William Carey University men's and women's soccer teams start up on Saturday with a double-header against Cardinal Stritch University from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The women open hypervenom pas cher at 5.00pm followed by a 7.00pm game for the men.
Danny Owen's women have had a solid pre-season and the coach said he was 'happy with the depth on the team this year'. The usually nationally ranked Lady 'Saders slipped out of the top 25 in 2011 but are looking good to return to prominence this time around.
The men who finished the 2011 season in the semi-final of the NAIA national tournament stand 5th in this season's pre-season coaches poll. Nigel Boulton returns only five starters from that team but has had a good recruiting year and expects many of his cristiano ronaldo cleats freshmen to step up. "We have some quality in the attacking positions and competition for places amongst the incoming class. We will look for our upper class squad players from a year ago to cement their place in the team on defense". Senior Tyler Szura a former Pearl River Wildcat looks set to start for the Crusaders while former PCS standout and junior Jonathan Rey is also in the squad.
As the two teams prepare to battle the Wolves there will be further soccer action on the Carey campus this weekend. Coaches from Dutch professional crampon mercurial club FC Utrecht will be putting on a clinic for local Hattiesburg youth soccer players. The youngsters have been invited to train at the Carey soccer complex and to watch all the collegiate action on Saturday.