Coach Speak: Women's Soccer Coach Dave Reyelts

Another Week Ahead

Another week of Saints soccer got underway Monday with a good session up at Saints Field. We were able to adjust our practice time and actually get 2 full hours with most of our soccer players there. This is a rarity for our team this fall and it was good to have a full crew there. We kept it fun with lots of games to big goals. It can be hard this time of year to keep the energy up and to keep the team focused and excited about showing up every day. The return on the fun session was a lot of good soccer and lots of touches on the soccer ball. I have been increasingly pleased with our ability to move the ball and create good attacking opportunities. We have a couple of very good individual attackers on our team, but I thought we would lack the depth of fire power to score in bunches. I have been proven wrong so far this season as we have found ways to score pretty consistently. The only games we struggled in, were the 2 games we lost and Robin Johnson was not in those games and makes a difference in our attack... that is for sure!

Long Weekend, Big Weekend

On Friday, we leave at Noon for Aberdeen, SD. It is a 7.5 hour drive to beautiful Aberdeen. We play at Noon at Presentation College on Saturday and then we get back on the bus to head to Morris, MN for our Sunday game. It is 3 hours between Aberdeen and Morris and then 4.5 hours home from Morris to Duluth. It is a tough road trip and tough to get back late on Sunday and have to get to school and back to work at practice on Monday. It is a big week in that 2 wins will clinch our fifth straight UMAC title. It will also put us 2 wins closer to a potential NCAA Play-off berth.

Another Program First... Regionally Ranked Saints

In the NCAA' first regional poll of the season, the Saints received their first-ever regional ranking. The Saints were ranked 12th in the 60 team region. The Central Region is one of the toughest (and is the biggest) in the country and has a number of teams in the National Top 25. There are many very good teams on the outside looking in, so it is an exciting honor to be ranked where we are. Hopefully, we can continue to win games and move up the rankings!