Kyle Nabors: Well Mike, soccer season is heading into the home stretch. Both men’s and women’s soccer have only a handful of games left before tournament play begins. Each team has seen its share of ups and downs, but whose season has been more disappointing?

Mike Buda: I think the men’s team has been more disappointing. Don’t get me wrong, I know they have done a great job with some big moral victories against North Carolina and Tulsa, but their 6-5-1 record does not show how good of a team they really are.

KN: Things got off on a bad note for the women’s team when Becca Ford went down with an injury before the season even began. Losing a top scorer was only amplified when they were shut out in three of first four contests.

MB: The men’s lone injury of the season happened during the first practice when defender Kyle Knotek hurt his knee.

Even though the team’s five losses have all come by one goal; four of those games the Huskies lost by giving up the game-winning strike in the 74th minute or later. So if those games were to have kept in deadlock, you could be looking at a 6-1-5 record.

KN: I wish I could say women’s soccer had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory that many times, but outside of the overtime loss to Kent State, that hasn’t been the issue.

After starting the year with three shutouts in four games, the Huskies followed it up with an impressive 3-1-2 record. It looked as if they had turned the corner until they responded with four straight losses, including three more shutouts.

MB: Will it be better to have been totally out of the College Cup race by the end of the season, or do you want to just miss it by a few decisions? The women will probably be out of the picture by then, but the men’s chances of a slot in the tournament will all come down to a couple of matches. With the teams’ hopes all depending on an automatic bid, every game counts and giving up late goals could be the deal breaker.

KN: Unlike men’s soccer, not every team makes the MAC tournament in women’s. The women have made the last three tournaments and appeared poised for a fourth consecutive trip only a few weeks ago.

There really are few things more frustrating than consistently out-shooting opponents and coming up on the losing end.

MB: Either way, both teams have disappointed in some aspect, whether it is not having the ability to score or giving up deciding goals. But only time will tell who, in the end, will disappoint us more. At least it can’t be as bad as the Cubs.

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