Women -lacrosse for the best start in three years – The Oberlin Review

In the first two games under the new head coach Malory Nadrah, the women's Lacrosse team of Oberlin College has enforced their opponents by an average of 14 goals per game, on the way to the best start of the program since 2022.

Important achievements by Kylie Thompson in the first year, the fourth year on Sunday, and the third year, Megan Hiller and Olivia Corradi, the yeowomen loosened to a 20-10 route via Sachlevania University and a 21-3 tear at the University of Ohio Northern. Thompsons did 10 goals and two templates in their first week of the season as a college athlete her North Coast Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week.

After their first two games were decided early, the yewomen were against a much harder exam against Baldwin Wallace University on Wednesday. After just a quarter, the yellow jackets rose 7: 2 and looked ready to run away with the game. However, the yewomen dug with their heels and were able to close the gap to only one goal. Although Nadrah could not tie it together in front of Triple Zeros, he was impressed by the effort she looked out to her players.

“We went 7-2, we retired to a game with a goal, and that's great,” said Nadrah. “I told the team that speaks volumes about a victory – Loss. You will carry that with you for the rest of your life. “

Thompson played out again on Wednesday and scored another six goals to score more than five goals per game. Although the first year of the team scores many points, she quickly credited her team with her success.

“I think a lot of [my success comes from] The trainers [who] are very supportive and urge me very much, so it is a big deal to have your support and your belief in me, ”said Thompson. “And I wouldn't score a goal at all if my teammates didn't exist. They are the ones who get the ball to me, they are the ones who put me on the field, they are the ones who set up me. “

The yewomen have the opportunity to prove their resistance only 48 hours after their first loss when Hope College comes to Oberlin for a game at 7 p.m. Although it could be easy for the team to find energy in such a short time to take part in competitions again, and after such a close loss, Nadrah proudly pressed that the team did not define itself by loss and instead decides as a learning experience, while after his first two profits, he remains confident.

“I think the victories gave us the confidence that what we do, work, and a large part of what we do on the offensive is to play together and be selfless,” said Nadrah. “I think these big victories of everyone who contributes to this have shown us selfless work. I think it lost last night that we might have deviated a little. We may have tried to be heroes ourselves, but we have learned that we cannot do it alone. “

Selflessness is often preached because athletes must be a successful teammate of key quality. However, trainers do not always follow their own advice. Nadrah admitted that it is of the greatest importance as a new coach that they are going with a good example.

“As a role model, this is probably the most important part of my job in ensuring that I am someone I hope to look at,” said Nadrah. “My communicating skills, how I treated my co -trainers, how we communicate that we are a team. If you can take small lessons out of life for me, I have the feeling that I did my job. “

Thompson expressed a goal that is a common feeling for most Oberlin teams -to qualify for the NCAC championship at the end of the season. While Nadrah has the confidence that her team can achieve such a high goal, she focuses more on the distance between Oberlin and the teams at the top of the conference in the first year of her term.

“Obviously we want to do it better than last year because they all know that they can be better than the record last year,” said Nadrah. “I want to end with a winning record. It's always great. But I think that the NCAC that we move one or two places upwards – we were selected to take the sixth place, which is okay. But if we can refuse at least one or two teams in front of us, I think that the baby is a bigger goal of finally becoming one of the best teams in the conference. “