Sacramento State women’s soccer team continues to work on areas of weakness as they ready themselves for its next two conference games.

“We’re working on our forwards holding the ball a little bit more with pressure on their backs so that the rest of team can join in and sustain an attack rather than potentially losing the ball right away,” head coach Randy Dedini said.

Although adjusting to weather conditions is one of the mental challenges on the road, the team isn’t expecting rain to be part of the equation for the next couple of games, Dedini said.

Sac State will play at Montana against the Grizzlies Friday and then at Eastern Washington Sunday.

“We definitely want to come away from this weekend with six points,” senior defender and forward Gabriela Trenton said. Trenton is one of the team’s captains.

Sac State have yet to lose in Big Sky play beating North Dakota 1-0 Sept. 27 and drawing against Northern Colorado.

“We defended better than them and played better than them,” Trenton said.

Against North Dakota, redshirt freshman midfielder Jennifer Lum made the game winning shot, assisted by another redshirt freshman midfielder, Ashley Cella.

“They all came in really hungry to play because they didn’t get to compete last year,” Dedini said about his redshirt freshman.

Lum said her ability in getting more of an attack and helping to run the offense was what contributed to her starting role this season. However, increasing her stamina to last a full 90-minute game while also working with other midfielders remains to be an area she said she could still use improvement in.

As far as goalkeeping, Dedini said he’s confident in both the starting goalkeeper, Kimberly Mata, and her backup, Hannah Gendron.

“She knows when to pick up her intensity with communication, be supportive and coach the backline from the back,” Dedini said about Mata. “We feel really good about Kim and our backup goalkeeper.”

Trenton believes the team has established a better chemistry going into this season because it came together in the spring and have had time to work together over the summer.

Of all the teams in conference, Trenton sees Weber State as its toughest competitor. This year, Sac State will be traveling to Weber for their match where the Hornets lost and were denied a playoff opportunity.

“They play better at home, they’re a very physical team, they have a bunch of fans so I think that will be a very tough game,” Trenton said.

In Big Sky play, the Hornets are taking everything one game at a time, said Trenton. However, personally, Trenton is rooting for the number one seed in conference.

“For my senior year, I want to host the tournament, I want to win the tournament,” Trenton said.

Sac State’s game against Montana kicks off Friday at 2 p.m. at South Campus Stadium in Missoula.