Wom­en’s Soc­cer Con­cludes Sea­son

MISHAWAKA—The Wom­en’s Soc­cer team con­cluded their 2021 sched­ule in the Cross­roads League Tour­na­ment Quar­ter­fi­nals against No. 8 Mar­ian in a 5-0 loss. The team went 5-14 on the year, which is their best fin­ish to a sea­son since 2013.

“It was a great sea­son for us,” said Head Coach, Ja­son Free­man. “We had a tough start, at 0-8, but with a young group they’re go­ing to grow. Over­all, it was re­ally good. We had the best sea­son on pa­per in the last cou­ple of years, and it’s a step in the right di­rec­tion.”

Last year, the team grad­u­ated four se­niors and did not have a sin­gle ju­nior on the team. Head­ing into this sea­son, the Pi­lots added six fresh­men and three trans­fers. This year's ros­ter con­sisted of no se­niors and twelve un­der­class­men, and go­ing into next sea­son will bring every­body back.

“We want to win more games,” said Free­man. “At the end of the day, win­ning is­n’t every­thing. We were com­pet­i­tive this year, and we want to have more wins in the win col­umn at the end of the year. Ul­ti­mately, we want these young women to be pre­pared for the rest of their lives while here at Bethel.”

For more in­for­ma­tion on the Bethel Wom­en’s Soc­cer team visit https://​www.bupi­lots.com/​sport/​wom­ens-soc­cer.