Notes
San Marcos, Texas – The Texas State soccer team wraps up its five game homestand with the first WAC contests in program history. The Bobcats welcome in Idaho and Seattle to the Bobcat Soccer Complex this weekend.
The Bobcats are coming off their best game of the season last Friday against Texas Southern. Texas State won the contest 6-0, led by Tori Hale who scored two goals and had two assists. She is 70th in the NCAA in assists this year with four.
Idaho has struggled of late, entering the game 3-9-0. The Vandlals have the preseason WAC Offensive Player of the Year in Chelsea Small. Small leads the WAC with 54 shots on the season.
Seattle has earned some respect around the country, coming into the game with a 5-5 record. The Redhawks are No. 77 in the NCAA RPI, and have played two top 25 teams in No. 21 Oregon State and No. 13 Portland.
Following the game, the Bobcats travel to San Jose State on Friday, Oct. 5 for their first road conference game of the year. It is the first of two games on the road with the second against Utah State on Sunday, Oct. 7.
Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Kat Conner
On difference in preparing for WAC contest from other nonconference games
“We haven't seen these teams before, but luckily the WAC has a video exchange policy so I have gotten to see film on them. I think that might even be better than most nonconference games. Sometimes you're trying to translate other team's scouting reports into what they mean, whereas now you get to see the team for yourself and you can still take other coaches' terminology and lingo to fit what was successful against them. Of course there's still an unknown, so it makes it different. Each time we've seen them on video, they've looked different. They can look great and aggressive, and then they can look sluggish at times, like us. It's going to be hard but the biggest thing we need to do is worry about us. If we keep improving on ourselves, both offensively and defensively, we can make a run at the conference tournament.”
On how practice changes in nonconference and conference play
“It's still the same. Tuesday is a competition day, it's an aggressive day, it's a fitness day. On Wednesday we're looking at the ideas we've heard about and seen on film about our opponent and making tweaks to it. Then on Thursday, if you're at home, you're always doing a walkthrough still, but also building confidence in the players.”
On key to winning both games this weekend
“One I think we have to prepare the players for the new style they're going to see. Also the new nuances that these two teams are going to throw at us compared to what we saw previously in the Southland. Finally it's building the confidence that the players can compete at this level and have the chance at championship opportunities. So it's the same as always, but different because you don't know the coaches you're facing and the program you're facing and the history they've come from.
Senior defender Alissa Scott
On if she is treating conference games any different from non conference
“I'd say we're about the same. We're excited from our win against Texas Southern on Friday, and ready to roll and get into our conference.”
On how team has progressed the last two weeks
“We're really starting to work well together and put everything together.”
Sophomore midfielder Tori Hale
On how the team is looking to build off the win against Texas Southern
“We're just going to try to do the same thing and keep the pace we had going on Friday and take more shots and be more aggressive.”
On how she's transitioned from TCU to Texas State
“At first it was a little difficult, because you're used to a certain coach's way of doing things. I think I've gotten to where I know what to expect from Coach Conner and I know what she wants from me, so it's easier.
