"Hobart is a solid team," junior midfielder Lawson DeVries said. "But I think everyone is ready to step out on to our home field for the first time this season and play. We're pumped."

The Crimson have had two weeks to work on what went wrong in its first loss.

One of the overwhelming weaknesses in the Crimson game was its inability to clear the ball out of the defensive end. With the recent change in the weather, the team has gotten a chance to spend considerable practice time outside and have worked on getting the ball up the field.

"Every time we have been outside this week we have spent at least an hour working the ball out of the defensive zone," DeVries said.

In addition to the movement out of the defense, the team has also been working on various aspects of offense.

In the match against Fairfield the offense set up few set plays and suffered because of it. The lack of motion led to sporadic scoring and only one tally in the second period.

To counter the sluggishness the Crimson also spent the week working on transition offense and their standard plays in the six-on-six formation.

The biggest challenge for the Crimson will be Hobart's strong defense and the team's main offensive weapon, junior attackman Jared Beebe.