{"id":2289,"date":"2015-09-17T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2015-09-17T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:00:54","slug":"fall-sports-preview-field-hockeys-saa-defending-champions-look-ahead-to-2015-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2015\/09\/17\/fall-sports-preview-field-hockeys-saa-defending-champions-look-ahead-to-2015-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Sports Preview: Field Hockey\u2019s SAA-defending champions look ahead to 2015 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY LAURA MCCANDLESS – STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Centre College\u2019s Field Hockey team has made it to the SAA Championship and received an NCAA tournament bid for the past two years, winning the SAA Championship against Rhodes College 4-3 last year and securing their first SAA tournament title.<\/p>\n

The team is smaller this year than it has been in the past, but its size has created a tight-knit community amongst the teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is the closest the team has ever been as far as the chemistry between all of them,\u201d Coach Jenelle Anthony said. \u201cEven when they\u2019re off the field they\u2019re always doing things together and they get along really, really well so I would say the dynamic within this group is probably the best since I\u2019ve been here.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s captains are junior Ceci Volbrecht and the team\u2019s only seniors, Julie Gates and Erin Mays. As Gates plays center forward and Mays is the center back, they balance each other well both on and off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely anchor and support each other along with the rest of the team,\u201d Mays said.<\/p>\n

With the loss of only one senior and the addition of two first-years, Peyton Baer and Emily Schank, many of the same players from previous years are on the field. As such, they\u2019ve kept most of their practice and preparation routines the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing our coach has noticed in our games from last season is that we tended to overthink and overanalyze the game while playing, which causes nerves and silly mistakes,\u201d Mays said. \u201cSo, one thing she tells us before every game or scrimmage is to \u2018just go out and play, like it\u2019s a summer pick-up game,\u2019 and that has helped us a lot. When we don\u2019t think too much and just play, that is when we play our best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the team had a great preseason, Mays said she is \u201cobviously disappointed\u201d with a record boasting two losses this early in the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played the two most difficult teams we will play all season,\u201d she said. \u201cWe learned a lot about ourselves and what we need to improve, and are confident going into our next weekend of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony believes that these early losses will \u201chelp propel [them] and continue success throughout the entire season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in the 2014 season, we started off a little slow and picked it up at the end,\u201d she said. \u201cI tell them that it\u2019s not about how you start, it\u2019s all about how you finish. So we have the time now and we\u2019ve been able to play some real games. We can decipher where our weak spots are and make those adjustments in practice and we\u2019ve already done so this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

As they continue into the season, Anthony notes that other teams will be coming at the championship-winning team with full force.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to find a way to enter every game as if you are the underdog even though you\u2019re the one everyone\u2019s trying to beat,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to continue to try to push the reputation and the name of Centre Field Hockey that we\u2019ve built for ourselves. I just want them to remain humble throughout the whole season but continue to work hard, and I think that\u2019s what is going to help us remain successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re playing better hockey at the end of the season than we were at the beginning,\u201d Anthony added, \u201cthen that\u2019s a win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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