Statement Win

First off I'd like to apologize to my readers for the lack of stories this past week. I was dealing with some personal issues and I have had to take a mini break from my posts. None the less I am back and I look forward to continuing this blog.
Here is a post I meant to publish a couple of weeks ago. I will also post this week's post soon.

This weekend (10/6) IMS made a huge statement to the rest of the conference by defeating Fairfield 4-2.

Coming in to the game we had another roller coaster week that involved us defeating Monmouth, only to lose the following Wednesday to WVU (I talked about this stretch in a previous post). This time, however, the team had acted as if it had a new lease on life. Practice had a different atmosphere surrounding it.

After the WVU loss assistant coach Marcos Monteagudo stated, "Obviously I care about this loss but, we are heading into MAAC play now, where we are 0-0. Our season is just beginning."

This really stuck with the players. you could tell that they had become more focused on the task at hand. All of the set backs we endured had now been put in the past. The main goal of this season had now come to the table.

Coming into the season Fairfield was voted by the rest of the conference to finish 1st in the conference, one of the few preseason accolades we weren't given going into this season. Something that I believe will prove to be a blessing in disguise.

Us not being picked to win the conference not only made us feel under appreciated in our own conference but, it also reminded us that we should have won the MAAC tournament last year. It added fuel to the inner fire that we believe this year we are going to win this trophy and end the notion that Iona always chokes at the finish line.

Going into that Fairfield game the team was focused and looked ready to make a statement. Even conceding an early goal didn't shake the team as it had in previous games this year. The team bounced right back and scored two goals to lead at halftime.

Our halftime message was to remain focused and that we did. Two goals scored less than a minute a part in the second half made the statement that Iona is in the fact that the team that most thought we were coming into the year.   

We now must remain focused and continue to make the statement that IMS is the best team in the conference and that this is the year we will shake that notion of always coming up short.