Middlebury 28Sep2025

Our second Family Weekend game! Kat’s dad (from Alaska!) and sister came, Molly’s parents, and perhaps others who were with us yesterday. Middlebury asked for a 15-minute delay to our 1pm start time due to some of their drivers taking longer to arrive. No problem - we had really nice weather again.

We spoke about making quick diagonal passes and diagonal runs.

After Nicole’s corner kick, Middlebury had a free kick in their third, Avery had a shot saved and Colleen B had a shot over their crossbar. Katelyn had a shot go wide, Avery had a shot go over their crossbar and Nicole had a shot saved.

Most of the play was in their half of the field. Nicole earned and took a corner kick before Colleen B had a shot saved. After Mia H’s corner kick, Colleen B had a shot go wide. In the 14th minute, Middlebury took a free kick in their third before Nicole sent a rolling shot from the right side of the field into the lower left corner of their net for our first goal.

Middlebury had a free kick on our 18, but their shot went over our goal’s crossbar. After Nicole had a shot go wide, Carly set up Katelyn’s goal in the 18th minute to double our advantage. Four minutes later, Molly sent a firmly struck rolling shot from the right side of the field into the lower left side of their net.

Ten minutes later, Nicole’s barely wide shot hit the upright of their goal. 

Middlebury had a shot go wide and a free kick from midfield before Mia J earned a corner kick that was taken by Nicole. Molly took a corner kick and had a shot saved in the last minute of the half.

During the break, we suggested that our defensive backs could be closer together,  that we were a little flat in midfield and that we could make ourselves more calm. We noted that Middlebury’s quick passing signified that we should not discount their offensive capabilities. We recommended more give-and-go passes.

Avery’s shot in the 43rd minute was blocked, and she had another shot go wide before Middlebury took a free kick from midfield. Nicole had a shot saved before Chloe saved a shot from Middlebury. Erika and Nicole had shots squelched before Chloe saved another shot from Middlebury.

Erika had a shot saved and Colleen B had two shots saved before Nicole earned a free kick at midfield and Middlebury took a free kick in their third. In the 58th minute, Katelyn had a shot saved and soon after that Middlebury sent a shot wide.

Nicole had a shot blocked before Mia J earned and took a free kick on their 18 - her shot was saved. Middlebury had a shot go barely over after glancing off our crossbar.

Pine had a shot go wide before Middlebury’s free kick in their third. They had a corner kick before Mia J had shots go over and saved.

Molly earned a free kick from midfield before Middlebury took a free kick from midfield and had a rolling shot saved by Sage. Then two minutes before time, Middlebury tucked a high arching shot under our crossbar to give them some reward for their efforts. Nicole had another shot saved in the last minute.

GK: Genevieve Schaefer, Abby Headstrom, Chloe Gern, Sage Stretch

CD: Colleen Cranna+Carly Fleming, Pine Harman

OD: Kat Bramante+Erika Huston, Chloe Gern+Molly Dorfman

CM: Avery Jones+Abby Headstrom+Colleen Bailey, Kya Bruckner+Sage Stretch+Emeline Hobart

OM: Mia Harlin+Nicole Bogdanos, Neva Mermagen+Milla Werthammer

F: Genevieve Schaefer, Katelyn Sentnor, Mia Jacobson

Shots  28:6 Saves 3:15

2 Nicole corner kick

3 Middlebury free kick in their third

4 Avery shot saved

5 Colleen B shot over

6 Katelyn shot wide

7 Avery shot over

8 Nicole shot saved

10 Nicole earned and took a corner kick

12 Colleen B shot saved

13 Mia H corner, Colleen B shot wide

14 Middlebury free kick in their third

     Nicole rolling shot from right into lower left -> 1:0

17 Middlebury free kick on our 18, shot over

18 Nicole shot wide

     Carly set up Katelyn -> 2:0

22 Molly rolling shot from right to lower left -> 3:0

28 Nicole shot barely wide - hit the upright

29 Middlebury shot wide

30 Middlebury free kick from midfield 

32 Mia J earned a corner taken by Nicole

     Molly corner

40 Molly shot saved

————————

43 Avery shot blocked

44 Avery shot wide

45 Middlebury free kick from midfield 

46 Nicole shot saved

47 Middlebury shot saved by Chloe

48 Erika and Nicole shots squelched

52 Middlebury shot saved by Chloe

     Erika shot saved

55 Colleen B shot saved

56 Colleen B shot saved

57 Nicole earned a free kick at midfield 

     Middlebury free kick in their third

58 Katelyn shot saved

     Middlebury shot wide

59 Nicole shot blocked

61 Mia J earned a free kick on their 18, shot saved

64 Middlebury shot barely over, hit our crossbar

65 Pine shot wide, Middlebury free kick in their third

67 Middlebury corner

69 Mia J shot over

72 Mia J shot saved

74 Molly earned a free kick from midfield 

75 Middlebury free kick from midfield 

77 Middlebury rolling shot saved by Sage 

78 Middlebury high arching shot tucked under our crossbar -> 3:1

80 Nicole shot saved

Holy Cross 27Sep2025

FAMILY WEEKEND!!! So great to see so many family members for our game! Kelly’s, Avery’s, Dani’s, Abby’s, Genevieve’s, Erika’s, Kat’s, Neva’s, Mia J’s, Meg’s, Molly’s, others?!

Last year we lost 0:1 at Holy Cross, so we were intent on a better result today. The weather could not have been better! 20+C/70+F, partly cloudy and still.

We spoke about keeping the ball moving quickly and making diagonal passes and dribbles. Both teams showed quick movement to try to retain possession, but Avery wasted no time to get off the first shot in the 4th minute - saved.

A minute later Nicole earned and took a corner; the ensuing shot was saved. She had a shot saved three minutes later. Avery had a shot go wide, and Katelyn had two shots go wide before Milla came up with a huge save in the 29th minute during her valuable stint in goal.

After Mia J’s shot that went wide in the 30th minute, Holy Cross took a free kick in their third. Then Nicole showed her tremendous quality by beating her defenders and slotting a shot from the left side of the field into the right side netting for our first goal in the 32nd minute.

Immediately after that Kya made give-and-go passes to set up Neva, whose shot from the left side of the field went into to right corner of their goal.

Seconds later, Mia J showed immense composure to score our third goal and repeated her magic three minutes later for our fourth! Kat earned a free kick from midfield just before the break.

During half-time we applauded our switching our attack, our stepping to win the ball and our increased domination - and playing more to feet was suggested.

After Genevieve took a free kick in their third, Erika took a corner kick leading to a shot saved. Holy Cross sent a shot wide and had a corner kick from which Katelyn made a save.

Genevieve had a shot go wide before Nicole again showed her amazing dribbling skills past several defenders, but her ensuing shot in the 50th minute was saved. Then Mia H had a shot go over their crossbar. 

Colleen B earned a free kick in midfield that was taken by Pine before Nicole had another shot saved in the 57th minute. Holy Cross took a free kick in our third just before Pine prevented a scoring opportunity that resulted in a Holy Cross corner.

 

Mia J again demonstrated her calmness in making a cut to avoid a defender and then slotting the ball just past the outstretched foot of the Holy Cross goalkeeper so that ball rolled diagonally from the right into their side netting next to the left upright in the 60th minute.

Milla had a shot saved and Pine had a shot go over their crossbar before the  stoppage for a Holy Cross player who was down for an extended time. Afterwards, Kya had a shot go wide and another shot saved before Erika’s corner kick and Genevieve’s shot that went wide.

We were delighted to see so many fans and are so very thankful for Avery’s parents for the wonderful lunch they served after the game!

GK: Kya Bruckner, Milla Werthammer, Katelyn Sentnor, Carly Fleming

CD: Kelly Zreloff+Carly Fleming, Colleen Cranna+Meg Stanitski, Pine Harman

OD: Erika Huston+Dani Nichols, Chloe Gern+Maddie Kim, Kat Bramante+Molly Dorfman

CM: Avery Jones+Abby Headstrom+Colleen Bailey, Kya Bruckner+Sage Stretch+Emeline Hobart

OM: Mia Harlin+Nicole Bogdanos, Neva Mermagen+Milla Werthammer

F: Genevieve Schaefer, Katelyn Sentnor, Mia Jacobson

Shots  23:4 Saves 2:9

4 Avery shot saved

5 Nicole earned and took a corner, shot saved

8 Nicole shot saved 

17 Avery shot wide

23 Katelyn shot wide

26 Katelyn shot wide

29 Holy Cross shot saved by Milla

30 Mia J shot wide

31 Holy Cross free kick in their third

32 Nicole from the left side hit the right side netting -> 1:0

     Kya to Neva from left side to right -> 2:0

33 Mia J with huge composure -> 3:0

36 Mia J -> 4:0

37 Kat earned a free kick midfield

————————

43 Genevieve free kick in their third

45 Erika corner kick, shot saved

46 Holy Cross shot wide

47 Holy Cross corner kick, shot saved by Katelyn 

48 Genevieve shot wide

50 Nicole dribble past several defenders, shot saved

51 Mia H shot over

56 Colleen B earned a free kick midfield taken by Pine

57 Nicole shot saved

58 Holy Cross free kick in our third

59 Pine prevented a shot for a Holy Cross corner 

60 Mia J from right to lower left next to the post -> 5:0

63 Milla shot saved

64 Pine shot over

74 game resumed after stoppage for a Holy Cross player down

77 Kya shot wide

78 Kya shot saved

84 Erika corner

87 Genevieve shot wide

at Springfield 21Sep2025

Two years ago when we last played at Springfield, there was powerful hurricane-related wind that knocked over our seating structure, so we were happy for perfect weather this time! Rush started today, and there were many other conflicts, so we were down to 13 players. But we were excited to play nonetheless!

Mia J’s parents were there and maybe others?

We spoke about keeping the energy level high and taking care of the ball with good passes. After Springfield took a free kick in our third, Kelly took one in our third and Molly took a corner kick before Avery had a corner kick and two shots go wide.

Pine had a shot go wide before Nicole earned a free kick at midfield that was taken by Kelly in the 27th minute. Then Colleen B earned and took a corner kick before Mia J provided a powerful shot that their goalkeeper could not contain - Avery got the rebound for our goal in the 31st minute.

Nicole earned a corner that was taken by Colleen B; then Emeline took a corner kick before Springfield’s (first) shot in the 40th minute went wide.

During the break we noted our good challenges for every ball but pointed out that we sometimes got trapped along the sides. We suggested that we keep better possession, keep communicating and maintain our composure in their third.

After Avery and Genevieve had shots saved, Nicole earned a corner that was well taken by Molly; Genevieve had a shot go wide. Molly’s shot was saved, and Mia J’s shot hit the upright! Nicole’s shot was blocked. 

Springfield’s corner in the 58th minute led to an equalizer. After their free kick, Colleen B saved two shots before they scored again after a free kick from midfield.

Nicole earned free kick taken by Molly before Springfield took a free kick in their third. Nicole had two shots saved before Mia J had one go over their crossbar.

After Springfield’s free kick in their third Mia J earned a free kick that was taken by Colleen B; Mia’s next shot was deflected for another corner also taken by Colleen B. Then Emeline’s shot was saved. After Molly’s corner kick, Emeline had another shot saved. Pine saved a Springfield shot just before time.

We were happy to have played so well and to have had so many scoring chances!

GK: Chloe Gern, Genevieve Schaefer, Colleen Bailey, Pine Harman

CD: Kelly Zreloff+Kat Bramante

OD: Molly Dorfman+Maddie Kim, Chloe Gern

CM: Avery Jones+Colleen Bailey+Pine Harman, Emeline Hobart

OM: Genevieve Schaefer+Nicole Bogdanos

F: Mia Jacobson

Shots  17:6 Saves 3:10

4 Springfield free kick in our third

5 Kelly free kick in our third

6 Molly corner kick

15 Avery corner kick, her shot wide

22 Avery shot wide

27 Pine shot wide

     Nicole earned a free kick at midfield taken by Kelly

30 Colleen B earned and took a corner kick

31 Mia J shot, Avery got the rebound -> 1:0

37 Nicole earned a corner taken by Colleen B

     Emeline corner kick

40 Springfield shot wide

————————

45 Avery shot saved

46 Genevieve shot saved

47 Nicole earned a corner taken by Molly

     Genevieve shot wide

48 Molly shot saved

51 Mia J shot hit the upright

56 Nicole shot blocked

58 Springfield corner led to a goal ->1:1

59 Springfield free kick midfield 

     Springfield shot saved by Colleen B

63 Springfield shot saved by Colleen B

64 Springfield free kick from midfield taken-> 1:2

68 Nicole earned free kick taken by Molly

     Springfield free kick in their third

69 Nicole shot saved

70 Nicole shot saved

71 Mia J shot over

72 Springfield free kick in their third

73 Mia J earned a free kick taken by Colleen B

     Mia J shot deflected for another corner taken by Colleen B

     Emeline shot saved

76 Molly corner kick, Emeline shot saved

77 Springfield shot saved by Pine

at WPI 20Sep2025

We last played at WPI four years ago on their turf field above a parking garage - a large, fast surface. Today we had blue skies, no wind with 20C/70F temperatures for our game at 2pm. 

We arrived strong and confident with 21 players including 7 or our 8 new amazing players and Colleen Cranna in support but not quite ready to play. Our goalkeeper, Addi Winship, is on the Geology Stretch trip this fall, so Genevieve, Chloe, Pine and Sage offered to play GK.

We spoke about moving the ball quickly to avoid being tackled. 

Somehow WPI earned a free kick in their third in the 6th minute before Nicole earned a corner kick a few minutes later minutes later. Mia H had her shot saved before a WPI corner kick and a other free kick in their third. We had a free kick in our third before Katelyn earned a free kick in their third taken by Nicole whose shot was blocked.

In the 16th minute WPI took a free kick in their third before Nicole had a shot saved. She followed that up by showing her immense speed and composure with a shot slotted into the lower left side of their net from the right side of the field for our first goal in the 2nd minute. She had another shot a minute later that went wide.

Chloe saved WPI shots that were wide in the 28th and 31st minutes; then WPI had a free kick in our third before Mia J showed her skill and composure to slot the ball into the lower left corner from the right side of the field in the 39th minute.

Then WPI took a free kick in our third that went wide but was saved by Chloe, and 

Neva had a shot saved before she took a corner kick.

During the break we applauded our defense and improved, more-diagonal passing during the half and were happy that we became more calm with the ball. We suggested switching more from one side of the field to the other and being ok with taking the ball backwards to keep possession.

Soon after the second half started, we had a free kick from midfield just before Mia H sent her header wide. Pine saved a WPI shot soon after. A few minutes later, Avery earned a free kick in our third that was taken by Carly. In the 49th minute, Colleen B made a lovely cross for Avery to send the ball into the lower left side of their net for our third goal.

After WPI’s free kick in our third, Avery set up Katelyn’s goal in the 55th minute. Then Sage had a shot go wide before WPI took a free kick in their third. Mia H had a shot go over their crossbar before Neva earned and took a corner kick that led quickly to Mia J’s gorgeous volley in the 66th minute.

Near the end of the game, Genevieve and Molly had shots go wide. We were so proud of how both the returning and the new players gelled so quickly to show their skills!

GK: Genevieve Schaefer, Chloe Gern, Pine Harman, Sage Stretch

CD: Carly Fleming+Kelly Zreloff, Meg Stanitski, Emeline Hobart

OD: Chloe Gern+ Maddie Kim, Katherine Bramante+Pine Harman

CM: Kya Bruckner+Avery Jones+Colleen Bailey, Julia Åkerlind+Sage Stretch+Emeline Hobart

OM: Mia Harlin+Nicole Bogdanos, Neva Mermagen+Molly Dorfman

F: Katelyn Sentnor, Mia Jacobson, Genevieve Schaefer

Shots  15:4 Saves 4:4

6 WPI free kick in their third

8 Nicole earned a corner kick

9 Mia H shot saved

10 WPI corner

12 WPI free kick in their third

13 Dartmouth free kick in our third

14 Katelyn earned a free kick in their third taken by Nicole

     whose shot was blocked

16 WPI free kick in their third

20 Nicole shot saved

22 Nicole shot from the right into the lower left corner -> 1:0

23 Nicole shot wide

28 WPI shot wide/saved by Chloe

31 WPI shot wide/saved by Chloe

33 WPI free kick in our third

39 Mia J shot from the right into the lower left corner -> 2:0

41 WPI free kick in our third wide but saved by Chloe

42 Neva shot saved

43 Dartmouth corner kick taken by Neva

———————-

42 Dartmouth free kick midfield 

43 Mia H header wide

45 WPI shot saved by Pine

48 Avery earned a free kick in our third taken by Carly

49 Colleen B crossed to Avery lower left -> 3:0

50 WPI free kick in our third

55 Avery set up Katelyn’s goal -> 4:0

56 Sage shot wide

57 WPI free kick in their third 

63 Mia H shot over

66 Neva earned and took a corner kick

     Mia J volley! -> 5:0

70 Genevieve shot wide

77 Molly shot wide

80 Mia J earned a free kick midfield