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Greenville
keeper Sam
Bowers clears the ball out during action against the alumni Saturday.
The Wave
gained a 2-2 tie against the former Wave players. CNO Photo by George
Starks
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Wave
boys battle tough
alumni team
By George
Starks
GREENVILLE-
With seven
college players on the field for the Greenville alumni Saturday, the
2012 Wave
soccer team had a very tough test on their hands. The alumni dressed 25
players
and scored two big goals putting the varsity team down by a two spot.
The
varsity would come back to score two of its own and finish with a 2-2
tie. "That
was quite a strong alumni team," said Wave coach Brent DeVoss. "I
feel we have one of the best alumni teams out there and it only gets us
ready
to play in the GWOC. I say it time and time again that the GWOC is one
of the
toughest conferences in the state and this game will get us ready for
GWOC play."
After
getting things
even at two goals each, the Wave defense stiffened, shutting the alumni
down.
"I have to
give
the credit to my assailant coach, Rob Maher, because he was the one
that held
the conditioning and got these guys in playing shape," DeVoss said.
There were
positives
and negatives to be looked at by DeVoss.
"We had
solid
possessions and were able to move the ball well," DeVoss pointed out.
"All the players got involved and had a lot of touches. We were weak on
the scoring side. We want to get at least 20 shots on goal and today we
had
only a dozen. That's not enough. We had the opportunities but passed
them up.
We have to work harder in the shot department. Defensively, we were
short two
players tonight so we played a hybrid defense and it worked out really
well for
us.”
Greenville
will host Bethel
on August 16 starting at 5 p.m.
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