Just 24 hours after a 10-goal loss to the Tipton Blue Devils, the Mississinewa Indians came out with renewed energy and vigor in a 6-0 win over the Wapahani Raiders.
The Indians’ offense was clicking on all cylinders, as Mississiewa had four different goal scorers. Alaina Webb, who had all the Indians’ goals prior to Tuesday, scored two more to go along with two assists. Natalie South also had two goals, while Beth Lucas and Kylee Adrianson found the back of the net for the first time this season.
“We played really well [tonight,]” Head Coach Andrea Wilson said. “They were giving 100 percent effort. We moved the ball around [well], and we won 50/50 balls all night long.”
With the Tipton loss still fresh on their minds, Wilson encouraged the girls to stay as focused and driven heading into Tuesday’s match. The girls responded, and put together one of their best efforts of the season.
“Before the game, I told them they needed to come out with the same intensity [we had against Tipton,]” Wilson said. “I told them that ‘you need to come out and consistently have that aggression and have that want to get the ball,’ and they did. They did so many things well.”
Playing their third game in a row on Wednesday, it was almost inevitable that the Indians would show fatigue and weariness. Though they tried their very best despite the circumstances, the Indians were unable to get anything going in a 3-0 loss to Muncie Burris.
“We came out flat in the first 20 minutes,” Wilson said. “[Burris] just [gave] much better effort. They scored a couple of goals early. We came out better in the last 20 minutes of the half, but in the second half, they were exhausted.
With Blackford coming up on Saturday, Wilson plans to rest her team on Thursday and go through a light practice on Friday in order to give the girls a chance to rest heading into the weekend.
