After a great summer of soccer and a strong pre-season, Emily's soccer season started almost the same way as last year. She saw very little playing time over the first three games and it looked like she would have another disappointing season. We encouraged her to embrace whatever role she was given, to be a good teammate and to be ready if the coach called her name. As the weeks went on, she began to earn more time due to injuries and her strong play, including shots on goal. By the middle of September, she was playing about half of each game and scored the game winner against Liberty League rival Skidmore. Physically, she is as fit as she's ever been in college and she is strong. Clarkson is playing as well as we've seen it play over these last three years and we hope that she can continue to earn meaningful time for the rest of the season.
Ready to sub in against St. John Fisher.
Clarkson won the Mayor's Cup over Labor Day Weekend.
Lee and I could not make the Plattsburgh game in person, but got this lovely selfie from the locker room. A foul drawn by Emily led to the only goal of the game and she had a great shot on goal.
She saw a lot of time at both ACM and CDM at New Paltz.
She played both ACM and CDM in this game.
Fancy footwork to beat a high school rival.
Scoring what ended up as the game winner in a huge and shocking victory over Skidmore.
Emily's first start of the season was at RIT. It was so unexpected that Lee and I were still walking toward the stadium when we heard her name called.
Emily got the start against SUNY Potsdam as well.
She made a great run on a great pass but came up just short.
For some reason, despite their great chemistry, Emily and Brooke are rarely on the field at the same time this season.
A start at Union. This one ended as a rainy day tie.
