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August 23, 2004
SIUE Women’s Soccer Looks For Solid Start
Getting off to a good start and playing solidly on both sides of the ball is the hope for SIUE women’s soccer coach Lynda Bowers as the Cougars open their season at home Friday afternoon against No. 11-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato.
SIUE will do battle with the Mavericks of Minnesota State-Mankato at 4 p.m. at Ralph Korte Stadium. The Cougars will look to improve upon a 10-7 record from last season. Minnesota State-Mankato enters the contest after a 14-5-2 mark a year ago.
Bowers believes that teams want to come and play SIUE. “Most people don’t mind traveling here because it is such a treat to play on our field,” said Bowers.
After the game against the Mavericks, SIUE will have a week off before their next game. “It is going to be nice just focusing on one game,” said Bowers. “Let game one kind of sink in before we head on to game No. 2.”
Sophomore mid-fielder Christine Armstrong (St. Peters, Mo.), who netted nine goals to lead the team as a freshman, will look to get the Cougars going offensively this season. Senior forward Ann Crawford (St. Louis) had six goals last season and looks to add some punch to the Cougar offense.
On defense SIUE will be led by a sophomore duo of Kayla Fromme (New Berlin) and Padra Bencini (Carbondale). Senior Jessica Brown (St. Louis) will be the force for SIUE in net as she looks to be the starting goalkeeper.
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