UMass B 28Sep2024

UMass is so big that they have two teams, so we play one team here and one in Amherst. Their Minutewomen B team is often able to beat us when we beat the A team, and we never know how we will do with either team.

Parents Weekend! I saw or heard that parents of Nathalie, Kalyn, Mia, Colleen B, Kya, Katlyn, Hattie and Abby R were here - SO GREAT! Kate kindly offered to take photos!

We spoke about impressing the parents, being assertive and keeping the ball moving. 

Kalyn wasted no time getting in front of their goal with a shot in the 5th minute that was saved but rebounded to Nathalie, who put the ball into their net. After two UMass corner kicks, Kalyn had another chance, but her shot went over their crossbar.

Caitlin earned a corner kick in the 13th minute that was taken by Erika - her shot was saved. Hattie had her shot saved in the 20th minute, but she wasn’t taking no goal for an answer because two minutes later her shot placed in the upper-left area of the net gave their keeper no chance. 

Addie saved a UMass free kick in the 26th minute before another shot of theirs went high. Mia registered her interest in a goal with a shot saved in the 32nd minute before Kalyn had another shot saved - this time for a corner taken by Erika.

Erika took another corner kick before she had a free kick saved for another corner kick she took. Her kicks are so powerful and accurate. UMass had a shot go wide before Katelyn earned a free kick in midfield that was taken by Nicole.

During the break we suggested taking more shots, stepping up to prevent UMass shots, making more use of diagonal passes and runs and using the quick speed of the ball to keep possession.

Carly used her immense skill in the 45th minute to place a free kick from midfield onto Hattie’s head for our third goal - a beautiful play! Lizzy had a shot saved soon after. UMass a corner kick well gathered by Addie before one of their shots went high.

Erika took another well-placed corner kick before Pine earned a free kick in their third that was taken by Nicole. Katelyn had her powerful shot blocked. UMass took a free kick from midfield before Katelyn had another shot blocked, and Colleen B tidily tucked the rebound into the lower-left side of their goal in the 58th minute.

Colleen B had a shot saved for a corner kick taken by Erika before UMass had two corner kicks, one resulting from Nathalie’s valiant block of a shot they took. They had a shot go wide before Hattie had one go high and Caitlin had one saved. After UMass took a free kick from their third, Abby R earned a free kick from midfield taken by Colleen C.

Chloe did well to get upfield, sending a great shot on-target that was saved in the 71st minute after which UMass had a free kick from their third, a shot go wide and another bounce off our upright!

Pine also did exceptionally well to get forward often, and in the 76th minute got all the way up near the end line where she looked and then crossed the ball to Kalyn, who one-touched it for a tap-in.

Mia almost scored when she did a sweet fake, then turned and shot the ball on-target for a save.

Everyone knew this was good football -‘our good passing and runs off the ball were brilliant, and the perfect weather and amazing parent attendance contributed valuably!

GK: Addie Winship

CD: Carly Fleming+Nicole Bogdanos, Erika Huston+Colleen Cranna

OD: Liv Deeley+ Maddie Kim, Chloe Gern+Pine Harman

CM: Lizzy Strapp+Abby Burgess+Abby Reiner, Julia Åkerlind Kermoury+Colleen Bailey+Mia Harlin
OM: Kalyn Dawes+Nathalie Maffei, Hattie Hatton+Kya Bruckner, Nicole Bogdanos
F: Caitlin Evers, Katelyn Sentnor, Nicole Bogdanos

Shots 18:9 Saves 3:11

5 Kalyn shot saved, Nathalie got the rebound -> 1:0

9 UMass corners (2)

12 Kalyn shot over

13 Caitlin earned a corner taken by Erika, shot saved

20 Hattie shot saved

22 Hattie shot upper left -> 2:0

26 UMass free kick in our third saved by Addie

31 UMass shot over

33 Kalyn shot saved for a corner taken by Erika

     Erika took another corner kick

34 Erika free kick from midfield saved for another corner she took

38 UMass shot wide

39 Katelyn earned a free kick from midfield taken by Nicole

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45 Carly free kick in their third found Hattie’s head -> 3:0

49 Lizzy shot saved

50 UMass corner, shot saved

     UMass shot over 

54 Erika corner kick

55 Pine earned a free kick in their third taken by Nicole

     Katelyn shot blocked 

57 UMass free kick from midfield 

58 Katelyn shot saved for a corner taken by Erika

59 Colleen B shot saved for a corner taken by Erika

61 UMass corner

63 UMass corner from Nathalie’s block

     UMass shot over

66 Hattie shot over

68 Caitlin shot saved

69 UMass free kick from their third

70 Abby R earned free kick from midfield taken by Colleen C

71 Chloe shot saved

72 UMass free kick from their third

74 UMass shot wide

75 UMass shot hit the upright!

76 Pine cross to Kalyn one-touch tap-in -> 5:0

80 Mia fake/turn/shot wide 

at Holy Cross 22Sep2024

Windy and cloudy with temps around 60F/15C, we were annoyed that Holy Cross changed game time to 11:30 from 1pm - meaning that we had to leave at 8am. But that meant getting back to campus earlier, so that was a plus. Usually Holy Cross is not as difficult an opponent as WPI, but sometimes anything can happen!

We were delighted to see fans there! Chloe’s family and maybe Maddie’s?

With Erika busy with a big project, it was great that Colleen Cranna was willing to play center defense. We also gave Nicole some time up front, based on her wishes and her amazing goals last year.

We spoke about playing to feet on the ground given the fast turf surface.

Holy Cross was aggressive but our passing looked good and led to Lizzy’s corner kick in the 5th minute. After Kalyn’s excellent cross, Nathalie got off a good shot. Nicole took a free kick in the 10th minute before Carly’s excellent header in the 13th minute.

Addie adeptly saved a Holy Cross free kick in the 25th before Colleen C and Hattie got off shots. Holy Cross got lucky after a corner kick landed in a very crowded goal box. Addie made the save but the ball was deemed to have gone over the goal line.

During the break we discussed the poor rapport among Holy Cross players - something we don’t see often. We also noted their low pressure, suggested playing to feet and having the whole team move up the field together.

Hattie and Katelyn both got off shots in the second half, and Addie made a bid save near the end of the game. We deserved a better result, but often the better team doesn’t win!

GK: Addie Winship

CD: Carly Fleming+Nicole Bogdanos, Colleen Cranna

OD: Liv Deeley+Dan Nichols, Chloe Gern+Pine Harman

CM: Lizzy Strapp+Abby Burgess+Abby Reiner, Julia Åkerlind Kermoury+Colleen Bailey+Kya Bruckner, Mia Harlin
OM: Kalyn Dawes+Nathalie Maffei, Hattie Hatton+Maddie Kim
F: Caitlin Evers, Katelyn Sentnor, Nicole Bogdanos

Shots 5:4

5 Lizzy corner kick

7 Kalyn cross 

9 Nathalie shot saved

10 Nicole free kick

13 Holy Cross free kick headed by Carly

25 Holy Cross free kick from midfield, shot saved by Addie

32 Colleen Cranna shot

33 Hattie shot

39 Holy Cross goal from a corner kick/crowded goal box -> 0:1

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53 Hattie shot

59 Katlyn shot

77 Addie save

WPI 21Sep2024

Having played in Worcester last fall, it was WPI’s turn to come north. With great 70F/20C soccer weather and some leaves beginning to turn, we were delighted to see Lizzy’s parents and Nicole’s mom! Given some history of physically aggressive playing by WPI, we suggested keeping the ball moving.

We made good passes and had good possession right away. Lizzy took a free kick in the 5th minute in their third before her corner kick and Kalyn’s shot saved. WPI got a corner kick soon after, and Maddie took a corner kick in the 15th minute.

Hattie and Katelyn had shots saved before Addie saved one from WPI. After Lizzy’s corner in the 24th minute, Liv had a shot go wide. Then Abby B had a shot saved just before Mia’s magic gave us our first goal in the 29th.

Abby R had her shot saved before our momentary lapse gave WPI their second shot that they converted to tie the game. Abby R had a shot go wide before Julia’s was saved and Kalyn’s went over their crossbar.

Katelyn came up big with a powerful and well-placed shot into the upper left side of the WPI net to give us the go-ahead goal in the 37th minute. Lizzy earned and took a free kick in their third that was saved.

Nathalie outran three WPI defenders and scored by herself in the 39th minute. Just after that her shot was saved.

During the break we discussed taking advantage of WPI poor 1st touches, using shorter passes, switching the ball to the other side, taking more shots, running with the ball if there is no pressure on it, and making more diagonal runs and passes.

WPI took the first shot in the second half, but it went wide. Erika had a shot saved before Addie made a huge save from a powerful shot from WPI. Dan took a corner before Kalyn had shots that went high and then saved for a corner taken by Abby R.

Abby B had a shot saved in the 61st minute before WPI had a shot go wide and took a free kick in our third.

Nicole earned a corner kick taken by Nathalie before WPI had a free kick from midfield and a shot go wide. Maddie had a shot saved for a corner taken by Lizzy before WPI had a free kick in our third and took a shot saved by Addie in the last minute of the game.

We were delighted to pass so well and to create so many chances and take so many shots. Nicole’s puppy made it into our team photo!

GK: Addie Winship

CD: Carly Fleming+Nicole Bogdanos, Erika Huston

OD: Liv Deeley+Dan Nichols, Chloe Gern+Pine Harman

CM: Lizzy Strapp+Abby Burgess+Abby Reiner, Julia Åkerlind Kermoury+Colleen Bailey+Kya Bruckner, Mia Harlin
OM: Kalyn Dawes+Nathalie Maffei, Hattie Hatton+Maddie Kim, Colleen Cranna
F: Caitlin Evers, Katelyn Sentnor

Shots 19:7 Saves 3:12

5 Lizzy free kick in their third

6 Lizzy corner kick, Kalyn shot saved

10 WPI corner

15 Maddie corner

16 Hattie shot saved

17 Katelyn shot saved

19 WPI shot saved by Addie

24 Lizzy corner, Liv shot wide

28 Abby B shot saved

29 Mia! -> 1:0

32 Abby R shot saved

33 WPI shot -> 1:1

34 Abby R shot wide

35 Julia shot saved

36 Kalyn shot over

37 Katelyn upper left -> 2:1

38 Lizzy earned and took a corner in their third, shot saved

39 Nathalie with a burst of speed outran their defense -> 3:1

40 Nathalie shot saved

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41 WPI shot wide

46 Erika shot saved

47 WPI shot saved by Addie

55 Dan corner

56 Kalyn shot over

     Kalyn shot saved for a corner taken by Abby R

61 Abby B shot saved

64 WPI shot wide

71 WPI free kick in our third

72 Nicole earned a corner taken by Nathalie

73 WPI free kick from mid-field

74 WPI shot wide

75 Maddie shot saved for a corner by Lizzy

76 WPI free kick in our third

79 WPI shot saved by Addie for a corner