Indiana University Athletics
Freshman Diary: Molly Beckwith
9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 12, 2005
Molly Beckwith
FRESHMAN
FORWARD
WORTHINGTON, OHIO
THOMAS WORTHINGTON
-Journal Entry #1-
First off, it is a pleasure to be able to do this for the website and our fans. With that said, I will start with all the things that have gone on since the last time you heard from Molly Kruger.
A lot took place on our first weekend of matches at home on the season. It was really exciting because it was the first time for me to sit on the bench with the IU women's soccer team for the first regulation game in our own home stadium. The weekend of soccer started out with the arrival of three recruits visiting, who overall I think had a chance to see some quality soccer in the inaugural Hoosier Classic.
We then went to our pre-game meal at Affairs of the Sun. They always serve such good food there, but I always eat too much, then I my stomach has something to say about that later. We then went to pre-game and watched a very inspirational highlight tape that gave me goose bumps to watch.
The Classic for us opened with a match against Miami (Fla.), which was a close game. I hit the crossbar on a wide-open goal, and I was so frustrated with myself. I shook it off later and was able to forget about it. Our team played really well and I felt that we were a much better team and just as athletic c as them, but we didn't finish on our opportunities. We ended up losing 2-1, but Coach was pretty happy with how we played despite the score.
Saturday, we had a jog and stretch practice before we watched film to prepare for the next day. Sunday's game was against Xavier and we knew what we had to do to get the job done.
We arrived for breakfast at 10 a.m. on Sunday and watched Aladdin in the Metz Lounge at the stadium. After breakfast, we went out to the field to warm up where it was at least 90 degrees outside. We played hard the first half, ending it with a 2-1 lead. The second half we didn't play as well but scored another goal and didn't let the Musketeers score again. At the end of the weekend, I thought it was a successful outing. It was not the exactly the results we were looking for, but in the end we learned some valuable lessons. I think we are finally starting to get our team chemistry together and create opportunities to score. Hopefully you will get a chance to come out and see us at home against Butler and Bowling Green next weekend. Until next time, GO HOOSIERS!
