After four days of tryouts, we were delighted to have eight new members from the Class of 2027: Julia Åkerlind Kermoury, Nicole Bogdanos, Liv Deeley, Chloe Gern, Hattie Hatton, Maddie Kim, Abby Reiner and Addie Winship! After a Friday night team dinner at which they each presented rose/thorn/bud (what was delightful, hard and looking forward to) and spoke about things first-years might want to know, we were ready to head south for two Saturday games with Holy Cross and WPI in Worcester MA and one Sunday home game with Assumption.
Holy Cross had scheduled our game with them for 2pm, to be followed by our game with WPI at 3:30pm, but four days beforehand a new athletics official there decided club sports games should not overlap with varsity games, so they pushed our game times four hours later! The silver lining was that the later time allowed one of our players to be available.
On their new turf field with lines for the other sort of football we started our game with Holy Cross in windy, mostly clear skies and ~20C/70F - good soccer weather. We were delighted that Maddie’s family and Chloe’s brother were there!
We spoke about keeping the ball moving and making good passes.
Erika took a free kick in our third in the first minute, and Holy Cross took one in their third three minutes later. Caitlin spun her magic in the 6th minute with a powerful shot to the lower left side of their goal, putting us on the score sheet.
Genevieve’s shot a few minutes later resulted in a corner taken by Avery, followed by Genevieve’s shot wide. Holy Cross had a free kick in our third, but our wall did well to block their shot. They had another free kick from mid-field that Addie saved for a corner; then they had another free kick that went wide.
Hattie had a shot go high in the 21st minute before Avery’s shot was saved. Avery earned and took a corner kick just before Eliza’s shot went wide. Erika had a free kick in their third just before Addie squashed an attempt on our goal.
In the second half, Nicole sent a shot wide before Liv earned a free kick in their third that was taken by Molly. Caitlin had a shot go wide in the 54th minute before Dani did well to protect our goal in earning a free kick in our goal box. We had one more free kick in our third before Erika’s corner kick and Nathalie’s shot wide.
G: Addie Winship
CD: Molly Knox+Rachel Horne, Kelly Zreloff
OD: Erika Huston+Sara Pickrell, Chloe Gern+Daniella Nichols
CM: Avery Jones+Abby Headstrom+Julia Åkerlind Kermoury, Maddie Kim+Nicole Bogdanos+Hattie Hatton
OM: Eliza Durbin+Caitlin Evers, Liv Deeley+Nathalie Maffei
F: Genevieve Schaefer, Sara Pickrell
Shots 9:3 Saves 1:1
1 Erika’s free kick in our third
4 Holy Cross free kick in their third
6 Caitlin low shot into right side -> 1:0
8 Genevieve shot over, Avery corner, Genevieve shot wide
10 Holy Cross free kick in our third hit our wall
11 Holy Cross free kick from half saved by Addie for a corner
16 Holy Cross free kick from half shot wide
21 Hattie shot over
27 Avery shot saved
31 Avery earned and took a corner kick, Eliza shot wide
34 Erika free kick in their third
Addie squashed an attempt
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39 Nicole shot wide
41 Liv earned free kick in their third taken by Molly
54 Caitlin shot wide
56 Dani earned free kick in our goal box
61 Dartmouth free kick in our third
Erika corner, Nathalie shot wide
Worcester Polytech
As the Holy Cross game finished in the dark around 7:20, we didn’t see any lights come on, so we weren’t sure the game with WPI would be possible. But after some phone calls they did come around 8:15. Both teams agreed to 30-minute halves.
We got a free kick from our third in the first minute before Avery had a shot go wide and another saved. Genevieve had a shot saved in the ninth minute before WPI got a free kick in our third.
Nicole earned a took a free kick in their third in the 19th minute before WPI got a corner kick. Sara had a free kick in their third and WPI had one in our third that went wide.
In the second half, WPI’s free kick in our third was deflected by our wall for a corner kick before a shot from them went wide.
Genevieve earned a corner kick taken by Liv just before Nicole’s shot was saved. Then Addie saved a shot and WPI sent another wide. After their free kick, Eliza and Sara earned a took corner kicks.
Eliza had a shot saved, as did Hattie, whose resulted in a corner for Eliza to take. Maddie’s shot rang off the cross-bar just before Nicole earned a penalty kick that Maddie struck perfectly for the only goal.
Our team was ecstatic to have two wins! We got back to campus just before midnight!
Shots 8:6 Saves 1:5
1 Dartmouth free kick our third
5 Avery shot wide
8 Avery shot saved
9 Genevieve shot saved
14 WPI free kick in our third
19 Nicole earned and took free kick in their third
24 WPI corner
25 Sara free kick their third
28 WPI free kick in our third, shot wide
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31 WPI free kick our third deflected off our wall for a corner
33 WPI shot wide
39 Genevieve earned a corner taken by Liv
40 Nicole shot saved
43 WPI shot saved by Addie, shot wide
46 WPI free kick in their third
47 Eliza earned and took a corner kick
49 Sara earned and took a corner kick
55 Eliza shot saved, Hattie shot saved for a corner by Eliza
Maddie shot hit the cross-bar
58 Nicole earned a PK taken by Maddie -> 1:0
62 Genevieve earned a corner
Assumption
Bright sunshine and warm, our first home game started at 1pm at Sachem. Assumption got an early free kick in their third before we got the ball to Avery for her shot that was blocked. Erika from 30+m sent in a lofted shot that bounced off an Assumption player on its way into their goal in the sixth minute.
Molly blocked a shot before Addie made a save a few minutes later, then Nathalie’s shot was blocked. Genevieve while using her great speed to pass an Assumption defender got tripped and hit the ground firmly on the front of her head; after a long pause with help from Lebanon EMTs she was cleared to sit and watch the rest of the game. She was her usual ebullient self throughout!
Lana took the free kick. Maddie had a shot saved before Liv earned a free kick taken by Chloe. Avery had a shot go wide before Liv earned and took a free kick. Then Assumption had two free kicks in their third.
Nicole streamed in from the right side of the field and slotted her shot into the lower left corner of their goal. Immediate after that Avery’s shot was saved but Hattie put away the rebound into the lower left side of their goal.
Nicole had two shots wide and one saved and Hattie and Julia had shots saved before Erika set up Hattie for her shot to the lower-right side of their goal in the 32nd minute.
Nicole had another shot saved and Assumption put a shot wide before Nicole flew by three defenders on the right side of the field on her way to slotting another shot into the lower left side of their goal in the 35th minute. Assumption got a free kick in their third.
Nicole sent in an arching pass for Eliza to volley into their net. Assumption responded quickly with a pass to their forward who from 30m lofted her shot into the upper left corner of our net.
After the break, Lana went into goal so that Addie could play up top. Assumption took a free kick in our third before Avery had two shots go wide. We continued our shooting binge with Liv’s wide, Erika’s saved, two of Nathalie’s saved, Avery’s and Kelly’s wide, Dani’s over.
Caitlin set up Kelly’s headed goal in the 59th minute and scored herself four minutes later. Hattie took a free kick in their third that went over before Assumption got a couple free kicks. Then Maddie’s shot was high and Caitlin’s saved. Rachel and Dani had shots go wide.
It was a great weekend for us. We love the new players!
G: Addie Winship, Lana Kanno
CD: Molly Knox+Rachel Horne, Kelly Zreloff
OD: Erika Huston+Sara Pickrell, Chloe Gern+Daniella Nichols, Lana Kanno
CM: Avery Jones+Nathalie Maffei+Julia Åkerlind Kermoury, Maddie Kim+Hattie Hatton
OM: Eliza Durbin+Caitlin Evers, Liv Deeley+Nicole Bogdanos
F: Genevieve Schaefer, Liv Deeley, Kelly Zreloff, Addie Winship
Shots 33:4 Saves 1:9
5 Assumption free kick in their third
6 Avery shot blocked, Erika’s free kick hit an Assumption player -> 1:0
8 Assumption shot blocked by Molly
Assumption Shot saved by Addie
11 Nathalie shot blocked
12 Genevieve tripped on her way to goal, Lana took the free kick
14 Maddie shot saved
15 Liv earned free kick in their third taken by Chloe
16 Avery shot wide
17 Liv earned and took free kick in their third
20 Assumption two free kicks in their third
21 Nicole’s shot from the right side of the field to lower left -> 2:0
22 Avery shot saved, Hattie put away the rebound, lower left -> 3:0
25 Nicole shot wide
27 Nicole shot saved
29 Nicole shot wide, Hattie shot saved
31 Julia shot saved
32 Erika to Hattie lower right -> 4:0
33 Nicole shot saved
34 Assumption shot wide
35 Nicole beat 3+ defenders, lower left -> 5:0
38 Assumption free kick their third
40 Nicole set up Eliza volley -> 6:0
Assumption shot from 25m -> 6:1
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43 Assumption free kick our third
44 Avery shot wide
47 Avery shot wide
49 Liv shot wide
51 Erika shot saved
52 Nathalie shot saved
53 Nathalie shot saved
55 Avery shot wide
56 Kelly shot wide, Dani shot over
59 Caitlin set up Kelly header -> 7:1
63 Caitlin from left side to lower-right -> 8:1
67 Hattie free kick their third, shot over
68 Assumption free kick our third
71 Assumption free kick their third
76 Maddie shot over, Caitlin shot saved
77 Rachel shot wide
78 Dani shot wide
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