Meg was very positive and I think a little anxious. She's very hard on herself and always wants to play but she got her opportunity last year.
It's a matter of individuals getting prepared to play. You wonder why we have to raise our voices in the locker room in order to get people to perform.
I feel that the goals we gave up this weekend were preventable. But, overall, I think we learned a lot this weekend.
I think other than not scoring, the team did everything they were asked to do. They played very well together, but giving up a set piece goal and not being able to get one of our own is obviously frustrating.
The thing you need to take into consideration and that you hear coaches talk about all the time is the fact that you need to perform for the entire match. I thought at times we played well and other moments we had breakdowns that cost us.
A lot of our opportunities were good, and then we hit the ball right at the keeper. That's something we'll need to improve on. We didn't mark up in some dangerous areas and it ended up costing us.
Fortunately this isn't carrying over the way we play or train. I'm not happy with the results but I'm happy with the way we're going at it.
Last year I don't think she was as mobile or as strong as she is now. It took her a part of last season to improve. We are fortunate to have her in the program because she knows what it takes to win and encourages her teammates to do the same.
We're too good for what's happening to us right now. If you look at our losses, we haven't been there for a full 90 minutes at all. We were there against Loyola, and look what happened.
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