The streak is over.

After not losing a regular season game since October 2008, the University of Dayton women's soccer team has lost twice already this season against Colorado College and Ohio State.

"We are playing good teams, so to lose is not a terrible thing," head coach Mike Tucker said. "As much as I hate it, it's not terrible, but you got to learn in the end to get better. The key is for our players to look at this as a learning experience."

The Flyers last lost on Oct. 24, 2008, at Charlotte with a score of 2-1.

Following that game, the team cruised to a 22-month and 24-game regular season unbeaten streak.

Now the team is looking forward to a pair of road games this weekend against Lehigh and Pennsylvania on Friday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 12.

"We're good on the road; the road's always been pretty good to us," Tucker said. "We have a system. We go out and prepare and play, and we know a little bit about the teams we're playing."

Tucker believes that focused training will help put his team back on track.

"Our training up until [next weekend] is going to dictate how much success we have," he said. "You know, make every minute of training count and make sure we fix the things that we need to fix, [which is] the coach's job and the player's job."

New talent from nine freshmen also will give the Flyers an added advantage this season.

"We have a great mix of young ladies," Tucker said. "Our freshmen players coming in are really talented, and [if] you add those to the players that we have, I like our chances to be pretty good at the end of the year. We have freshmen that can step onto the field and help us get better all the time."

Additionally, the Flyers have a deep team coming off the bench, which will help them late in the game.

"We don't lose a whole lot when we pull somebody off the bench; what we have to rely on is our numbers," Tucker said. "We're a team right now, and we have to remain that."

The number one goal for the team this year is to play in the NCAA Tournament, according to Tucker.

"Our biggest and our first goal is always to play in the NCAA Tournament," Tucker said. "We still have that opportunity, but we're making it a little harder on ourselves yet again. We're not happy right now with two losses, but if that's all we've got at the end of the year, we'll be real happy."

Lehigh and Pennsylvania better prepare because according to Tucker, his team has its sights set on getting back on the winning track.

"I think the girls are just hungry to win right now," Tucker said.