those nine of them. And so, you know, I think they're bringing that extra little something that we need. And our freshman class is a really strong class. And some of them have been going through the ups and downs of, you know, sort of a freshman season. And, you know, but a lot of them are starting to find their stride and find their confidence, which is good. Yeah. And then another steady present for you has been your goalkeeper, Junior Keegan-Cafrey. She's already has three games with at least 10 saves in those games. So talk about her play so far. We'd like to limit the amount of shots, certainly the Keegan's getting, but she's had a great season so far. She's just really, really strong. She's been more vocal. She's more confident. She's just, she's a big presence and she makes the standard saves and then she has the ability to make the outstanding saves. So, you know, hopefully we don't lean on her too heavily, but she's someone we have a tremendous amount of faith in. Yeah. Now you're kind of turning the page, you know, finishing up that non-conference schedule. You start conference play on Saturday. So give us a little preview of what you expect your team entering conference. Yeah. Again, I mean, I think, you know, with losses, it's learning opportunities and we've had certainly enough of those to really pick everything apart and examine ourselves. And we've not, you know, floated through the month of September. So, you know, we feel like this could be where we start to really come together and we're playing good soccer and, you know, the team is certainly invested and they're doing so many of the right things. So it's certainly our goal. We want to make the playoffs. We think these home games are important, you know, conference wins. It's tough to go on the road. So, you know, the way our conference schedule kind of lays out this year, I think it's important that hopefully we have things, you know, locked up as we move along and end with Arcadia, you know, Messiah. So we're optimistic about where we are. And I think that hopefully we've turned a corner and good things to come. Well, Coach, we wish you the best of luck moving forward and we'll see you back here soon. Thank you. For head coach, Tadi Corba, I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Tadi Corba Show.