 Welcome back to the Laurel Martin show. I'm Sam Murray joined with Stevenson Field Hockey head coach Laurel Martin and coach Two tough road losses last week. Right. Talk about those games Well Rowan is a sound team. I think that they're under Acknowledged so that was a tough loss and I think if we would have competed at our top end We would have given them a fight for a win We just were a little sluggish not getting to the ball first And again that you know, is that us or is that the opponent because they're very strong so um a Tough a tough loss there But a respectable loss to to come out down to nothing at half to not allow a goal The second half was big for us. We made some adjustments and Just weren't able to put the ball in the net to be a little bit more of a contender And then you actually open conference play On the road at Albright. Mm-hmm. Talk about that overtime loss there Yeah, so that that was exceptionally tough Albright's field is is slow and and mushy It's a wonderful adjective of mushy's and slow, but um, it's it's very legitimate And our team we strive on fast surfaces and speed is one of our strengths And when that's taken away from us on the solar surface, we need to learn how to adapt and how to stick with our gameplay and stick with our ball movement and speed with Slower surface and and we just weren't and still are struggling to figure out how to uh to do that So that's something we need to work on Albright came out fighting Back and forth two teams uh appeared very equal on paper statistically and um, we put in a goal and um Looked like we would have had it secured and then right there at the end they they dribbled one in And uh and and then right there very early in the overtime They they attacked and they scored as well on a on an apc. So very disheartening But something i'm hoping that we'll learn from and get better because of Right at the halfway point of the season Looking back at that first half. How would you assess your team's play so far? So, uh, I think our team has a huge amount of potential. I think right now is um, we just have to continue to play free And um and and to strive to to make some changes Um on the on the field primarily with getting to the ball first aggression and confidence. Um, this team is um Struggling with a lot of academics right now to be honest And I don't know if other programs are what they're all probably going through it But right now they're they're a little overwhelmed with all of the things that come with other real life scenarios So how do you get through all of that and still perform on the field? And that's another thing we're working through right now Well, you have an opportunity to perform on the field tonight or later this afternoon Travel to gettysburg. Talk about that matchup. So this will be an exciting game So gettysburg just upset or sinus who's nationally ranked um a big name in the field hockey world And um, they upset them in double overtime So they're coming off of a big win a big conference win and we're coming off of a tough conference loss So, uh, I think we're going to be scrapping. I feel positive energy from the kids and um, there's no no real, uh, Weight on this. It's just go out there fight and um and give them a good fight It'll be two evenly matched teams And then to end the week you're back home after a four game road trip host Arcadia in a conference conference Game and it's kind of big, you know, you fall behind, you know with the one loss What do you what do you look for your team to respond in that type of game? Well Arcadia will be easy Because that's turned into you know as all conference games have turned into a pretty good rival So I I don't anticipate me having to motivate them in any way shape or form We're gonna have to just uh have a lot of days to prepare which is good We'll have some breathing room to um get prepared for that game and then hopefully come out on top at our own turf And um and secure a victory, which will be much needed Oh, we wish you the best of luck in both games this week And we look forward to seeing you next week. She's been laura martin. I'm sam mary and you've been watching the laura martin show