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Pawlik said. "Last year, it was up and down with whether people were here, but this year the majority of our team was here, training every day. Those were tough workouts every morning." Even as improvements off the field have been made, there will be some changes made on it as well in 2013. One of Purdue's struggles in 2012 was a back line that had difficulty staying healthy and playing with any sort of consistency. In an effort to improve his defense, Klatte has already made one significant addition to the position: Moving Pawlik from forward to right back. After leading the team with nine goals a year ago, she will doing more defending and distributing than Purdue shooting and scoring. Jordan Pawlik believes the Boilermakers' improvement in For an experienced, offensive-minded upperclasstheir fitness level will pay big dividends in 2013. men in her last season, it's a difficult adjustment to focus and a hard-working approach that may have make, but one she has embraced for the good of the been lacking a year ago. The team elected seniors team. Jordan Pawlik, Jordan Frick, Hadley Stuart and redshirt senior Molly Kuramoto to serve as captains this fall. And they have wasted little time instilling an improved work ethic. "All four of our captains this year have different attributes, and they are able to play well off of one another," Klatte said. "They are all fits as leaders for us." Starting with 2013 Soccer summer workSchedule Time outs that the DateOpponent L, 1-2 (OT) Aug. 17 LOUISVILLE (Exhibition) players orga- Aug. 23 AKRON 7 p.m. 2 p.m. nized, there is a Aug. 25 XAVIER ILLINOIS Aug. 30 NORTHERN 7 p.m. level of account- Sept. 1 at Kansas 2 p.m. Sept. 6 DARTMOUTH 7 p.m. ability among Sept. 8 SEATTLE Noon 7 p.m. this year's team Sept. 13 IPFW Sept. 15 at Miami (Ohio) 1 p.m. to be in the best Sept. 22 WISCONSIN 1 p.m. 7 p.m. shape possible Sept. 26 at Penn State Sept. 29 at Ohio State 1 p.m. by the start of Oct. 4 ILLINOIS 7 p.m. 4:30 p.m. the fall season. Oct. 6 NORTHWESTERN Oct. 11 NEBRASKA 7 p.m. It's already pay- Oct. 18 at Michigan State 4 p.m. Oct. 20 at Michigan 3 p.m. ing dividends. Oct. 24 INDIANA 7 p.m. 1 p.m. "There is a Oct. 27 MINNESOTA Nov. 2 at Iowa 2 p.m. 100-percent dif- Nov. 6 Big Ten Quarterfinals TBA TBA ference in our Nov. 8 Big Ten Semifinals Nov. 10 Big Ten Finals TBA fitness now from All Times ET a year ago," 101 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 1 f