Men's soccer team: finishing where they left off
Courtney Burchett
Issue date: 9/28/06 Section: Sports
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The 2006 season has already proven to be a challenging one for the Wittenberg men's soccer team. After finishing 7-6-6 overall, and 4-2-3 in the NCAC during the 2005 season, the Tigers have a lot to prove this season. So far, the Tigers have faced such foes as Otterbein, DePauw, Muskingum, and Cedarville. Posting a record thus far of 4-5-1 and 0-1 in the NCAC, the Tigers know that they have a lot of improving to do, in order to win a conference title. In order to do this, the Tigers must defeat conference rivals, and the competition is pretty steep.
Senior defender Kenny Proops has high hopes for the rest of this season, and looks forward to the game against conference opponent Ohio Wesleyan.
"I am looking forward to the game against number four ranked Ohio Wesleyan," Proops said. "Ohio Wesleyan is our toughest opponent, and we have to beat them in order to fulfill our goals of winning the conference and advancing into the NCAA tournament."
Sophomore forward Matt Borland utters similar remarks as his teammate Proops.
"I really am excited to play Ohio Wesleyan," Borland said. "They are a very deep team and they always provide us with a challenge. Also, it would be nice to beat them and win the conference championship. That has always been a team goal of ours."
In addition to playing Ohio Wesleyan, the Tigers have already faced tough competition this season.
"The most challenging game so far this season was the one against Calvin," Proops said. "We ended up in a 0-0 draw, but Calvin was a final four team last season, and that was a pretty good outcome."
Borland has other ideas on what game provided the Tigers with their greatest test so far.
"The Wilmington game was a really tough one," Borland said. "We ended up losing 2-6, but I know that we could have played a lot better, and provided them with a better challenge."
One of the main reasons that the team has succeeded thus far, and improved over the course of many years is because of the strong chemistry that the team has.
Senior defender Kenny Proops has high hopes for the rest of this season, and looks forward to the game against conference opponent Ohio Wesleyan.
"I am looking forward to the game against number four ranked Ohio Wesleyan," Proops said. "Ohio Wesleyan is our toughest opponent, and we have to beat them in order to fulfill our goals of winning the conference and advancing into the NCAA tournament."
Sophomore forward Matt Borland utters similar remarks as his teammate Proops.
"I really am excited to play Ohio Wesleyan," Borland said. "They are a very deep team and they always provide us with a challenge. Also, it would be nice to beat them and win the conference championship. That has always been a team goal of ours."
In addition to playing Ohio Wesleyan, the Tigers have already faced tough competition this season.
"The most challenging game so far this season was the one against Calvin," Proops said. "We ended up in a 0-0 draw, but Calvin was a final four team last season, and that was a pretty good outcome."
Borland has other ideas on what game provided the Tigers with their greatest test so far.
"The Wilmington game was a really tough one," Borland said. "We ended up losing 2-6, but I know that we could have played a lot better, and provided them with a better challenge."
One of the main reasons that the team has succeeded thus far, and improved over the course of many years is because of the strong chemistry that the team has.
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