Coach Neil Macmillan is not worried about his players competing on the road for eight consecutive games.
He is worried about their homework.
The thing that concerns me and concerns a lot of the team members is the missed class time
Macmillan said. There are a lot of Friday games where we'll miss class. They'll get the opportunity to do some [homework] on the road though. There's always some downtime.
Today, the No. 10 Bobcats (3-1) will head to Worcester, Mass. to play Holy Cross. The team will then face Albany on the road Sunday. Ohio will not play in Athens again until Oct. 5.
We are used to playing on the road Macmillan said. We do a fair amount of traveling every year.
The Crusaders (1-2) began the season with a win over Siena, but have since dropped two straight. Their game style, though, is a variation from anything Ohio has faced this year.
We knew a bit about their corners
both attacking and defensively
so we set some things up for that
Macmillan said. The way they attack is something slightly different from anything we've seen so far.
Part of the work we've done with that is we've identified some of the holes in the way that we defend it
Macmillan added. We created a drill to work on both of those things at the same time.
Albany (2-2) has already upset a ranked opponent this season. The Great Danes defeated then-No. 14 Indiana 2-0 in their third contest of the season.
It makes us focus that little bit more
Macmillan said. We know that they can do it. They're good. They've got some very good players.
Currently, Albany sits just four spots outside of the top 20 of the coaches' poll, garnering 38 votes last week.
I was surprised that they weren't ranked this week
Macmillan added. They might well have been.
Early in the season, Torrie Albini has lit a fire under the Bobcat offense. She has a team-high seven goals, including four in Ohio's last game against Robert Morris.
We are
without question
a better team with her than we are without her
