During Family Weekend, the MSU Women’s Soccer team had an eventful weekend that involved three thirty minute weather delays and many headers.

With the first half being zero to zero, the MSU Women’s team had an amazing comeback with the final score being 2-1.

Even though there were three weather delays, they did not let that stop them from winning this game. Leeci Snyder prays before every game, praying over her teammates and praying for a good and safe game.

With a tight start of the first half being zero to zero, Business management junior Leeci Snyder shared her thoughts during that difficult time.

“It was a good game overall and with it being so tight in the first half and with it being intense in the end, In my brain I was thinking just get to the next play. Don’t think too far away. We have a saying ‘Be a Goldfish,’ Snyder said. “If you made a mistake don’t think about it. If you had a good play, forget it. We are on to the next play. One play at a time. Just keep going and those minutes are going down and down and down and hopefully we end up getting a goal and if we don’t, next play.”

Before the first weather delay, exercise physiology junior, Taryn Sueltz got the first goal of the game.

“I felt amazing. That was my first collegiate goal that I have scored here at Midwestern. I’m blessed that my teammates are able to do exactly what the coaches are asking. Get the ball wide, play it in between the post and I’m just lucky that I was there at the right place at the right time,” Sueltz said.

Business junior Lillia Besedin whose position is midfielder explained why she joined MSU’s soccer team.

“I transferred in my sophomore year from a different school in Oregon, and really I came here and felt the atmosphere was just ten times better. I met the coaches and they really made me feel like I really was needed here. I looked at the facilities and just thought it was amazing. I really just connected with the campus and just Wichita Falls when I first came here,” Besedin said.

While watching the game you could see how focused exercise physiology sophomore, Tanner Sorenson was making sure nothing got through her net. Sorenson then shared how she prepares for the game.

“Honestly I listen to my pregame music, I drink my energy drink, and just like getting in the mindset of just envisioning myself making those saves, making those reaction just so I can be ready to do that on the pitch. I like to get a good warm up,” Sorenson said.

The defense throughout the game was amazing and one player who stood out was exercise physiology senior, Mable Pruter. Throughout the game Pruter performed many headers (headbutting the ball).

“It’s just a matter of hitting it in the right spot. You have to hit it on your hairline. So it’s just a matter of making sure you hit it in the right spot. It will hurt if you hit the top of your head, which happens to me all the time. Especially when the ball is high up in the air it’s hard to judge it. You just have to go in with confidence,” Pruter said.

During the game Pruter was kicked right in the knee, but instead of subbing out she walked it off.

“We kept giving up goals in the last few minutes of the games and it was like, I can’t just stop here right now. I could ask for a sub in but I want to win and I want to finish this game out. So I just toughed it out. Usually it helps to just walk it off. It was the adrenaline going,” Pruter said.

With the last twenty minutes of the game being 1-0 and both team’s defense going strong, arts and science senior Nyxalee Munoz had an amazing header goal.

“I just thought about just running to the goal. Our goal is to just launch the ball into the box and I just found the right opportunity. I’ve always wanted to do a diving header and that was a perfect opportunity to throw my body in there,” Munoz said.

However, the 30 minute rain delay definitely changed the game for the players.

“I would say both I think we needed a little momentum because we were sitting for an hour or so. I think it changed the whole energy of the game” Munoz said.

Assistant coach Lynn Smith thought that the team’s previous scores were more pressure than being at home on Family Weekend.

“I don’t think we find any pressure playing at home. I think the only pressure we have was finishing these games off. We’ve had positions where we could be 4-0 but we unfortunately had a loss and three ties before this so I think the only pressure is getting the win at the final at the end of the day and they were ready to do that. So I will take that as a positive,” Smith said.

However being at home does change the energy of the team. “I think they can answer that too. You see it at home anyways. This is a general buzz, there isn’t a difference. You are sleeping in your own bed, you’re waking up, you’re waking up and you are getting here,” Smith said. “You do have your family, you do have your friends, you do have your colleagues out here. People supporting you instead of them being against you so no I think anytime we get to play at home is special. I think we have talked over the last 3 years with coach Spence and I and we have only lost one game at home so we take pride in playing here.”

Even though the game started tight and ended tight, the MSU women’s soccer team had a deserving victory this weekend.