Women's soccer finishes strong
Matt Swiss
Issue date: 11/7/08 Section: Sports
Despite the collapse, Shaw says he feels his Rhody squad showed its true potential in the first 80 minutes.
"We're greedy and everybody wants instant gratification," Shaw said. "We're losing two seniors and we're going to add some very good players to the group and all of these kids are going to get better as well. They're all still so young. We have a very very bright future but immediate gratification is nice once in awhile."
Rhode Island's senior day was not nearly as eventful as Friday's game but Rhody was awarded the win and showed the potential that coach Shaw has stressed all season long, as it defeated St. Louis University.
"It's really nice," Shaw said. "This is the first time we've ever beaten St. Louis since they've been in the conference. I think we played really well and I was really proud of how hard they fought. I think that we learned something from the tragic events late in the Charlotte game."
URI got on the board in the fourth minute when freshman forward Stephanie Santos scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season. The goal was assisted by both Alexis Veith and Adrienne Ruhe Lischke. With the assist, Ruhe Lischke ended the season second on the team with 12 points.
"[Santos is] doing a good job and she's a little bit more efficient," Shaw said. "I think that she's creating a bunch of chances and I think that it's going to be exciting to watch her continue to develop in the next couple of years."
Rhode Island headed into halftime outshooting St. Louis on goal 3-1 and the second half was very unproductive, as those statistics remained stagnant throughout the remainder of the game. St. Louis saw one of its best chances to score when junior midfielder Ashley Hayes was met at the corner of the goal by both Arnadottir and sophomore midfielder Kaylen Shimoda. Hayes was denied and St. Louis did not see a better opportunity to score after that.
"I think we've come so far," Shaw said. "We play a different system and we play a different style than most of the teams in the country and it takes a little while for people to get used to that. I think we have a really really strong foundation and I'm really excited about what's going to happen next year and the year after and the year after. We have a foundation now and we have the framework that will allow us to be really successful."
Shaw added, "I'm sad that the season's over because this is a team that, I think, had we managed to scrape through a couple of the games earlier and I think if we had the opportunity to redo our schedule things could have been drastically different, but you only get one go-around."
"We're greedy and everybody wants instant gratification," Shaw said. "We're losing two seniors and we're going to add some very good players to the group and all of these kids are going to get better as well. They're all still so young. We have a very very bright future but immediate gratification is nice once in awhile."
Rhode Island's senior day was not nearly as eventful as Friday's game but Rhody was awarded the win and showed the potential that coach Shaw has stressed all season long, as it defeated St. Louis University.
"It's really nice," Shaw said. "This is the first time we've ever beaten St. Louis since they've been in the conference. I think we played really well and I was really proud of how hard they fought. I think that we learned something from the tragic events late in the Charlotte game."
URI got on the board in the fourth minute when freshman forward Stephanie Santos scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season. The goal was assisted by both Alexis Veith and Adrienne Ruhe Lischke. With the assist, Ruhe Lischke ended the season second on the team with 12 points.
"[Santos is] doing a good job and she's a little bit more efficient," Shaw said. "I think that she's creating a bunch of chances and I think that it's going to be exciting to watch her continue to develop in the next couple of years."
Rhode Island headed into halftime outshooting St. Louis on goal 3-1 and the second half was very unproductive, as those statistics remained stagnant throughout the remainder of the game. St. Louis saw one of its best chances to score when junior midfielder Ashley Hayes was met at the corner of the goal by both Arnadottir and sophomore midfielder Kaylen Shimoda. Hayes was denied and St. Louis did not see a better opportunity to score after that.
"I think we've come so far," Shaw said. "We play a different system and we play a different style than most of the teams in the country and it takes a little while for people to get used to that. I think we have a really really strong foundation and I'm really excited about what's going to happen next year and the year after and the year after. We have a foundation now and we have the framework that will allow us to be really successful."
Shaw added, "I'm sad that the season's over because this is a team that, I think, had we managed to scrape through a couple of the games earlier and I think if we had the opportunity to redo our schedule things could have been drastically different, but you only get one go-around."
