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Season-Ending Injuries Plague a Team

The Manhattanville women's soccer team cannot catch a break. Having started the season ill equipped, this team has had their fair share of let downs. They currently have a 2-9-1 record this season. They continue to fight through it as a team but there are some factors that don’t help them.

Junior Christie Freer

For one, the team is playing with ONLY 11 presumably healthy players. In fact, a single team in order to play needs exactly 11 players. This means that the Valiants have no reserved players on the bench to relieve players during a game. By simply having no backups, this creates a lot of stress on the current players because they have no other option than to play the full 90-minutes. It is crucial for the players to take care of their bodies to increase their endurance and stamina to avoid injuries.

This season two of the team players suffered major season-ending injuries. The first of the two was Christie Freer, who injured her self during a game against Keane University. She had a scary fall and ended up with a radial-head fracture, which is one of the most common elbow injuries found in adults. As a junior, there is still the possibility that she will be able to get back on the field next year.

Junior Carolina Palaez

The second injury went to Carolina Palaez, who had been battling knee pains for a couple of weeks. While she played on the field she knew that something was off and decided to get herself checked out, and it turned out that she had a torn meniscus. A torn meniscus is tearing of the shock-absorbing cartilage of the knee. Palaez had to get surgery which also included her getting part of her bone shaved off. Luckily, it is not too serious of an injury and it should take up at least five-weeks to heal.

It is safe to say that the Valiants need all the help they can get to overcome their season’s woes. It won’t be an easy journey for them seeing the trials and tribulations that they have faced.

Tomorrow they will play an away game against DeSales University at 3:00pm. It will be remarkable to see if they are able to pull a win amidst all of the misfortunes. After all, winning tends to make things feel much better.