Frogs to play on road
Soccer tries to boost 5-4
overall record
By Nick Fox
Skiff Staff

After opening up its home conference schedule last weekend with two victories, the TCU women’s soccer team will try to keep on winning this weekend at the Stanford Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif.

The Frogs will face off against Loyola Marymount Friday and Santa Clara Sunday.

Head coach Dave Rubinson said he is looking forward to the competition his team will face this weekend.

“We will find out a little more about where we are as a team,” he said. “We are hoping to give some new people a chance to prove their worth, as well as have some success against some good competition.”

The Frogs have an overall record of 5-4-1 and have three wins in their first four Conference USA games, including victories over rivals Cincinnati and Marquette. In the first four C-USA games, the Frogs have outscored their opponents 6-3 and netted a victory against the conference’s first place team Saint Louis.

Freshman forward Angie Nickens said the team is not approaching the tournament in the same fashion that it would a C-USA game.

“We’re going into it like it’s a preseason game,” she said. “We’re focusing on the conference games.”

Nickens said conference play started at the perfect time because the Frogs are just starting to come together as a team and the good start has helped make the team conference contenders.

“It helps us by putting us at the top of the conference,” Nickens said.

Rubinson said the Frogs have been looking forward to this weekend’s tournament because they are anxious to build upon this season’s start, which is one of the better starts for the women’s soccer team in recent years.

The Frogs’ next conference game is on the road against Houston Oct. 10.