ChrisFerrick-Manley
Staff Reporter
The Green Terror Field Hockey team currently stands at 7-8 (4-3 in the Centennial Conference) after back to back losses to Dickinson at home and Gettysburg on the road. Melissa Miranda Jones, the head coach of the team, was none too pleased after her team’s 5-1 loss on October 14 vs. Dickinson. She believed her team underperformed in that game, and that it puts them in a tough predicament in the competitive Centennial Conference, where five teams advance to the conference tournament.
“We blew that game,” said Jones, “I’ve got seven seniors; they should have been able to do it.”
Jones accepted the blame herself for that game too, in which Dickinson scored five goals on 10 shots; with only three McDaniel saves. After watching Dickinson play she became very confident that her team could win.
“Maybe I was overconfident,” said Jones, admitting that the Red Devils were much stronger than last year.
“The better team was not McDaniel,” said Jones, “my team did not even show up.”
Erika Wawzyanick, the senior goalkeeper for McDaniel, was not too happy with the results of the Dickinson game either.
“We win as a team, and we lose as a team, and that includes the coaching staff,” said Wawzyanick.
Wawzyanick also believes that despite the team’s difficult schedule going forward, they still have a chance to make it into the play-in game as the fifth seed in the conference tournament.
Emma Ardolino, a junior on the team, believes that the team is motivated by their failure to make the playoffs last year as an incentive to beat some of the top teams in the conference and make it this year.
“Not being in the tournament last season is an incentive to have a better season this year,” said Ardolino, who said she thinks the game against nationally ranked Johns Hopkins will be competitive.
“Ultimately we just want to go to that tournament, and we’ll make sure we get there,” said Ardolino.
The final two home games for the Green Terror are Saturday, October 25 at 1pm and Wednesday, October 29 at 4pm against Ursinus and Johns Hopkins respectively.