The men’s soccer team kicked off the season in a new conference last night .<\/p>\n
Men’s soccer coach Odie Guzman said that going into a new conference this season gives him hope to be one of the soccer powerhouses in that conference. Guzman also hopes to develop a winning record for the first time.<\/p>\n
“Our program hasn’t had a winning record since we were established,” Guzman said. “This year hopefully we will be successful on the field and in our new conference.”<\/p>\n
The results for last night’s game against Christian Brothers University were not yet available at the time of printing.<\/p>\n
While training for preseason, Guzman said that everything went well and the guys worked hard through fitness tests and long practices, and they worked on shape and organization.<\/p>\n
“Just playing from the back, playing through our midfielders and playing up top \u2014 that’s what the majority of it was,” Guzman said.<\/p>\n
Some of the teams Harding will play against are Fort Hays University, which is No. 1 in conference, Lindenwood University and North Eastern State University, which Guzman said the team is most anxious to play.<\/p>\n
“I would like to see how our guys match up to them,” Guzman said. “They played a division one school and ended up beating them.”<\/p>\n
Senior midfielder Josh Ireland said that he started training this summer for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
“Me and my little brother, who’s on the team, did a lot of running and a lot of sprints to get prepared,” Ireland said. “Coming into preseason, I was very impressed with all the other teammates who did very well on the team fitness test.”<\/p>\n
Senior outside midfielder Victor Moya said he ran, went to the weight room and mentally prepared himself to train for this season as well.<\/p>\n
The men’s team has its next match tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. against John Brown University at home.<\/p>\n
The women’s soccer team also had their season opener last night against Christian Brothers in Memphis. Their next match is before the men’s game at 5 p.m. tomorrow also against John Brown University.<\/p>\n
Head coach Greg Harris said that while training for this season, the girls worked very hard. He stated how well they work together and how family-oriented everyone is.<\/p>\n
“This is a passionate group and one of the closest groups I’ve had,” Harris said. “Practice has gone well, and it’s very promising.”<\/p>\n
Harris has been coaching since 2001 and became the women’s soccer coach at Harding last year. He coached men’s before but he has coached both teams for 10 years.<\/p>\n
Harris said he wants his team to go out there with a good work ethic and play hard. <\/p>\n
“I really want to focus on us being the best team that we can be,” Harris said. “Whether it’s in practice, a walkthrough or a game.”<\/p>\n
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