The fact that the women’s soccer team’s season ended Friday at the hands of the University of Notre Dame by the score of 4-0 doesn’t overshadow the remarkable run this team has had over the past couple of years.

Not too many teams can claim to be a dynasty, considering it takes quite a few years and a lot of success to even be considered. While men’s cross country has also built their program up to that kind of level, women’s soccer is the only other squad at Eastern to find this much success currently.

Four Ohio Valley Conference championships for this team speak for itself, no matter what the team does once they reach the national tournament.

A senior class going through their entire collegiate career without finishing second at an OVC tournament is really rare in an age of sports that allows for such even competition amongst teams.

Another aspect of this team, besides just the basic success they have found, is the sense that no matter what the score or the situation this team left all that they had on the field.

After the match with Notre Dame this Friday, the Frericks sisters could have used each other as crutches. They were both banged up, but neither left the match for an extended amount of time.

That could be said for many members of this year’s team that went through the ups and downs of a grueling season with one distinct goal in mind.

That goal, the successful defense of their OVC crown and making another appearance in the NCAA College Cup, wasn’t derailed over the course of a grueling season.

As new players were accepting new roles and learning about each other and whether or not they could come together as a team, the year went by with only a few hiccups along the way.

While the team may not get as much attention from the student body or the athletic department as football and the major men’s sports here at Eastern, what the women’s soccer team has accomplished shouldn’t go unappreciated.

The results that the women’s soccer team gathered for themselves over the course of the last few years will most likely not be matched by any other athletic squad at Eastern.