The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... named as All-Valley first-team selections."I thought it was a good season overall," ISU head coach Drew Roff said. "I think the combination of an extremely difficult schedule early on and a young roster really made it tough for us to get off on the right foot. "When you are just trying to survive in those early games it doesn't really allow you to work on some of the things that are...
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
... every game you play is going to take a bit of a physical toll on the players," ISU head coach Drew Roff said. "It is a long season and any opportunity you have to get your players a little rest while the other team is in battle to advance helps." If they wish to advance to the NCAA Tournament, the 'Birds will need to win the semifinal game and Sunday's championship game. Their opponent...
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... we wanted to do was go into overtime where, with one lucky break, it's game over," ISU head coach Drew Roff said. "I was glad that we didn't get to that point. Jess made a nice play, and that's what we needed." "It seemed like we were just kind of firing away without a lot of purpose, and finally someone took the bull by the horns and actually got the ball in line and created something....
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... stands at 8-8-1."This is the time of year when the games are big and really count," ISU head coach Drew Roff said. "This is where you want to be playing your best soccer, and I think we are. We're playing hard and are pretty healthy, and at this time of year that's pretty much all you can ask for. We're just going to take each game, put everything we have into it and see if we can...
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... the conference and a 10-3-2 record overall."I was pleased with the effort today," ISU head coach Drew Roff said. "I thought getting the two-goal lead was really important, and I wanted to make sure we kept pushing and trying to score some goals. It was nice to see some players step up. "We put the same kind of pressure that we did against Northern Iowa, but we couldn't find that final...
