With back-to-back losses, the Lions look to end the season with victory.

Missouri Southern women’s soccer team played Central Missouri State University Oct. 24 losing 2-1. Several of the normal starters were feeling under the weather.

“We had a little bit of a different lineup, and they (CMSU) got real lucky on their first goal,” said Trevor Wachsman, women’s soccer coach.

The Jennies scored both of their goals within the first three minutes of the game.

“We didn’t come out as hard as we should have, because we had beat them in the past,” said Melissa Husby, senior defender.

“We decided in huddle to pick it up, and we played really hard. The score didn’t reflect the game at all, we outplayed them.”

CMSU had a rough kick with 11 fouls in the first half, compared to Southern’s two fouls.

“It was a rough game, but it’s pretty normal; they were playing real defensively,” Wachsman said.

“We took our fair share of hits; they just have a different style of playing,” Husby said.

On Oct. 28, the Lions took a rough loss of 8-0 to University Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The UCO Bronchos had come back from a loss, and the game was on against Southern.

“Last night we played a good team and we didn’t step up to the intensity they had, and we didn’t step up and we were never really in the game,” Wachsman said.

“We couldn’t make anything work and we weren’t connecting as a team,” Husby said.

“Anything that could have gone wrong went wrong.”

With three games left in the season, two of which are at home, the Lions hope to end the season on a win.

“We need to put heart into the game. In practice we play with heart and have a good time and that needs to carry over,” Husby said.

The Lions played Emporia State University Oct. 30. The eight seniors were honored before the 6 p.m. game.

“We tied them last time, and we were up one goal twice,” Wachsman said.

The key to this win, he said is, “being mentally prepared and playing hard for 90 minutes as a team.”

“We practice really well; at times our biggest difficulty is carrying that over to the game,” Wachsman said.

“We need to put heart into the game,” Husby said, “in practice we play hard and have a good time and that needs to carry over.”