There was little to salvage from Wednesday's 3-0 defeat at the hands of the women's soccer team from Southern Wesleyan University, but Montreat Head Coach Don Maples found a few bright spots.For one thing, Brittany Zachrich carried herself like the team Captain that she is, applying some pressure on the Warriors' defense with four shots on goal.  In a game when Maples counted injuries to five players, having a leader emerge as Zachrich did was important.  

Declaring that the "whole team was disconnected and in disarray" during a poor first half, Maples challenged the Lady Cavaliers to "have some pride and play a second half that would prove to SWU that we are a quality team."  

The saving grace of this game was that the women from Montreat responded to that challenge and won possession in the second half, outshooting a solid Warrior outfit and seeing one shot carom off the crossbar and another cleared off the line by a defender.  A season of "what if" added another series of close calls.

Maples hopes his team remembers this defeat when they take the field at Covenant College in Chattanooga on Saturday, October 24.  "We are a team that has to work every second of every minute or every half and the whole game to be successful," Maples says.  "If one player isn't working hard, that leaves someone covering for her, we get disorganized, and that spells trouble."

Now 1-9-1 and 0-5 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, the Lady Cavaliers have five more regular season matches.