2008 Woodie Awards
Women's soccer kicks off season
John Fennell
Issue date: 9/15/06 Section: Sports
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It is a new season and the coach of the Cabrini women's soccer team is has nothing but confidence about his team, the individual players, as well as the new field they play on. When asked about his team, coach Ken Prothero said his youth last year, the increase in roster this year and a superb up grade in field are going to give them the opportunity to make noise in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference this year.
These same freshmen are contributing this year to the point where Prothero has confidence playing anyone of his players not fearing a drop-off in play.
There are two returning captains, Emilie Greto and Melissa Williams. Williams was named MVP of the PAC Championship Game her freshmen year.
Instead of 16 players, this years team boast a compliment of 22 players.
Prothero is excited by the increase in number because their practices are more spirited as well as enabling him to run a practice with 11 on 11. He believes that the added benefits in practice will play off later down the road when the play in the PAC tournament.
Four games into the new season the team is 2-2 and their PAC standing is 1-0. The two losses were both by one goal and they have avenged one of their one goal losses from last year with a win over Wesley 3-0.
The most notable difference in the team from last year to this is the new turf field that was installed this summer. When asked about the new field Prothero said, "The field is the best thing to happen to the Cabrini athletics." He notes the advantages to being able to practice in all conditions without worrying about the shape of the field. Prothero looks to the speed of play as well as the decrease frequency in injury as up grades to not only the soccer team but the other sports at the college.
In the end he could not say enough about the effort the school put in to getting the new turf field especially the hard work of sports information director Elliot Tannenbaum, who Prothero said, "works tirelessly to make the teams look better." He feels its Tannenbaum's hard work that allows the Cabrini community the opportunity to follow the effort that their athletic teams are putting out.
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These same freshmen are contributing this year to the point where Prothero has confidence playing anyone of his players not fearing a drop-off in play.
There are two returning captains, Emilie Greto and Melissa Williams. Williams was named MVP of the PAC Championship Game her freshmen year.
Instead of 16 players, this years team boast a compliment of 22 players.
Prothero is excited by the increase in number because their practices are more spirited as well as enabling him to run a practice with 11 on 11. He believes that the added benefits in practice will play off later down the road when the play in the PAC tournament.
Four games into the new season the team is 2-2 and their PAC standing is 1-0. The two losses were both by one goal and they have avenged one of their one goal losses from last year with a win over Wesley 3-0.
The most notable difference in the team from last year to this is the new turf field that was installed this summer. When asked about the new field Prothero said, "The field is the best thing to happen to the Cabrini athletics." He notes the advantages to being able to practice in all conditions without worrying about the shape of the field. Prothero looks to the speed of play as well as the decrease frequency in injury as up grades to not only the soccer team but the other sports at the college.
In the end he could not say enough about the effort the school put in to getting the new turf field especially the hard work of sports information director Elliot Tannenbaum, who Prothero said, "works tirelessly to make the teams look better." He feels its Tannenbaum's hard work that allows the Cabrini community the opportunity to follow the effort that their athletic teams are putting out.
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