Sunday, September 10, 2017

St Anselm 10sep2017

GK: Callie
CD: Mari+Christina
OD: Izzy+Katie
CM: Elise+Lindsey+Maria, Namya
OM: Meredith+Jenna, Sarah+Nat
F: Lizzie

Over the summer we decided to play a team outside our division as a way possibly to accrue extra points that might help us get into the Regional Tournament in late October. St Anselm was game for it, but it meant we would have to play before classes started. If any team can pull that off without preparation it is ours!

Christina's parents and puppies made the 11-hour trip north and even brought goodies for the team, and Maria's folks were there in addition to some students who were on the 1st-year trip that Namya led!

The field and weather could not have been nicer -- 20+C/70F and blue sky. We last played St Anselm in 2012, but they look much improved today and had a full team of substitute players. 

Without Laura in goal (away this fall with Geology Dept), Callie rescued us and offered to play that critical position! We kept our 4-5-1 formation with only 3 subs, so many players stayed in the whole game!

St Anselm looked sharp and assertive, putting immediate pressure on us and keeping the ball from us for a lot of the first half, but Namya got off a shot for us in the 18th minute. We did some "switching of the field" by sending the ball from one side to another using a series of passes, and we had some spells of good possession and our defense and goalkeeper (Callie made three saves in the 1st period) were solid and reliable.

At half-time we spoke about expanding when we have the ball and contracting when we don't have it and taking more shots. 

We looked much the better team in the 2nd period! Jenna immediately won us a corner, Namya got off a shot in the 45th minute, Callie made another save and Jenna almost scored in the 49th and 50th minutes. Lizzie had her shot saved right after that, as did Elise and Nat. 

In the 60th minute Namya's shot went just wide of the upright, then after St Anselm's 2nd of two shots in the half went wide Sarah's shot was saved, Meredith's was wide and Namya's wide as well. With a little longer than 35-minute half (we had tryouts right after the game) we might have been able to score! 

Everyone felt it was a good game -- both teams were solid and had good chances. We looked so much better in the second half -- without practice, having just arrived on campus!

Shots 11:6  Saves 4:4

2 St Anselm corner
7 St Anselm shot saved
18 Namya shot wide
22 St Anselm shot saved
23 Izzy free kick
33 St Anselm shot saved
38 St Anselm shot wide
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42 Jenna won us a corner taken by Lindsey
45 Namya shot wide
48 St Anselm shot saved
49 Jenna cross/shot wide
50 Jenna shot wide
52 Lizzie shot saved
53 Dartmouth corner
56 Elise shot saved
59 Nat shot saved
60 Namya shot wide
63 St Anselm shot wide
68 Sarah shot saved
69 Meredith shot wide
71 Namya shot wide

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