Chatting With The Coaches: Men's Soccer

BY SCOTT MORRISON

The Lancers soccer team has had a solid start to their young season. Despite their youth, they have shown potential in the short time they’ve been together.

With a 2-3, 0-1 GPAC record, there is still hope for the Lancers to be a conference contender. However it’s not going to be easy.

Proof of this came Wednesday, September 17 when the Lancers hosted their conference opener against the University of Sioux Falls in a 4-1 loss.

Through 72 minutes, the Lancers had held the USF lead to just one goal. Coach Dan Hendricks elected to put more pressure on the offensive end in order to get a goal, but USF capitalized with two more goals to make it 3-0.

“We tried to throw some numbers at them to get that goal back, but they scored a couple of quick goals,” Hendricks said.

Both teams exchanged goals near the end to make it 4-1.

On Sunday, September 21 the Lancers had a strong game against non-conference opponent Jamestown College (N.D.).

The Lancers won the match 2-0 thanks to stellar defense and goals from senior Angel Duran and freshman Santos Campos-Gonzales.

Now the Lancers have three games in five days. They face GPAC opponent Dordt on Tuesday, September 23; Buena Vista on Wednesday, September 24; and Midland Lutheran University on Saturday, September 27.