at Holy Cross 17sep2017

We met at 11am to drive to Worcester MA for our first divisional game at Holy Cross at 3pm. Izzy's folks (thanks again for wonderful and much-needed fruit and drinks!), Katy's mom and Julia F-O'L's dad were there!

With summer-like temperatures and sun, we were glad to play on grass rather than the turf we thought would be our field. We had not played Holy Cross before. The grass was long, so we expected the ball to be slow.

Lizzie, Jenna and Claire had shots wide or saved, but in the 7th minute Claire converted with a shot into the lower left side of the Holy Cross goal. Holy Cross had good energy but we had more technical skill.

Our new players added a great deal of quality and threat to our game! After Sarah A's shot was saved, Sarah J perhaps only one minute after stepping onto the field got a shot off that was wide, and in the 15th minute Dani's shot hit the upper right area of the Holy Cross net for our 2nd goal.

Only one minute later Sarah J scored with a shot high and a little left of center Meredith G had a shot go over the cross-bar, and Jenny got us our 4th goal in the upper right area of their net. A minute later, Lizzie's shot was blocked but Lindsey was there to hit the rebound over the bar.

After Claire had a shot go over the bar, she beat her defender to send a rolling shot into the low left side of the Holy Cross goal. Dani had another shot saved, Sarah A took two corner kicks and (perhaps) Sarah J's shot was the one saved in the 31st minute -- it was hard to see whose shot it was.

In the last few minutes of the half, Namya had a shot saved, Callie got off a free kick, Dani's shot was wide and so was Meredith G's. 

At half-time we spoke about trying a few diagonal dribbles, being quicker and making runs off the ball. After a couple corner kicks, Lizzie earned us our 6th goal with a shot low and in the middle of their goal.

Lindsey had a shot go wide, Claire had a shot deflected, another wide and one that bounced back out for Namya to tap in for our 7th goal in the 44th minute. Two minutes later, Sarah J took a shot from long distance that gave us our 8th goal. 

After that, Dani's shot went wide, Namya's shot wide, and Sarah J's was deflected for a corner. Sarah J had another shot go over, Meredith G had one go wide and Katy had her shot saved before Claire had three more shots wide or over. 

We felt so good having so much talent on the team! Julia F-O'L's dad complimented the team, too. We will take some confidence into our upcoming game with UVM, most likely!

G: Brianna
CD: Mari+Tina
OD: Callie+Katie, Julia+Izzy
CM: Lindsey+ Elise, Namya+Meredith G, Jenny
OM: Meredith S+Jenna, Sarah A+Katy, Jenny
F: Claire+Lizzie, Sarah J+Dani

Shots 35:0 Saves 0:10

2 Lizzie shot wide
3 Callie corner, Jenna shot saved
5 Claire shot wide
7 Claire lower left --> 1:0
11 Sarah A shot saved
12 Sarah J shot wide
15 Dani upper right --> 2:0
16 Sarah J high middle --> 3:0
18 Meredith G shot over
20 Jenny upper right --> 4:0
21 Lizzie shot blocked, Lindsey shot over
23 Claire shot over
26 Claire roller left side --> 5:0
30 Dani shot saved
31 Sarah A 2 corners, Sarah J? shot saved
32 Namya shot saved
33 Callie free kick
34 Dani shot wide
35 Meredith G shot wide
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37 Meredith S corner
38 Dartmouth corner, Lizzie low-middle --> 6:0
39 Lindsey shot wide
41 Claire corner, Claire shot deflected
43 Claire shot wide
44 Claire shot bounced back out, Namya rebound -->7:0
46 Sarah J shot from long distance --> 8:0
48 Dani shot wide
49 Namya shot wide, Sarah A corner
51 Sarah J shot deflected, Jenny corner
53 Sarah J shot over
54 Meredith G shot wide
58 Claire corner
62 Katy shot saved
65 Holy Cross free kick
68 Claire shot wide
69 Claire shot over
70 Claire shot over