3 Games Down

It has been interesting for our team so far.  We have played 2 very good games over the weekend at St. Olaf and at Augustana.  The St. Olaf game was just a very good offensive game for us.  We scored from deep early and often, and really got it going on the inside in the 2^nd half.  Defensively we were just ok, but got off to a good start.  At Augustana, we accomplished something this program has never done.  We beat an NCAA II team.   It was a great character game for our team.   We were down 8 at half, and did not go away.  We could have.  We had 18 TO’s in the first half, and really got beat up by Augustana.  But we finally pushed back and fought.  We really executed down the stretch and held Augustana scoreless the last 2:00 of the game.  We showed some toughness, and it was great to see that out of this group of guys.

I knew that the Gustavus game was going to be tough for us.  First of all, the Gusties lost to Luther at home on Saturday, and after our great weekend, it would be easy to let down a little.  Gustavus has a lot of pride, and quite frankly, they outplayed us, outcoached us, and outtoughed us.  They deserved to win.  But we can make it a good learning tool for us.  We need to be a better defensive team.  We have to be able to adjust to what teams do to us on the offensive end, and we did not do that on Tuesday night.

We now have 3 days off, and come back on Saturday night.  We will practice 4 days, then start our conference opener against Dubuque on Wed. Nov. 28 in Storm Lake.  Dubuque is off to a 3-0 start and so we must get better in the next week and improve if we want to start the conference season out on our terms.

I really do like this team a lot.  We have a lot of potential and really have a fun group of guys.  Even though we have a lot of veterans, we are still searching for that deep-seeded confidence on a consistent basis.  I believe in these guys, and I think this will be a real good year for us.

Stay tune next week, as we will discuss our approach to our conference opener, and talk about the road ahead in the conference.  It will be fun.

Go Beavers!!

Coach VH