Four first-half goals gave the University of Minnesota women’s soccer team a great start in route to a 5-0 Big Ten victory over the University of Illinois on Thursday, October 14, 2021
Patricia Ward
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Adjustments required for college soccer newcomer
After nearly a half-calendar year on the Twin Cities campus, the team’s only Black player said she hasn’t experienced homesickness as most out-state freshmen typically face, but she wasn’t able to avoid the usual first-year athletic adjustments from high school to college ball. “The soccer is crazy different from playing in high school. A big surprise,” she quickly learned.