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Game Notes: Lady Hawks travel to Daytona for pair of matches
By Matt Green
Lady Hawks (0-1) at #16 Embry-Riddle (2-0)
Friday, Sept. 2 • 7 pm • Daytona Beach,
Fla.
Lady Hawks vs. Webber International (1-1)
Sunday, Sept. 4 • 1 pm • Daytona Beach,
Fla.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The Lady Hawk soccer squad heads to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a pair of non-conference matches on Friday and Sunday, Sept. 2 and 4. Shorter will open its Daytona trip on Friday with a 7 pm kickoff with 16th-ranked Embry-Riddle University before closing out its roadie two days later on Sunday against Webber International University at 1 pm. Shorter is in search of its first win of the 2011 season after dropping a 1-0 decision to Montreat College on Aug. 27.
ALL-TIME
SERIES
Friday will mark the third meeting between Shorter and
Embry-Riddle with Embry-Riddle holding a 2-0 lead in the series.
The Lady Hawks will try to avenge a 7-0 thrashing at the hands of
the Eagles back on Oct. 5, 2009, the last time the schools took the
field. Shorter and Webber have never squared off in women's
soccer.
CLIPPED
WINGS
Shorter has been bitten repeatedly by the injury bug already this
season with seven starters out of the lineup. The Lady Hawks lost
senior captain Mary Kate Lollar and central defender Sam Stephens
to torn anterior cruciate ligaments in the preseason, lost
midfielder Carleigh Butcher to a broken kneecap in a preseason
scrimmage, are playing without defender Blair Fine (concussion) and
midfielder Jessica Wright (knee) for an indefinite amount of time
and most recently lost midfielder Cintia Lamas (concussion) and
defender Helena Farinha (ankle) to injury in the season opener
against Montreat.
TO THE
RESCUE?
One of Shorter's three All-SSAC performers may have to change
position for the time being to help the Lady Hawks deal with their
high amounts of casualties. Junior goalkeeper Taylor Hays could
shift her talents to the midfield, where she played sparingly in
high school. That would bring talented freshman Sofia Pacino off
the bench and into the goalie shirt for the first time in her
collegiate career.
WAITING TO
EXHALE
Shorter will need to find a way to score if it hopes to pull an
upset on Friday and leave Daytona Beach with two wins. In 2010,
Shorter scored just 26 goals in 19 matches, lost five games by one
goal and was shut out four times, something head coach Jen Colley
tried to address by adding speed and proven finishing ability to
the roster over the summer. The Lady Hawks are waiting for the
All-SSAC duo of strikers Kelli Davis and Brandi Greenwald to mesh
with highly-touted newcomer Aline Bez Tamiosso (28 goals and 10
assists at Cowley Community College last season) to produce offense
while Shorter's defense and midfield tries to get healthy.
