Snowballs in October?

Our conference opener on Saturday night against BYU was certainly a disappointment and could not have gone much worse. Thank you to all the fans that came out and supported us. We did not give people much to cheer about and owe an apology for that. A 5-0 loss is a painful lesson and we will have to show some great character to brush it off and get ready for Thursday's home match against San Diego State. It was a cold and rainy night, but felt more like a snowball had hit upon Ute Field...

Giving up an early goal is always dangerous as it can give great confidence to your opponent and put you on the ropes a bit. BYU scored just six minutes into Saturday's match. Unfortunately, just 3 minutes later, they were given a penalty kick just three minutes later after a collision in the box...now it's 2-0...And the snowball had begun to roll down the mountain...

When goals are scored, these are big moments in the game and it's important to manage these well. With two goals in the first ten minutes, it was an important time to settle down the emotions and stop the snowball from gaining further momentum. And we were unable to do that. A third goal just four mintues after that...

The game settled a bit for the next 20 minutes and we created some good chances, including a penalty kick, that could have brought us back into the game.

Later in the half, two more goals just 92 seconds apart....now the snowball is in full force...
Last weekend we gave up 2 goals against Washington just 42 seconds apart. So, we will definitely have to work on this concept of managing moments after a goal is scored on us...Letting a snowflake turn into a snow ball is not a desirable thing!

We've shown good strength of character this year and will do our best to correct these things for Thursday's match against San Diego State...Ute Field at 7:00 PM.