Sunday, October 1, 2017

at Amherst 1oct2017

We met at 9:15 to visit Amherst College's club team for the first time, not knowing whether having only 13 players would be an issue! The weather was glorious -- blue sky and 15+C/60+F. Julia F-O'L's dad and Lizzie's folks were there at Gooding (turf) Field -- so great of Andi Jenny to bring fruits and candy!

We spoke about keeping the ball moving quickly, in preparation for UMass teams in coming weekends. We didn't waste any time -- Sarah A scored after only 50 seconds in the upper left corner of the Amherst goal!

An Amherst "football boot" collided with Lizzie's foot, sending her immediately to the turf and off the field for ice brought from Hanover and a visit from the Amherst EMT, who checked it out and wrapped her foot. Jenny subbed in for her.

Soon after that, Sarah J had a shot go wide and Jenny's shot was saved. Then in the 8th minute Sarah J slotted a shot past their goalkeeper into the middle of their net for our second goal.

Lindsey and Jenny both had two attempts before we earned two corner kicks that Sarah A took in the 16th minute. Then Lindsey's shot was wide, Sarah A's shot was saved and Sarah J's shot was wide.

Izzy, in outside defense, did well to get sufficiently forward to make a shot, but it went wide. After Meredith S took a corner kick for us, Sarah J and Lindsey had shots go wide. Jenny's shot in the 27th minute was saved.

Namya, playing in central midfield, made two goals in two minutes at the 30 minute mark -- one lower left and the other lower right. She had a shot go wide just before Mari, also in outside defense got off a nice shot that was saved.

Sarah J stunned Amherst in the 36th minute with a rocket of a shot that hit the cross-bar on the left side and then bounced down into the Amherst goal for our 5th goal.

At half-time, we reiterated not holding the ball -- both to practice being quicker but also to avoid being tackled -- and better communication so that players receiving the ball know what to expect about pressure on them.

Namya had a shot go wide and Sarah A took a corner kick in the 42nd minute. Immediately after that Sarah A's shot rebounded out for Jenny to half-volley into the Amherst net for our 6th goal.

Lindsey's shot was saved but bounced out for Namya, whose shot was also saved. Amherst's goalkeeper was extremely busy and very effective many times! But Sarah J's clever shot in the 46th minute was too much for her, and it seemed to sneak underneath her as it hit the Amherst net for our 7th goal.

Lindsey kept at it with another shot in the 48th minute -- saved. A minute later, Jenny floated in a perfectly aimed a weighted ball with a high arc that sailed over the Amherst goalkeeper and into the middle of the Amherst net for our 8th goal of the game.

During the next two minutes two of shots were saved and one over and Sarah J hit the cross-bar again but her shot was saved. Jenny had another shot saved, then Meredith's shot looked like a sure goal but was headed out by an Amherst defender -- reminiscent of Kristine Lilly in Women's World Cup play.

Namya's shot was saved, Lindsey's free kick was saved, then another of Lindsey's shots was saved. Sarah A took a corner kick, then her shot was saved, along with another of Lindsey's shots.

Katy S showed her immense speed on the right wing, getting forward many times and making crosses that gave us scoring opportunities. In the 64th minute she got a shot off that went wide, then Sarah A's shot went over the cross-bar. Lindsey had another go over then one saved.

Amherst kept up their attempts to deal with us and earned a free kick in the middle of the field in the 71st minute. Then they got off their first shot of the game, but it went wide -- giving Bri nothing to worry about. Amherst earned another free kick in the middle of the field, but it didn't help them because our solid defense quickly got the ball back. 

Julia F-O'L suffered an impact from an Amherst player that sent her off near the end of the game for some ice, but the team finished the game strongly without any substitutes.

After Sarah J's shot went wide in the 73rd minute, Jenny had a shot go over and another shot hit the upright. Then Sarah J had two shots saved, and Sarah A had one more before taking another corner kick for us. In the last minute of the game, Lindsey got off another shot, but it was saved.

Julia's dad (who teaches biology at Amherst) again complimented you on your talent, skill and team work. It was great to see so many passes connected and for us to regain the ball very quickly whenever we lost it. There were many great runs off the ball -- creating an immense number of passes that evaded the Amherst players over and over.

Our team also witnessed the success of switching the ball's direction and not always going directly forward -- something we have talked a lot about and worked on in practice. Counting 50 shots on the Amherst goal also gives a clear indication of how strong a showing it was for Dartmouth today!

F: Lizzie+Sarah J, Jenny
CM: Lindsey+Nam
OM: Sarah A+Meredith, Katy S
CD: Tina+Julia F-O'L
OD: Mari+Izzy, Nam

Shots 50:1  Saves 0:22

1 Sarah A upper left --> 1:0
5 Sarah J shot wide
6 Jenny shot saved
8 Sarah J middle of the Amherst net --> 2:0
11 Lindsey shot wide
13 Lindsey shot hit the (out)side netting
14 Jenny header wide
16 Jenny shot wide
     Sarah A took two corner kicks
     Lindsey shot wide
18 Sarah A shot saved
19 Sarah J shot wide
20 Izzy shot wide
22 Meredith S corner
25 Sarah J shot wide
26 Lindsey shot wide
27 Jenny shot saved
30 Namya lower left corner --> 3:0
31 Namya lower right corner --> 4:0
34 Namya shot over
35 Mari shot saved
36 Sarah J hit left cross-bar, bounced down --> 5:0
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41 Namya shot wide
42 Sarah corner
    Sarah shot blocked, Jenny got rebound half-volley --> 6:0
44 Lindsey shot saved
    Namya rebound saved
46 Sarah J nutmegged their gk --> 7:0
48 Lindsey shot saved
49 Jenny high-arcing ball over gk --> 8:0
50 Lindsey shot saved
51 Lindsey shot over
     Sarah J shot hit the cross-bar
     Lindsey shot saved
53 Jenny shot saved
56 Meredith S shot saved by Amherst heading it out
     Nam shot saved
58 Lindsey free kick saved
60 Lindsey shot saved
62 Sarah A corner
     Sarah shot saved
     Lindsey shot saved
64 Katy shot wide
65 Sarah A shot over
66 Lindsey shot over
70 Lindsey shot saved
71 Amherst free kick
    Amherst shot wide
72 Amherst free kick
73 Sarah J shot wide
74 Jenny shot over
75 Jenny shot hit the upright
76 Sarah J shot saved
77 Sarah A shot saved
78 Sarah J shot saved
    Sarah A corner
79 Lindsey shot saved

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