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\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous position,” says Eastern Mennonite University goalkeeper Becca Borg<\/a><\/strong>. “I\u2019ve gotten concussed so many times and once there was a girl who side-tackled into my face. You get taken out all the time but you just have to deal with it. You honestly have to be a strong player to be in there. You have to take the hard hits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borg (Gig Harbor, Wash.\/Peninsula) speaks with experience when discussing the perils of being a keeper on the soccer<\/a> field. The Royals Athlete of the Week<\/a>, Borg has worked (and played) through injuries her entire career, yet she recently moved into the No. 2 spot on EMU\u2019s career saves list, while also holding a career best .741 save percentage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even know that EMU held records for goalies with the most saves,\u201d Borg admitted. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to have something that shows your hard work. As goalkeeper, you don\u2019t get recognized a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a game against Randolph-Macon on Oct. 13, she gathered 15 saves, making it the sixth consecutive game she finished with double-digit saves and improving her total career number to 387.<\/p>\n

Abby Diffenbach holds the women\u2019s record with 457 saves.<\/p>\n

After the women\u2019s game against Stevenson on Sept. 5, Borg had a wake-up-call from head coach Ted Erickson<\/a> about her potential. She recalls him saying, \u201cYou need to show the ODAC that you\u2019re the best goalkeeper out there.\u201d \u00a0This fueled her to work even harder.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that my work ethic increased so much, also because it\u2019s my last year of playing,\u201d the senior said. \u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t care at all that I\u2019m injured. \u00a0I want to show the players that even if I\u2019m hurting, I\u2019m still out there working my hardest.”<\/p>\n

Borg began her journey playing soccer at the age of three. A versatile player, she has played every position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the goal, you can see the position of every single person,” she said. “You\u2019re able to observe everyone and know how they play. Growing up, my coaches wanted me to learn every field position, so in the past I would do a lot of the field drills and then they\u2019d say, \u2018We\u2019re doing shooting drills now, get in the goal.\u2019 \u00a0So I\u2019ve learned all of the positions. \u00a0A coach can literally put me anywhere they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borg has also been a thrower for the track and field<\/a> team, which has added extra stress. Last April, during the ODAC conference meet, the wear and tear became unexpectedly noticeable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was throwing discus and as I whipped my arm, my hand went completely numb,\u201d she said. \u00a0\u201cI was supposed to do really well but I didn’t because it scared me so much. After discus, I went to throw javelin and it happened again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctors informed Borg she had tennis elbow, an irritation of the tissue connecting the forearm muscle to the elbow, but this may be the least of her worries. She has also had reconstructive surgery on both of her ankles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ligaments in them are torn,\u201d Borg noted. \u201cYou\u2019re supposed to have three ligaments in your ankles but my right one only has two. Then in my left ankle they\u2019re really stretched out so there\u2019s no support. \u00a0It causes a lot of other problems to happen just because I have no support there. Right now I just tape them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to these injurie,s Borg has spent much of her time in physical therapy. She appreciates the work of physical therapists so much that she is majoring in kinesiology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the idea of helping people and watching them heal,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving physical therapists help me through my injuries has made them like family to me. I love the atmosphere: you\u2019re having fun while also helping someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borg is soaking in the rest of her goalkeeping career by playing with no regrets. Her mantra is \u201cWork hard and understand what your role is. Develop that role and then take pride in it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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