GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The University of Providence women's soccer team has spent the past week preparing for the team's final game of the season when the  Argos (2-12, 2-9) travel to Helena, Mont. to take on Carroll College (5-7-1, 4-5-1) on Friday. The game will kickoff at 3:30 p.m.

The Argos are coming off a weekend split, defeating Multnomah 1-0 before falling to Warner Pacific in a heartbreaking second overtime loss. The games came after a two-week hiatus that the team took due to COVID-19 protocols.

"I was really proud of the effort we put in," head coach Heather Blandford said. "Obviously we got a result and another game we didn't. If we are really looking at putting those pieces together and continuing to do those things that we're working on to improve ourselves for the long term, I feel like we brought those things. If we continue to do those things and keep pushing forward and working hard every day, those results will come."

One of the things that the team continues to improve on is taking advantage of scoring opportunities in the opponent's third of the field. The team has also focused on team defensive concepts in an effort to sure up that side of the ball.

"We've been working in and around the 18's, both defensively and offensively," Blandford said. "How to generate more opportunities for shots, how to recognize them and take them. Defensively, how to limit the oppositions' chances in the final third. We want to do it from a team standpoint and not from an individual standpoint."

The team will hope to put it all together against Carroll, a team fighting for the right to make the final spot of the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament. The two teams have already met in the preseason, when the Fighting Saints defeated the Argos 3-2 in a closely contested non-conference battle.

"They have a lot to play for," Blandford said. "I expect them to come out and be the typical Carroll – talented, eager, ready to go. We need to match their intensity. We need to be the hardest working team on the field. We need to take care of the little things, we need to be dialed in start to finish and give them a good quality 90 minutes."