The Early Bird Gets the Worm
6am saw the Saints women's soccer team and their smiling faces this morning at PSS. A crisp night gave way to a pleasant morning. When I returned from Maple Grove, MN at 12:45am this morning, it was down right cold out and I assumed it would be at least that cold 5 hours later, but it was pretty decent out in the dark of the morning. The girls responded well again and we had an excellent training session. The only disappointment was having to stop at 7:15am so we could let our 8am class- goers leave. It left us with about 12 players for the remaining 30 minutes of practice.
Next Weeks Nightmare
With dwindling daylight, football and two soccer teams, and no lights at our field on campus... we are struggling with practice opportunities for soccer on campus. We had some times scheduled at PSS that seemed appealing, but as my Dad says "if it seems to good to be true... it probably is." Boy was he right in this situation! Instead of 6-10pm at PSS next week for our men's and women's soccer team, we have now been told that we will need to share PSS at 6am, yes am not pm, next week. High School football play-offs are the latest sport to bump us out of time at PSS. Now it is a district facility and I agree that high school sports have priority at PSS, but it does put us in a tough spot next week. We are trying to work with a couple other potential practice places for next week, so hopefully someone can come through for us for decent practice times. I have faith!
Splendor on the Grass
Nothing like the book/ movie, and the title is more wishful thinking then potential reality. This weekend we play both games, against conference #3 Crown College and conference #2 Northwestern College on small, grass fields that are used primarily by each college's football teams. Therefore, they are typically mud and not grass at this point in the season. It will certainly be an equalizer in the two games and will make it critical that we are mentally prepared for 90 minutes of soccer each day.
Recruiting World
It is against NCAA rules to name potential recruits until they are deposited and enrolled in school, so I cannot get specific. As well, it is a long way from the start of next fall and lots can happen with recruits and their decisions between now and August. But, I am extremely excited about where we are at this year. I have not been this excited about a potential class since we landed 12 juniors (7 of which start and 9 who play a significant role) 3 years back and not as excited about the amount of potential all- stars for 5-6 years. There is still a lot of work to do to bring in a class like this, but I am fired up about the future if we can convince these kids that St. Scholastica has a lot to offer them in both soccer and school! The only hint I can/will give is that there is some local flavor in there (not really surprising if you take a gander at our current roster)!
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