This Week in Aggie Athletics

Volleyball

Wednesday: vs. University of Utah

6 p.m., Wayne Estes Center

Thursday: vs. Weber State

7 p.m., Wayne Estes Center

Saturday: vs., Loyola Marymount University

2 p.m., Wayne Estes Center

Soccer

Friday: vs. Univeristy of South Dakota

5 p.m., Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field

Sunday: University of South Dakota

1 p.m., Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field

Cross-Country

Saturday: Sagebrush Invitational

All Day, Steve and Dona Reeder Cross Country Course

Football

tition is the mother of all learning.’ So the more they get to train and play, they're seeing game scenarios more often,” Martins said. “If they played eight to 10 games this summer and eight to 10 games last summer, it's equivalent to having played an additional season of soccer. To me, that growth helps us because we end up with a more mature player, a technically more refined player, and a player that also has some different layers to bring back to us.”

As for Hunninghake, she hopes to improve both on and off the field after starting eight games as a freshman and recording 15 saves on 17 shots on goal.

“I feel like a personal goal I have is just trying to step into more of a leadership role on the team,” Hunninghake said. “Being in that goalkeeper position, you have to step up as a leader. I feel like I do really

“It's exciting because at this point, we have three goalkeepers: we have a freshman who's very, very good, and then we have two returning players,” Martins said. “Obviously, Diera has an incredible amount of experience, but now McKenzie's got a lot of experience as well, and they're both training well, so we're in a great place."

For more information about USU women’s soccer and their schedule for the 2023 season, visit utahstateaggies.com/sports/ womens-soccer.

Henry Wright is a junior studying political science, American studies and anticipatory intelligence. He loves to travel, watch sports, and spend time outdoors.

-henry.wright@usu.edu @henrywright25

Saturday: @ University of Iowa

10 a.m., Iowa City, IA

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P O R T S S P O T L I G H T

Heidi Bingham is a senior studying jouranlism with an emphasis in social media and two minors in marketing and ASL. Aside from photography, she loves her dog Milo and reading (romance books specfially) in her spare time.

— heidi.bingham@usu.eduu