Through the years, the Lady Warriors from Bishop Noll have always had a JV and varsity squad for girls soccer. In the case

of the 2013 season, they are playing with just a varsity squad because of numbers that came out for the team, the amount of seniors they had graduate from the former year, and the injured players they have on the team.

The Lady Warriors are looking forward to having a great, strong season and are looking for possibly bringing back home

a conference plaque to Bishop Noll. Senior Julia Kusiak, captain and leader for the Bishop Noll Lady Warriors was quite excited to get the season started.

“I understood the amount of pressure that I would be having on my shoulders this upcoming season, becoming the team captain and also being seen as a key player through many coaches’ eyes,” Kusiak said.

Kusiak accepted the challenge and was very proud to be wear- ing that captain badge on her arm. She sees a bright future in the 2013 girls soccer season.

“The season might have started off on the wrong foot for the Lady Warriors, losing to their rivals, the 59ers of Andrean on their home field, but they kept their heads high and keep pushing every day on the field during practices and games,” said Bishop Noll alum and head coach of the girls varsity soccer squad, Aaron Payonk.

The girls have something special to do this season by bringing home a conference plaque.

“My expectations on the girls soccer team this season is to improve as a whole. Everyone needs to be making steps forward for us to grow together,” Kusiak said.

Kusiak is looking forward to playing all the teams on her sched- ule this year, but the games that stick out the most for her are the teams that are in the Lady Warriors conference. Kusiak has all the belief in the world that the her teammates can bring home a con- ference plaque by the end of the season this year.

“I expect great things from my team this season, winning confer- ence would give us just a little extra confidence going into section- als,” she said.

With their only being a varsity squad this year for the Lady War- riors, this meant there would be fresh young talented freshman entering the varsity roster for the lady warriors. One young player that is a talented starter for the Lady Warriors and has a lot of heart and is dedicated to the game and improving daily is freshman Brianna Camacho. Brianna’s expectations for going into the season was to win games, grow with the team as a whole, and improve on her game.

“The young freshman and sophomores are living up to their expectations. I want to see everyone play as a team and work hard daily,” she said.