Brown decided to host the second spring Ivy Tournament after Yale last spring. The drive took about 3 hours to a field owned by Moses Brown School, where we had a 1:30pm game with Columbia. Parents came! Sara’s, who brought treats, Erika’s, Claire’s and Abby’s mom, sister, brother and two pups.
G: Caris White
CD: Kalā Harman, Molly Knox, Rachel Horne, Kelly Zreloff
OD: Aislinn Mitcham+Kelly Rutherford, Daniella Nichols+Erika Huston
CM: Avery Jones+Abby Headstrom+Lana Kanno, Claire Meli+Lizzy Strapp+Krista Schemitsch, Abby Burgess
OM: Eliza Durbin+Sara Pickrell, Caitlin Evers+Abby Burgess
F: Mudia Ikoba, Zanna Stutz, Genevieve Schaefer
Columbia
We didn’t know what to expect from Columbia - this was our first time playing them. They were very energetic and displayed a high tempo, which meant that neither team could keep the ball much. We earned a corner kick early in the 8th minute that Eliza took beautifully, and Abby had a shot go over their crossbar before Kalā headed the ball just high on a corner kick from Ash.
Columbia got a shot off in the 15th minute, but it was wide of our goal. After Rachel’s free kick, Abby B and Sara had shots go wide. Ash had her shot saved for a corner kick in the 31st minute, after which the ball bounced off a Columbia player into their goal.
Avery had a shot go wide before Columbia sent a shot easy for Caris to save. Then Sara and Ash had shots saved just before half-time.
Krista got her knee injured during the game, and she felt it was similar to the injury she endured last fall. We are all so hopeful that its recovery can be swift!
After Columbia’s free kick in their third, Lizzy had a really solid shot saved before Mudia from the left side of the field shot the ball perfectly into the right side of their goal. Erika had a shot saved just before Dani set up Caitlin for our third goal.
After Lizzy’s two corner kicks, Mudia got herself in just the right place in a crowded goal box to put in another goal in the 56th minute. Avery had a nice shot saved before Kelly R’s free kick in our third and Lana’s blocked shot.
Avery had another shot go wide and Kelly R had her shot saved before Sara earned a corner taken by Ash, after which Genevieve’s shot was blocked and Kelly R’s shot went high. Lizzy or Abby B had a shot go wide before Columbia put a free kick over our crossbar.
Dani earned a corner taken by Zanna in the 72nd minute, followed by Claire’s shot over their crossbar. Mudia had her shot go wide just before the end of the 80 minutes.
Shots 22:3 Saves 1:8
8 Eliza corner kick
9 Abby H shot over
Ash corner, Kalā header over
15 Columbia shot wide
20 Rachel free kick
22 Abby B shot wide
29 Sara shot wide
31 Ash shot saved for a corner - the ball bounced off a Columbia player -> 1:0
35 Avery shot wide
38 Columbia shot saved by Caris
Sara shot saved
39 Abby H shot saved
41 Columbia free kick from their third
44 Lizzy shot saved
46 Mudia shot from left to right side of their goal -> 2:0
48 Erika shot saved
49 Dani to Caitlin -> 3:0
54 Lizzy 2 corner kicks
56 Mudia in a crowded goal box ->4:0
58 Avery shot saved
61 Kelly R free kick from our third
62 Lana shot blocked
64 Avery shot wide
66 Kelly R shot saved
67 Sara earned a corner taken by Ash
Genevieve shot blocked, Kelly R shot over
70 Lizzy or Abby B shot wide
71 Columbia free kick from 20m shot over
72 Dani earned a corner taken by Zanna
Claire shot over
79 Mudia shot wide
Princeton
We also hadn’t played this team before, and they also showed lots of energy and high pressure, but Sara and Avery got off the first shots (wide) before Abby B and Ash had their shots saved. Avery earned and took a free kick in the 7th minute that bounced off their crossbar.
Lana had a shot go wide before Ash earned and took a free kick in their third; Mudia had a shot go wide. Caris saved Princeton’s first shot in the 14th minute and then saved another five minutes later for a corner.
Lizzy had a shot saved before Claire’s free kick from the half. Then Genevieve’s shot went over. Princeton had two free kicks before Zanna’s shot was saved.
Genevieve, in textbook fashion, from the right sent the ball into the upper left side of their goal in the 29th minute. After Princeton’s free kick from their third and Ash’s from our third, Caris made another key save on their free kick in our third in the 34th minute.
Kelly R blocked a Princeton shot and then Caris saved another in the 36th minute before Ash had a shot saved. Then Eliza crossed the ball perfectly from the left for Mudia to tap into the Princeton goal. Kelly R had a shot go wide just before the break.
After Lizzy’s corner and Princeton‘s free kick from the half, Genevieve did her magic again in the 52nd minute by sending a shot from the right into the left inside netting of the Princeton goal. In the very next minute she had another shot saved. Same for Ash six minutes later.
After Avery’s corner and free kicks from Ash and Princeton, Sara had a shot saved and another blocked just after another free kick by Ash.
Lizzy had a shot go wide and Zanna had one go over before Abby B earned and took a free kick in their third that went high. Caris saved a Princeton free kick to keep a clean sheet just before Lizzy had another shot saved in the last minute.
Shots 23:6 Saves 6:10
2 Sara shot wide
4 Avery shot wide
6 Abby B shot saved
Ash shot saved
7 Avery earned and took a free kick - hit their crossbar
13 Lana shot wide
Ash earned and took a free kick in their third
Mudia shot wide
14 Princeton shot saved by Caris
19 Princeton shot saved by Caris for a corner
24 Lizzy shot saved
Claire free kick from the half
25 Genevieve shot over
26 Princeton free kick from their third
27 Princeton free kick from half
29 Zanna shot saved
Genevieve from right to upper left -> 1:0
32 Princeton free kick from their third
33 Ash free kick from our third
34 Princeton free kick from our third saved by Caris
36 Princeton shot blocked by Kelly R
Princeton shot saved by Caris
38 Ash shot saved
Eliza from left - cross to Mudia -> 2:0
40 Kelly R shot wide
45 Lizzy corner
47 Princeton free kick from half
52 Genevieve from right hit left side-netting -> 3:0
53 Genevieve shot saved
59 Ash shot saved
60 Avery corner
62 Ash free kick from half
Princeton free kick from their third
67 Sara shot saved
Ash free kick from their third
Sara shot blocked
76 Lizzy shot wide
Zanna shot over
77 Abby earned and took free kick in their third, shot over
79 Princeton free kick in our third, shot saved by Caris
80 Lizzy shot saved
Brown
Last year we beat Brown even though they outshot us, so we expected they would present a very competitive match. The lightning delayed our Sunday morning start, but the persistent rain and wind presented a big challenge especially with 10C/50F temperatures and a slick turf football field.
Brown was quick to pressure us, and they got off the first shot in the 18th minute - handily saved by Caris. After Abby B earned a free kick, Brown had two corners with one shot that we blocked before they fired a low shot from 25m out on the right side into the lower-left side of our goal.
They had a free kick in our third before Rachel took one from the half. Then Brown sent a shot over our crossbar and had one more corner kick before the break.
Brown sent in a shot blocked by Kelly R before they scored again five minutes into the second half. Caris made another big save five minutes later.
Mudia had a wonderful chance in the 55th minute, but her shot went high. Caris came up big again by saving a Brown free kick in our third, followed a minute later by another huge save.
Erika had two excellent free kicks in their third - one went high and one was saved. In our last set of substitutions ten minutes from time, Sara one-timed Avery’s free kick unexpectedly sent square across the field to her from the right side of the field into the upper left corner of their goal.
Caris came up huge again in the 73rd minute by saving another Brown rocket-shot. They had another shot go high before Molly had a free kick from the half.
We were happy to have played so hard in difficult conditions and to have scored on them. Drenched, we might have been relieved not to have to stay for another game in very poor weather! CONGRATULATIONS, Semi-Finalists!!
Shots 3:11 Saves 7:1
18 Brown shot saved by Caris
22 Abby B earned a free kick from the half
23 Brown corner, shot blocked
26 Brown low shot from right to lower left -> 0:1
28 Brown free kick in our third
34 Rachel free kick from the half
37 Brown shot over
40 Brown corner kick
43 Brown shot blocked by Kelly R
45 Brown shot close range -> 0:2
50 Brown shot saved by Caris
55 Mudia shot over
57 Brown free kick in our third saved by Caris
58 Brown shot saved by Caris
61 Erika free kick over
63 Erika free kick saved
70 Avery free kick to Sara one-timed to upper left -> 1:2
73 Brown shot saved by Caris
74 Brown shot over
78 Molly free kick from the half
