2008 Woodie Awards
Lady Cards hit the road to face New Paltz
Joe Solano
Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: Sports
Originally published: 10/9/08 at 5:34 PM EST
Last update: 10/9/08 at 8:07 PM EST
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The Lady Cardinals trot on to Alumni Field at 4 p.m. sporting a 4-1-0 SUNYAC record (10-1-1 overall), putting them in third place in the conference.
The New Paltz Hawks (4-6-1, 1-3-1 SUNYAC) trail seven other teams in the SUNYAC, leaving them at eighth overall and struggling to stay in the playoff picture.
Liz Radigan, the second-leading goal scorer for the Lady Cardinals with 10, still isn't writing off the Hawks.
"We can't take them lightly - they nearly beat us last year," she said.
Last season, New Paltz nearly knocked out PSUC in a SUNYAC playoff double-overtime thriller. The game, a 1-1 tie, came down to a shoot out that ended with the Lady Cardinals surviving a 4-3 win in penalty kicks.
"The kids remember that. They feel they have just as much of a shot as anyone else," New Paltz Head Coach Colleen Bruley said.
PSUC fans may feel uneasy after the team's last four games as it lost one and won the other three by one goal differentials.
"We're doing pretty well, but we do have our downs," Radigan said. "We had an ugly win against Cortland. We get encouraged and discouraged about wins like that."
Lady Cards Head Coach Karen Waterbury said the team stands in good position coming into today's tilt with the Hawks.
"We played well last weekend, we took care of business and it was big for us," she said. "We're still working for everything, we haven't got anything yet - every game will be a fight and battle."
Since the loss at Brockport, PSUC has had to earn every win. Closely contested matches against Cortland and Oswego showed that nothing would come easy this late in the season.
"I don't think we played that well against Cortland, but we found a way to win," Waterbury said. "Saturday (against Oswego) we found a way. I liked the team I saw Saturday, a team who got the job done."
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