What it takes...

We've been talking as a team the last few weeks about what it takes to compete and win at the Division I level. With a team made up of one senior, two juniors, 10 sophomores and 7 freshmen experience is not something we have loads of at the moment. What we do have is desire and we've shown that over the past few weeks.

We started off the season not doing what it takes. It sounds harsh but it's the truth. The players realized this when we discussed it and since then they've really elevated their level in everything--effort, focus, intensity, everything. The performances have been good, very good for stretches. The results thus far have been disappointing. There's a hump we need to get over and once we do the team will take off.

This weekend we faced two teams that beat us comprehensively last year, 4-0 and 3-0. Playing them in the same weekend this year to come out with a draw and a 1-0 loss that really could have been a win for us shows that we have what it takes. We're at the level of all of our opponents, it just comes down to some execution in critical moments and victory will be ours. And once we get the first one, watch out becauase it won't be the last!

A week to get ready for Detroit Mercy in an odd early evening start time Sunday. Hope to see a lot of you there for the first W of the season!

JD