Your future, our focus
BY SETH ROMSA TRIBUNE SPORTS WRITER
Courtesy of the Powell Tribune
The transition to college soccer has not been easy for the Trapper women’s soccer team, losing its first official contest of the season on the road to Truckee Meadows Community College this past weekend.
Truckee Meadows scored 31 minutes into the game to put them up 1-0, and held on for a majority of the contest before sealing it late with two goals in the final 10 minutes.
“The difficult thing for the women is that they need to switch their brain to collegiate soccer,” Trapper soccer coach Rob Hill said. “They have the athleticism and skill to compete but not the mentality right now.”
In addition to the match against Truckee Meadows, Northwest played against the Vikings on Saturday.
Early in that game the Trappers went up 2-0, before dropping the level of play down and conceding three to lose the contest 3-2.
“The first 10 minutes of that game were great, but then they switched off,” Hill said.
Hill said he knows this team has the ability to succeed and be strong heading into the conference season, but need to be more aggressive in play and stronger mentally in order to make some noise this season.
Northwest travels to Ephraim, Utah to take on No. 7 ranked Snow College on Thursday at 1 p.m.
Northwest then takes on Colorado Northwestern Community College at noon on Friday in Price, Utah.
The Trappers cap off the weekend by taking on Utah State University-Eastern on Saturday at 11 a.m. who also received votes to be ranked in the preseason NJCAA polls.
“They know what they need to do and improve, I am fully confident by the time conference play rolls around they will have changed their mentality,” Hill said.
This weekend will be the final weekend of nonconference play before the Trappers open up Region IX play next weekend in Powell.