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FPCA star adjusts to college play
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Brooke Standard is in her first season with the Armstrong Pirates.
Former First Presbyterian Christian Academy stand out soccer player Brooke Standard just completed her first college soccer season for the Lady Pirates of Armstrong State University.Standard was the Georgia Independent School Association Class AA All-State and All-Region player of the year last year and was instrumental in helping the FPCA girls win the 2013 state championship.But as a freshman in college, Standard said there was a big learning curve.“Compared to high school, college level soccer is highly competitive and there are no real weak players on the Armstrong team or on the opposing teams … all are very good. And on any given day, one team can beat the other,” she said. “Also it is a much faster and stronger pace of play than high school.
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