UMass bullied us into playing both games with their A and B teams at their field back-to-back instead of having one of them on a different date on our field - and they scheduled the two games on a Sunday no less. Very unsavory behavior!
By the time we left it was nearly 90F and on turf it felt like 100F/35+C. We had the misfortune of a conflict with the 50-mile hike from Moosilauke to Hanover, injuries and other commitments that left us with only 13 players for the first game and 12 for the second.
We wanted 30-minute halves because of having to play two games with few subs and high temperatures, but UMass A insisted on 35-minute halves. Not very nice hosts.
But we had such nice fans - Emeline’s mom brought great-looking fruit and Molly’s and Colleen Cranna’s parents were there!
We spoke about making short passes to feet in order to try to keep possession.
UMass A immediately put us under pressure and earned two early corner kicks before a shot of theirs hit our crossbar and Erika saved another. She caught a cross from another of their corner kicks before they sent a shot into the lower left corner of our net in the 12th minute.
After their next shot went over our crossbar, Pine had a shot saved before she earned a free kick in midfield that was taken by Meg. Erika made a other save before they had two more corner kicks, and near the end of the half she caught two more of the corner kicks.
During the break, we noted our good communication and suggested keeping it simple, releasing the ball quickly, switching the attack more often, going together as a team and looking up more to plan our passes.
After Erika took a free kick in our third, UMass shot hit our upright twice and had a shot go wide before they scored on a shot from the right side of the field into the lower left corner of our net.
Erika saved two more shots before their corner kick three minutes from time; then their shot in the 68th minute from the right side of the field made it into the lower left corner of our net. After that, Sage earned a free kick in our third.
After about 30 minutes we faced UMass B, who insisted on 40-minute halves! Even less hospitable, we thought. We were down to one sub but weren’t complaining!
UMass B in the first minute scored on a shot from the right side of the field to the lower left corner of our net then three minutes later did the same but to the upper left corner of our net.
After their shot over our crossbar and a free kick from midfield, Sage saved their shot in the 9th minute. Emeline took a free kick from midfield before they scored a third goal with a high shot from about 25m.
But we weren’t giving up! Neva and Emeline both had shots go wide before Colleen B made a beautiful shot from the left side of the field into the upper right corner of their net in the 16th minute. She had another shot saved and Katelyn had a shot go wide before a UMass free kick in our third and a corner kick.
Erika earned and took a free kick in our third before Sage saved a shot for a UMass corner kick; their ensuing shot went over our crossbar. In the last minute of the half, Neva had a shot go wide.
After the break, UMass B had a shot go wide before Colleen B earned a free kick from midfield that was taken by Meg. Emeline, now in goal, made a save for a UMass corner kick before they scored again with a shot from the right side of the field into the left corner of our net.
Molly had a shot go wide before Pine converted on Molly’s beautiful corner kick in 54th minute. After Katelyn’s shot was saved, Emeline made another save before Katelyn earned a free kick in midfield that was taken by Sage; immediately after that Neva did her magic to score our third goal in the 58th minute.
UMass took another corner kick before Emeline saved two more shots. Then she saved a penalty kick! They had two more corner kicks and a shot wide before Erika earned a free kick in our third and had a shot saved.
Emeline made a other save before they scored again in the 71st minute. She made yet another save before Molly took a corner kick and Katelyn had a shot go wide.
At the end of the game, they had a shot go wide before stringing together several passes and scoring their sixth goal. Emeline made another save in the 80th minute!
We were proud of our tenacity!
GK: Erika Huston, Sage Stretch, Emeline Hobart
CD: Meg Stanitski+Colleen Cranna, Emeline Hobart
OD: Kat Bramante+Pine Harman, Molly Dorfman
CM: Kya Bruckner+Colleen Bailey+Sage Stretch
OM: Mia Harlin+Neva Mermagen
F: Katelyn Sentnor
UMass A Shots 1:12 Saves 4:1
2 UMass corner
3 UMass corner
4 UMass shot hit our crossbar
7 UMass shot saved by Erika
10 UMass corner, Erika caught it
12 UMass shot lower left -> 0:1
15 UMass shot over
18 Pine shot saved
20 Pine earned a free kick midfield taken by Meg
23 UMass shot saved by Erika
28 UMass corners (2)
33 UMass corner, Erika caught
35 UMass corner, Erika caught
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37 Erika free kick in our third
39 UMass shot hit our upright
44 UMass shot wide
45 UMass hit our upright again
56 UMass shot from right to lower left -> 0:2
59 UMass shot saved by Erika
62 UMass shot saved by Erika
65 UMass corner
68 UMass shot from right to lower left -> 0:3
70 Sage earned a free kick in our third
UMass B Shots 12:22 Saves 10:3
1 UMass shot from right to lower left -> 0:1
4 UMass shot from right to upper left -> 0:2
5 UMass shot over
7 UMass free kick midfield
9 UMass shot saved by Sage
11 Emeline free kick midfield
14 UMass high shot from 25m -> 0:3
15 Neva shot wide
16 Emeline shot wide
Colleen B shot from left to upper right -> 1:3
26 Colleen B shot saved
28 Katelyn shot wide
31 UMass free kick in our third
UMass corner
32 Erika earned and took a free kick in our third
34 UMass shot saved by Sage for a UMass corner
UMass shot over
40 Neva shot wide
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42 UMass shot wide
45 Colleen B earned a free kick from midfield taken by Meg
47 UMass shot saved by Emeline for a UMass corner
53 UMass shot from right to left -> 1:4
54 Molly shot wide
Molly corner converted by Pine -> 2:4
56 Katelyn shot saved
UMass shot saved by Emeline
58 Katelyn earned a free kick midfield taken by Sage
Neva scored -> 3:4
64 UMass corner, UMass shot saved by Emeline
65 UMass shot saved by Emeline
66 UMass PK saved by Emeline!
UMass corners (2), UMass shot wide
68 Erika earned a free kick in our third
70 Erika shot saved
71 UMass shot saved by Emeline
UMass shot from right to upper left -> 3:5
75 UMass shot saved by Emeline
76 Molly corner kick
77 Katelyn shot wide
78 UMass shot wide
79 UMass scored on a series of short passes -> 3:6
80 UMass shot saved by Emeline
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