Lady Barons Off-season Soccer Update

By Jennifer Schultz, Staff writer

Amid the din of the spring season sports, many of the off-season sports are vigorously preparing for their next season – including girls\’ soccer.

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday the players are hard at work with one goal in mind – to dominate the next season. They follow a rigorous schedule in order to keep in the best physical shape possible.

The Lady Barons start the week with an hour of drills and scrimmages, and then finish it off with a second hour of weightlifting (on Monday and Wednesday afternoons) to keep the adrenaline running. Fridays usually consist of repeating Monday\’s workout.

All of this hard work may seem unnecessary, but according to Taylor Merickel (‘11), “Off-season is keeping us in shape and ready for anything. It\’s allowing us to play together as a team before season starts.”

Merickel strongly believes in the benefits these workouts will have on the upcoming season. “We are going to win a lot of games, and we will be ready to beat any team that gets in our way.”

With this attitude, it\’s hard to imagine anything stopping them from succeeding in the seasons to come.