NEEDED THAT@kate_colvin2 | #GigEm | 👍 pic.twitter.com/ZAZAHvvMR3

— Texas A&M Soccer (@AggieSoccer) October 3, 2022

🗣️ Aggies win!
🗣️ Aggies win!
🗣️ Aggies win!#GigEm | 👍 pic.twitter.com/w8ScfWSW6A

— Texas A&M Soccer (@AggieSoccer) October 3, 2022

Pante and Colvin were very good tonight. Hayes did well but just doesn't know how to put the ball in the net. Jai Smith isn't forward material. What's with Carroll? She looks so uncomfortable and unsure of herself on the field. She is a much better player than we are seeing now. I can't figure Sample out. Is she really good but a bit unlucky or is just an average defender.

Our central midfield play was better in the second half. More energy and activity. More aggressiveness.

G was correct with his halftime observations. We get down to the 18 and then can't execute the next pass or shot correctly. We need to get more players into the box and making runs through the box.

A few minutes after her goal Kate Colvin made a great hustle play by running a long ball down and kept it from going over the end line. Watching the broadcast the color commentator made several comments about "technique failure" when talking about some of our missed shots in the first half. Pounds came off in the first half and did not return with an apparent foot injury. Pleasantly surprised to see Katie Smith in the game after her ankle injury Thursday. Calzada had a brace on her left knee and was not in uniform.

Technique and skill can be taught/coached. Instinct and a striker mentality is something you're born with. You can teach athletes to make runs, but if they don't have that natural instinct to score then you aren't a true striker. This team is without that person up front right now. Good athletes - midfield mentality, though, it was it seems.

Our RPI improved from 44 to 39 after the weekend.