at UVM 20Apr2024

Seeing nine players at our time to leave, some scrambled to asked others - even friends. Liv knew Maddy Fisher was an excellent player from Minnesota but had pneumonia during tryouts, so she was delighted to join us!

UVM hosted us at 2pm at Centennial Field (grass) and offered for our GK a player Kalyn knew from Marin!

We’ve played on Centennial before, with some memorable moments - once when one of their players was shown a yellow card and another in pouring rain. But UVM has always been a reliable competitor, so we look forward to playing them!

Liv got an early free kick in midfield before Caitlin earned another in their third - our shot on target was shot saved. Then UVM had a shot saved before their corner kick was caught by our GK under loan. Another UVM shot was saved before Lizzy’s on-target free kick in their third was punched out.

Around that time, after Maddy released the ball with a pass, a UVM player collided with her with and injured her knee. Teammates carried her off and the ref provided coolant. 

Nathalie took free kick in midfield before UVM sent a shot over our cross-bar. We were very tempted to leave so Maddy could get treatment at DH, but she and the team decided to play another shortened half.

UVM had two shots saved and Nathalie had the last, giving us a surprisingly pleasant tie result to help balance the sadness of Maddy’s injury. Once we got back to campus, Liv went with Maddy to Dick’s House for crutches and then to DH.

GK: UVM player who was a teammate of Kalyn’s in Marin!

CD: Chloe Gern+Nicole Bogdanos

OD: Liv Deeley+Maddy Fisher

CM: Lizzy Strapp+Julia Åkerlind Kermoury (Kalyn Dawes planned to play but had an injury)
OM: Eliza Durbin+Nathalie Maffei
F: Caitlin Evers

Shots 3:5 Saves 3:4

3 Liv free kick from midfield 

5 Caitlin earned a free kick in their third, shot saved

17 UVM shot saved

22 UVM corner caught by GK

27 UVM shot saved 

32 Lizzy free kick in their third punched out

37 Nathalie free kick midfield 

40 UVM shot over

62,64 UVM shot saved

70 Nathalie shot saved

Ivy Tournament at Brown 13-14Apr2024

Brown for a second year hosted the 3rd Annual Ivy Tournament in Providence with games on Saturday vs Yale and Princeton and a final on Sunday vs Brown. Columbia and Cornell dropped out, so there were only four teams this time.

Rainy on Saturday but nicer on Sunday, the weather was an improvement over last year’s driving rain for our game with Brown.

Impressively, Krista Schemitsch and Abby Headstrom came even though they were not yet game-ready to play! Special thanks to Krista for recording notes on Saturday’s games while coach was en route from a Colorado family ski trip!

Fans came! Abby R’s dad, Chloe’s parents+pups, Eliza’s boyfriend+pup, Abby B’s sister and mom, maybe others?

We had done well versus Yale and Princeton in previous Ivy Tournament games, but Brown has always been a special opponent, with our 2:1 win over them 2 years ago to win the final and a 1:2 loss to them last year in driving rain. 

GK: Addie Winship

OD: Sara Pickrell+Kate Clark, Chloe Gern+Liv Deeley, Maddie Kim

CD: Rachel Horne+Molly Knox, Kelly Zreloff
CM: Avery Jones+Abby Burgess+Lizzy Strapp, Hattie Hatton+Julia Åkerlind Kermoury+Abby Reiner
OM: Eliza Durbin+Nathalie Maffei, Kalyn Dawes+Nicole Bogdanos
F: Caitlin Evers, Genevieve Schaefer

Yale shots 12:0

Abby B, Kalyn and Avery got off shots before Nicole took a free kick. Then Natalie made shot, Eliza made a cross and Avery took a free kick before Nathalie set up Genevieve for her goal in the 46th minute. 

Genevieve scored again six minutes later before Hattie’s shots and Abby B’s free kick. Nicole, Avery and Nathalie had shots before Genevieve’s third goal in the 78th minute, giving her a cherished hat-trick!

5 Abby B shot

7 Kalyn shot

8 Avery shot

15 Nicole free kick

21 Nathalie shot

28 Eliza cross

33 Avery free kick

46 Nathalie to Genevieve goal -> 1:0

52 Genevieve goal -> 2:0

63 Hattie shot

68 Abby B free kick

67 Hattie shot

70 Nicole shot

72 Avery shot

77 Nathalie shot

78 Genevieve goal -> 3:0 hat trick!

Princeton shots 16:3

Princeton got off the first shot that was handily saved by Addie before Nathalie got off a shot in the 6th minute. Addie made another save before Abby and Genevieve got off shots. Then Addie came up with another save before Nicole, Hattie, Nathalie, Eliza and Avery made shots and Abby B had a free kick.

Nicole scored in the 33rd minute just before Princeton equalized, then she scored again before Abby B and Nathalie took shots. Nicole secured her hat-trick in the 39th minute and took another shot soon after, followed by Lizzy’s free kick. Then Genevieve got off a shot just before she scored our fourth goal in the 61st minute.

4 Addie save

6 Nathalie shot

8 Addie save

11 Abby shot

18 Genevieve shot

22 Addie save

25 Hattie, Nathalie shots

29 Eliza, Avery shots

33 Abby B free kick, Nicole goal -> 1:0

36 Princeton goal -> 1:1

37 Nicole goal -> 2:1

38 Abby B shot

39 Nathalie shot, Nicole goal -> 3:1 hat trick!

47 Nicole shot 

55 Lizzy free kick

58 Genevieve shot

61 Genevieve goal -> 4:1

Brown shots 8:21 saves 9:4

They were physical, tall, grabbed our jerseys (don’t see much of that in our games) and imposing on set plays. 

After Eliza prevented Brown from scoring in the 13th minute, Addie made a save from  brown shot, but their tall payers out-jumped us for the first two goals on corner kicks.

Liv blocked a Brown shot just before Addie made another save. Lizzy earned a free kick in midfield taken by Molly before Hattie earned another free kick taken by Kelly, whose shot was on target and saved for a corner.

Playing on turf with multiple sets of lines made it easy to explain away a yellow card for handling the ball outside the box that set up their free kick on our 18 for their third goal. Brown had a shot go wide before Eliza prevented another Brown shot.

Addie did very well to get her fingers on a shot driven powerfully by Brown, but it was unstoppable. Avery’s corner kick found Chloe, whose shot on target was saved.

Avery took another corner kick before Addie made two more saves on a Brown attempts, and Sara provided a clearance on a Brown corner kick.

Nicole earned a free kick in midfield taken by Kelly, whose fine placement found Caitlin, but her header went just wide. After Brown sent two more shots wide, Addie saved another one before they sent a shot on a free kick over our cross-bar.

Addie made another save in the 59th minute but Brown converted on the rebound. Abby B earned a free kick from midfield taken by Molly before Sara had her shot go over their cross-bar.

Brown’s header from a corner kick went wide before Addie made another save in the 72nd minute. Kalyn’s shot was blocked for a corner taken by Abby R, whose aim found Sara, but her ensuing header went wide.

Addie made yet another save - her 9th - before Kalyn’s shot was saved for a corner taken by Lizzy.

Brown has always been a strong team, and it’s good to play strong teams! We were happy with our two wins and appearance in the Ivy Tournament final. 

3 Brown corners (2)

5 Brown shot wide

10 Kelly free kick midfield

13 Brown corners (2), Eliza save

16 Brown shot saved by Addie for a corner

     Brown header into left side -> 0:1

17 Brown corner, header into left side -> 0:2

23 Liv blocked a Brown shot for a corner, Addie save

24 Lizzy earned a free kick midfield taken by Molly

     Hattie earned a free kick taken by Kelly, on target, 

     saved for a corner taken by Lizzy

28 Addie yellow card for handling ball outside box (difficult to see lines)

     Brown scored on their free kick from our 18 -> 0:3

31 Brown shot wide

35 Eliza prevented Brown shot

36 Addie nearly saved a shot -> 0:4

37 Avery corner kick, Chloe shot saved

40 Avery corner kick

45 Brown corner, shot saved by Addie

47 Brown shot saved by Addie

49 Brown corner, Sara clearance

50 Nicole earned free kick midfield taken by Kelly,

     Caitlin header just wide

52 Brown shot wide

53 Brown shot wide

55 Brown shot saved by Addie

57 Brown free kick midfield, shot over

59 Brown shot saved but they got the rebound -> 0:5

60 Abby B earned a free kick midfield taken by Molly

62 Sara shot over

65 Brown corner, header wide

72 Brown shot saved by Addie

74 Kalyn shot blocked for a corner taken by Abby R, 

     Sara header wide

77 Brown shot saved by Addie

80 Kalyn shot saved, two corner kicks taken by Lizzy (2)

Regionals 28-28Oct2023 Georgetown, Cornell, RIT

We were delighted to make Regionals, having gained invitations in 2013, 2017, 2022, and we were seeded 17th (24th last year), so it meant that we would face Georgetown (20th), Cornell (5th) and RIT (8th). Sometimes we get hammered at this tournament and other times we fare well, but it’s good to play good teams and our players were excited to go!

Hosted in Stony Brook, Long Island, we left around 4pm and arrived at our hotel in Farmingville around 10pm. We investigated the ferry from Bridgeport, but that would have cost another $500 for two vans and passengers, so we went through the City - Rachel’s van stopped near her home for dinner!

We left our hotel a little after 8am Saturday for the field 22min away, checked in and warmed up. Already 20C/70F - looked like summer was back! Rachel’s dad, Bob, brought drinks and snacks, and her mom came later; we also were so happy to see Eliza’s parents, Erika’s mom, Nicole’s parents and Dartmouth t-shirt-clad pup, Maddie’s parents and Sara’s mom!! I spotted some very impressive treats after the second game on Saturday - thanks!

GK: Addie Winship

CD: Rachel Horne+Molly Knox

OD: Erika Huston+Sara Pickrell, Chloe Gern+Liv Deeley

CM: Lana Kanno+Hattie Hatton+Maddie Kim, Abby Reiner

OM: Eliza Durbin+Nathalie Maffei, Nicole Bogdanos

F: Caitlin Evers

Georgetown 

Our previous experience with Georgetown in the 2013 Regional Tournament resulted in a 2:1 win for us. This Georgetown team was rough - we suffered two concussions! 

We were on extremely short, wet grass, which made the ball move very quickly and bounce unpredictably. They put immediate high pressure on us.

After their corner and their shot wide, they snuck the ball away from us near our goal for a shot from left to right into our goal in the 5th minute. Then Addie saved their shot for a corner three minutes later and again right after that.

Eliza earned a corner taken by Liv before Addie made another save in the 21st minute. Addie caught a Georgetown corner kick before Eliza’s corner kick and Georgetown’s free kick from midfield just before the break.

Liv earned and took free kick from our third early in the second half before Addie made another save in the 44th minute. Rachel earned and took free kick from our third and a free kick from midfield before Georgetown sent a shot over our cross-bar.

Addie made another save in the 53rd minute and Chloe blocked a shot for a Georgetown corner. Then Addie made another save for a corner before they scored on a shot from left to right in the 69th minute for their second goal.

Nicole had her shot go wide and another shot saved before she earned and took a corner kick in the last minute.

Shots 2:10 Saves 6:1

3 Georgetown corner, shot wide

5 Georgetown scramble near our goalpost shot from left to right -> 0:1

8 Georgetown shot saved by Addie for a corner

9 Georgetown shot saved by Addie 

14 Eliza earned a corner taken by Liv

21 Georgetown shot saved by Addie

32 Georgetown corner kick caught by Addie

39 Eliza corner 

40 Georgetown free kick from midfield 

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43 Liv earned and took free kick from our third

44 Georgetown shot saved by Addie 

46 Rachel earned and took free kick from our third 

48 Rachel free kick from midfield 

52 Georgetown shot over

53 Georgetown shot saved by Addie 

54 Chloe blocked a shot for a Georgetown corner

68 Georgetown shot saved by Addie for a corner

69 Georgetown shot from left to right -> 0:2

74 Nicole shot wide, another shot saved

79 Nicole earned and took a corner kick

Cornell

After a short break for lunch, we got back to Stony Brook for our 3:30pm game with Cornell. The thermometer on the van dashboard said 85F, and we were scheduled for the turf field, which makes high temperatures seem even higher.

Our last experience with Cornell was at the Ivy Tournament hosted by Yale in April of 2022, when we beat them 1:0. They were a very vocal (noisy?) team we overheard during our first game when they played RIT.

A lucky exchange for Cornell by our goal in the 3rd minute gave them their first goal, but Sara got a good chance soon after with shot that was saved. Cornell sent a shot wide before Erika blocked a shot of theirs for a corner - Addie saved their ensuing shot.

   

Eliza had her shot go wide after Cornell’s corner; then in the 12th minute Cornell’s shot from right to lower-left gave them their second goal.

Sara earned free kick from midfield taken by Erika before Rachel earned free kick from our third. Nicole had her shot saved before Sara earned free kick in their third taken by Lana, whose shot was saved. Then Sara took a free kick from their third.

Liv had her shot saved in the 24th minute before Molly took a free kick from midfield. Addie saved three shots before Lana subbed in for her when her hip became painful after a sideways dive.

Cornell got their third goal in the 38th minute by shooting from right to upper-left of our goal. Erika took a free kick in their third, but her shot was saved just before the break.

Nicole earned a free kick from midfield early in the second half that was taken by Rachel before Rachel had her shot go wide. Cornell sent a shot over our cross-bar before scoring their fourth goal with a shot from left to lower-right off the upright in the 51st minute. They also had a free kick from midfield.

Chloe’s shot in the 56th minute went wide before Rachel earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana. Lana saved a Cornell shot before they sent two shots wide

Chloe earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana before Cornell scored from a cross from the left side for a tap-in. Sara’s free kick in their third was promising, but our header went wide. 

Shots 9:14 Saves 5:4

3 Lucky exchange by our goal -> 0:1 

5 Sara shot saved

7 Cornell shot wide

10 Erika blocked a shot for a corner, Addie save

    Cornell corner

11 Eliza shot wide

12 Cornell from right to lower-left -> 0:2

15 Sara earned free kick from midfield taken by Erika

16 Rachel earned free kick from our third

21 Nicole shot saved

22 Sara earned free kick in their third taken by Lana, shot saved

23 Sara free kick from their third

24 Liv shot saved

26 Molly free kick midfield

31 Cornell three shots saved by Addie

     Lana subbed in for Addie

38 Cornell from right to upper-left -> 0:3

40 Erika free kick in their third, shot saved

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42 Nicole earned a free kick from midfield taken by Rachel 

47 Rachel shot wide

50 Cornell shot over

51 Cornell shot from left to lower-right off the upright -> 0:4

53 Cornell free kick from midfield 

56 Chloe shot wide

60 Rachel earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana

66 Cornell shot saved by Lana

68 Cornell shot wide

69 Cornell shot wide

70 Chloe earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana 

71 Cornell cross from left for a tap-in -> 0:5

79 Sara free kick their third, header wide

RIT

We experienced a big drop in temperature to 50sF/10C with drizzle for our 9:30am Sunday game with RIT on a another bumpy field with very short grass that made ball-control challenging. Their uniforms showed orange and white emblazoned with “Tigers” - so Princeton are not the only Tigers.

In light of our two previous game results and being down to one sub, we could have already felt defeated, but we acted to the contrary! 

Sara sent RIT an immediate message by making the game’s first shot that went wide before Rachel took a free kick from midfield, earned and took free kick from our third and had her shot go wide. It seemed from the sidelines that we were believing in ourselves and playing better than ever!

Lana shut down an RIT attempt in the 15th minute before RIT from maybe 20m sent a high-arching shot into the upper-right corner of our goal.

Lana made a big save in the 20th minute before Nathalie had her shot saved for a corner that was taken by Sara. Eliza took two more corner kicks due to their clearances, and a few minutes later Sara’s header was saved.

RIT sent a shot over our cross-bar before Chloe blocked a shot for an RIT corner. They had another corner kick with another shot Lana saved, followed soon after by two more shots she saved. Then they sent a shot wide, took another corner kick and had another shot go wide before Nathalie earned a corner taken by Erika at the end of the half.

During the break there were many suggestions from our players about how to proceed, and we were fired up - staying very positive!

Rachel took a free kick in their third before RIT sent a shot wide. Lana made another save before Eliza cross earned and took a corner kick.

Lana made four more saves in quick succession before Nicole showed her high quality getting near their goal for a shot they saved in the 56th minute. Lana made yet another save after RIT’s corner kick.

Nicole gave us the equalizer with her shot from right to left in the 63rd minute, and she followed that up with a shot that was saved.

Lana came up with another save in the 70th minute before Sara made a shot reminiscent of her goal versus Brown last spring from the right side of the field into the upper-left corner of their goal for the game-winner.

Lana made her 13th save of the game in the last minute of the game after RIT took free kick in our third. RIT must have been shocked with that result, having out-shot us, but it was our quality, resilience and positivity that helped us get a much-deserved win!

Shots 7:20 Saves 13:2

2 Sara shot wide 

9 Rachel free kick from midfield 

11 Rachel earned and took free kick from our third 

12 Rachel shot wide

15 Lana shut down an RIT attempt

17 RIT shot upper-right -> 0:1

20 RIT shot saved by Lana 

21 Nathalie shot saved for a corner taken by Sara

     Eliza took two more corner kicks

23 Sara header saved

25 RIT shot over 

26 Chloe blocked a shot for an RIT corner

29 RIT corner, shot saved by Lana 

30 RIT two shots saved by Lana 

32 RIT shot wide, RIT corner

36 RIT shot wide

38 Nathalie earned a corner taken by Erika 

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46 Rachel free kick their third 

48 RIT shot wide

49 RIT shot saved by Lana 

50 Eliza cross earned and took a corner 

51 RIT two shot saved by Lana 

54 RIT two shots saved by Lana 

56 Nicole shot saved

61 RIT corner, shot saved by Lana 

63 Nicole shot from right to left -> 1:1

65 Nicole shot saved

70 RIT shot saved

76 Sara shot from right to upper-left -> 2:1

79 RIT free kick in our third, shot saved by Lana