By: Noah Nunez
General Reporter
The women’s field hockey team found themselves unable to break through the single goal Southern New Hampshire University scored and lost their game on Sunday, Nov. 1, going 1-0 and finding themselves in need of a regroup.
Head Coach Kelley Frassinelli said the team was well positioned going into the game and also learning from their previous loss, but the cards were not in their favor offensively, leading to the point difference.
“We were in a good space coming off our Franklin Pierce game. There were some little things we certainly needed to be consistent with, and I think we played a really strong game here, and some of the consistency of what we wanted to do wasn’t there,” Frassinelli said.
Throughout the game, the Owls found themselves backed onto defense, unable to make any advancements throughout due to the strong offensive pushes from Southern New Hampshire leading them to control the ball for the majority of the game.
Even when the university was able to go on the offensive and attempt shots on goal, they often found that their offence was not enough to make a difference in the game.
“We wanted this the whole game,” midfielder Ruby Webb, a senior said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t capitalize and didn’t make the connections that we should have. We played the more defensive game when we should have been a little more offensive.”
This form of play left the team unable to make any advancement up the field and dealt a blow to their ability to function together as a team.
An important thing about games like this is to never feel hopeless at any point in them, and the team seems to have their own way to help themselves get back up.
“Getting in a circle, that’s something that helps when we’re like this. Once we’re bringing it in, when we’re cheering, turning on each other when we’re right about to go on the field, it helps us,” midfielder Isabelle Sharp Sr., a freshman said.
The university now has found themselves looking inward and seeing what aspects of their play can be improved during practice even when that comes with its own issues of getting together.
“It is little by little, we don’t have everybody at practice just because of their class schedules and what not,” Frassinelli said. “I think that affects the overall play and how we are progressing.”
