Colorado State University Athletics
Rams hope momentum from spring season carries into next year
5/16/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State women’s soccer team is hoping to continue the momentum it gained from a very successful spring season into the summer in preparation for next year’s fall season.
Over the spring, the Rams took on some of the premier teams in the state, as well as some clubs overseas in their trip to Spain over Spring Break. The Rams went 2-0-1 overall on their Spain trip, and returned home to also knock off Regis, Denver and Northern Colorado to finish the spring with a 5-3-1 record.
“The development of an identify for CSU soccer has been an ongoing process,” Head Coach Bill Hempen said. “We believe that by our last event of the spring, we were beginning to show positive signs that many of the growing pains we have had to endure had begun to subside.”
Hempen also was quick to note how the team was beginning to truly understand each other’s tendencies on the field and what each player brings to the team, focusing on how to expand on the team’s strengths while limiting the team’s weaknesses.
Hempen also noticed the intensity grow throughout the offseason training sessions as the program hopes to take a step up next year in its fourth year of existence. Along with the workouts and the developing on-field chemistry, Hempen believes that the off-field chemistry and bonding created from the Spain trip will pay dividends for the program and all of the players.
“The benefits of our trip to Spain have already manifested themselves in where we think we are right now as a program,” Hempen said. “Our hope is that the time when we landed back at CSU in March and the time we reconvene in August is not too far apart. These types of events do not go without their challenges, but in the end, we may have needed it if for nothing else than to rekindle our own belief in what we are doing and why we are doing it.”
After their successful spring campaign, the Rams will disperse back home for some time off as well as individual training and workouts before the team and incoming freshman all report for camp in August.
“We want our players to come back rested with a hefty appetite that is hard to quench,” Hempen said. “The trick is knowing when and how long to rest before they begin the process of preparing for next season of competition, as that is what will be a three-month competition against the person in the mirror that will ultimately quench the aforementioned appetite.”
