EC 0 Thomas More 2

ON yet another record hot day in September we head to Crestview Hills, KY to play Thomas More. A conference champion and NCAA tournament participant last year, TMC has added a transfer from Northern Kentucky that we had spoken to when he was in high school named Austin Juniet. I thought he'd be a significant add for them---and he was.

Not to make excuses, but the lack of a warm up area meant we had to improvise as the TMC women's game ended (half hour late as it went to OT). We came out flat and paid the price in the third minute as a sloppy pass gave possession away and TMC #6, Juniet, made us pay. In the half hour following we began to have possession and made some headway against them but got no results. As we came in at halftime, we were flat as a pancake and needed to re-energize quickly.

We came out in the second half with a good bit more aggressive an attitude but we left some of our control of possession behind. We struggled to possess at times but by battling we had about a 20 minute period where we had them under pressure. With about 5 minutes to go Juniet got to a loose ball between our keeper and the backs and made it 2-0.

Neither our best nor worst game but disappointing because the goals were soft and we fouled far too often (17 on the day). Late yellow cards may also come to haunt us.