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The Daily OrangeFH | Transfer Taylor named captain in 1st season
By Conor Orr
Posted: 8/27/08, 11:12 PM EST Section: Sports
Bradley remembers how difficult it was to tell Taylor that not only could she not play in games, but she could not join the team on the road, as stated in the conditions of her release from Richmond.
"(The team) was working their butts off," Bradley said. "And then you go to leave for a competition, and it's like 'sorry (Taylor) you can't come.'"
In the Orange's first exhibition game on Tuesday, Taylor played an integral role in the Orange's 10-2 rout of Western Ontario College, scoring three goals.
Scoring, however, is not the main role Taylor will take on for her team this year. As Bradley's most experienced player, she will have to deal with coordinating and stabilizing a very young midfield - a role that both Taylor and her coach are working to improve.
"It's all about consistency, and being able to play her game and help the people around her get better," Bradley said. "She is our field general and our leader out there, and of that engine room of positions, she is the cog out there, and if she's not running, we don't run."
Kim Coyle, a sophomore back, said Taylor's experience is a great asset to the team.
"We're all stepping up more, and it gives us the ability to lead from experience and not just going into something where we don't know what's going on," Coyle said.
That kind of leadership has led both Bradley and the team to the conclusion that they will be able to depend on Taylor throughout the season.
"Shannon's really dedicated and really hard working," Coyle said. "She's 100 percent dedicated to what she does on and off the field, and she leads by example."
ctorr@syr.edu
"(The team) was working their butts off," Bradley said. "And then you go to leave for a competition, and it's like 'sorry (Taylor) you can't come.'"
In the Orange's first exhibition game on Tuesday, Taylor played an integral role in the Orange's 10-2 rout of Western Ontario College, scoring three goals.
Scoring, however, is not the main role Taylor will take on for her team this year. As Bradley's most experienced player, she will have to deal with coordinating and stabilizing a very young midfield - a role that both Taylor and her coach are working to improve.
"It's all about consistency, and being able to play her game and help the people around her get better," Bradley said. "She is our field general and our leader out there, and of that engine room of positions, she is the cog out there, and if she's not running, we don't run."
Kim Coyle, a sophomore back, said Taylor's experience is a great asset to the team.
"We're all stepping up more, and it gives us the ability to lead from experience and not just going into something where we don't know what's going on," Coyle said.
That kind of leadership has led both Bradley and the team to the conclusion that they will be able to depend on Taylor throughout the season.
"Shannon's really dedicated and really hard working," Coyle said. "She's 100 percent dedicated to what she does on and off the field, and she leads by example."
ctorr@syr.edu
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