SPRING RECAP: Women's Soccer Enjoys Strong Spring, Builds For The Fall
4/14/2023 10:30:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Georgia Southern hoping to continue consistency while showing different looks on the field
STATESBORO - The defending Sun Belt Conference regular season champion Georgia Southern women's soccer squad recently completed a successful Spring campaign as the Eagles continue to build up to an even better Fall 2023 season beginning in a few months.
The Eagles played five Spring matches, going 3-1-1. Georgia Southern knocked off Jacksonville by a healthy four-goal margin, claimed one-goal wins over Charleston Southern and North Florida while drawing on the road at Kennesaw State and falling to Clemson in its five results. Along the way, Head Coach Chris Adams accomplished a pair of goals that he set out for his team during the semester.
"We were pretty fortunate to carry over a lot of continuity from the Fall," Coach Adams said. "We didn't have to go back to square one. We had two major goals this Spring - and one is that we wanted to be able to play more than one formation. During the Fall, we played the same formation, and I thought we needed to be a bit more versatile. To reinvent ourselves before people figure out who we are and what we try and do. And I believe we succeeded in that. The other thing is that we made a conscious decision that we were going to try and build out of the back. We didn't allow our goalkeepers to punt the entire Spring. We worked on our possession and worked on getting more comfortable on the ball. What that does, is it gives a bit more versatility. If people drop off on you, you want to be able to keep the ball, roll it out and build. If people step high and prevent you from doing that, you punt it over their head. And we were pleased with our ability to accomplish those goals."
The Eagles did not lose much from the Fall, graduating only three players, so one key factor of the Spring for Coach Adams was seeing how some of the underclassmen approached the semester. And he was pleased that several stepped up to the challenge.
"We saw a bit of consistency that was picked up from our younger players," Coach Adams said. "People stepped up and began to lead. Carley Borgelt, for example, had an extremely good Spring. She was good every single day, and she set a good standard. And she was not the only one. Those types of performances were what we saw throughout the semester."
With the Spring in the rear view, now comes the task of preparing for the Fall, which is only three and a half months away. And there's still work to do in order for the Eagles to follow up a strong season with an even stronger 2023 campaign.
"I think our biggest challenge that lies ahead is still the one we haven't solved," Coach Adams said. "We have not had the continuity up top. We do have some players coming in who are going to help us, but putting that together has been challenging. Unfortunately the bulk of the injuries we've taken have been to our forwards. And with our new players - we report on July 31st, start practice on the first, and we have our first exhibition match on the sixth. Just five days to get ready to play an 11-on-11 match, which is a tall order. Defensively, we should be very sound. But trying to create a more dynamic attack, trying to take different pieces that we have up top and utilise them to the best of their ability - we hope that will begin to pay dividends."
The Eagles played five Spring matches, going 3-1-1. Georgia Southern knocked off Jacksonville by a healthy four-goal margin, claimed one-goal wins over Charleston Southern and North Florida while drawing on the road at Kennesaw State and falling to Clemson in its five results. Along the way, Head Coach Chris Adams accomplished a pair of goals that he set out for his team during the semester.
"We were pretty fortunate to carry over a lot of continuity from the Fall," Coach Adams said. "We didn't have to go back to square one. We had two major goals this Spring - and one is that we wanted to be able to play more than one formation. During the Fall, we played the same formation, and I thought we needed to be a bit more versatile. To reinvent ourselves before people figure out who we are and what we try and do. And I believe we succeeded in that. The other thing is that we made a conscious decision that we were going to try and build out of the back. We didn't allow our goalkeepers to punt the entire Spring. We worked on our possession and worked on getting more comfortable on the ball. What that does, is it gives a bit more versatility. If people drop off on you, you want to be able to keep the ball, roll it out and build. If people step high and prevent you from doing that, you punt it over their head. And we were pleased with our ability to accomplish those goals."
The Eagles did not lose much from the Fall, graduating only three players, so one key factor of the Spring for Coach Adams was seeing how some of the underclassmen approached the semester. And he was pleased that several stepped up to the challenge.
"We saw a bit of consistency that was picked up from our younger players," Coach Adams said. "People stepped up and began to lead. Carley Borgelt, for example, had an extremely good Spring. She was good every single day, and she set a good standard. And she was not the only one. Those types of performances were what we saw throughout the semester."
With the Spring in the rear view, now comes the task of preparing for the Fall, which is only three and a half months away. And there's still work to do in order for the Eagles to follow up a strong season with an even stronger 2023 campaign.
"I think our biggest challenge that lies ahead is still the one we haven't solved," Coach Adams said. "We have not had the continuity up top. We do have some players coming in who are going to help us, but putting that together has been challenging. Unfortunately the bulk of the injuries we've taken have been to our forwards. And with our new players - we report on July 31st, start practice on the first, and we have our first exhibition match on the sixth. Just five days to get ready to play an 11-on-11 match, which is a tall order. Defensively, we should be very sound. But trying to create a more dynamic attack, trying to take different pieces that we have up top and utilise them to the best of their ability - we hope that will begin to pay dividends."
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