UNH 4Oct2026

We didn’t know what to expect with UNH since they are relatively new to our League. When we arrived at Sachem Field, they were already warming up. Their coaches said 80 players came to their first tryouts!

We had fans! Nicole’s mom and pups, Maddie’s mom, Neva’s dad -maybe others?

We spoke about making close/simple passes on the ground to maintain possession and trying a diagonal dribble to confuse a defender.

Nicole wasted no time in getting off a shot in the first minute that went over their crossbar before Kya blocked a UNH shot for their corner. Sage had a shot go high and Molly had a shot saved before Nicole had her shot saved for a corner taken by Molly - then another corner by Molly.

In the 10th minute, Liv earned a free kick in their third taken by Neva, whose shot went high. Three minutes later, Neva earned a PK that was taken by Nicole; her first shot hit the crossbar but she scored on the rebound.

Sage had a shot saved for Ellie’s corner; then Ellie earned a free kick from midfield. Chloe earned a free kick from midfield taken by Emeline before UNH took a free kick in our third and had two corner kicks.

UNH sent a slow-rolling shot from left into the lower-right corner of our net in the 32nd minute. Emeline took a free kick from our third before Molly had a shot saved and UNH took a free kick from midfield just before the break.

We had many thoughts about the first half: playing scared by their physicality (?), we’re still happy, could communicate more, they’re putting high pressure on us so passing back is good for keeping possession, calm down, wing players came back to help provide outlets, make closer/simpler passes. Believe!

Within seconds Nicole scored by herself before UNH sent a shot wide. Carson took a corner kick and earned a free kick in their third taken by Neva before UNH’s free kick from midfield followed by their corner.

UNH took another free kick in their third and one from midfield before Nicole earned a free kick in their third taken by Neva. UNH took a corner kick and had a shot go wide before Liv earned a free kick in their third taken by Sage. 

UNH took another corner kick and had a shot saved by Nele before Maddie had a shot saved and Neva had a shot go wide. Then Lola took a free kick from midfield and Kya earned free kick in midfield.

In the 79th minute, Nicole set up Neva for our third goal before Sage earned a free kick in midfield. In the last few minutes, Nicole earned a corner kick taken by Lola  and Chloe had a shot go high.

In the 2nd half we connected more and more passes, so the end result seemed extremely we’ll deserved, and we were happy not to succumb to the physical and sometimes verbal pressure we faced!

GK: Nele Janek

CD: Carly Fleming+ Meg Stanitski, Emeline Hobart

OD: Liv Deeley+Molly Dorfman, Chloe Gern+Lola Kinsella

CM: Sage Stretch+Kya Bruckner+Sophie Pomfret, Maddie Kim

OM: Nicole Bogdanos+Neva Mermagen, Ellie Curley

F: Mia Jacobson, Carson Kochansky

Shots 14:4 Saves 1:5

1 Nicole shot over

2 Kya blocked a UNH shot for their corner

4 Sage shot over 

5 Molly shot saved 

   Nicole shot saved for a corner taken by Molly (2)

10 Liv earned a free kick in their third taken by Neva, shot over

13 Neva earned a PK taken by Nicole

     Nicole’s first shot hit the crossbar but she scored on the rebound-> 1:0

15 Sage shot saved, Ellie corner

17 Ellie earned free kick midfield

24 Chloe earned free kick midfield taken by Emeline

25 UNH free kick our third 

31 UNH 2 corners

32 UNH roller from left to lower-right -> 1:1

33 Emeline free kick from our third 

36 Molly shot saved 

     UNH free kick midfield 

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42 Nicole! -> 2:1

46 UNH shot wide

48 Carson corner

49 Carson earned a free kick in their third taken by Neva

50 UNH free kick midfield, corner

51 UNH free kick their third, another midfield 

53 Nicole earned a free kick in their third taken by Neva

55 UNH corner

56 UNH shot wide

57 Liv earned a free kick in their third taken by Sage

59 UNH corner 

65 UNH shot saved 

70 Maddie shot saved

75 Neva shot wide 

76 Lola free kick midfield 

77 Kya earned free kick midfield 

79 Nicole set up Neva -> 3:1

80 Sage earned free kick midfield

     Nicole earned a corner taken by Lola

82 Chloe shot over

84 Ellie earned a corner in their third

Springfield 3Oct202into

Springfield hosted us last fall, so it was their turn to come north. A perfect day with blue skies and summer-like temperatures, we were delighted to welcome back Avery Jones and Nicole’s mom and pups for Homecoming! The bonfire returned last night after last year’s draught made it impossible.

We spoke about keeping the ball moving, making good passes that maintain possession and making diagonal dribbles or passes.

Both teams were highly energetic, but we were more often first to ball and better able to connect passes. After Molly earned a free kick in their third in the 3rd minute, Nicole had her shot saved but was able to put the rebound into their net.

Nicole had a shot saved for a corner that was taken by Molly before Liv earned and took a corner and Neva earned a free kick in midfield. Carson’s shot bounced off the top netting in the 19th minute before Hattie had a shot saved. 

Springfield took a free kick from midfield and had a shot go wide before Ellie’s shot did the same and Carson had a shot saved. Then Springfield had another free kick from midfield and a shot wide, then a free kick in our third and a shot wide before halftime.

During the break, we complimented our stepping to the ball and our good shooting and suggested more passes, being quicker, cutting back, connect more to feet, keep the intensity, open up wide in the back and get the ball back if we lose it.

Ellie had a shot go wide in the first minute of the second half before Nicole earned a corner taken by Molly and Carson had a shot saved. Springfield took a free kick, but that shot went high; then another shot of theirs went wide.

Nicole earned a corner taken by Lola before Mia’s shot hit the upright. Neva earned a corner and Kya had a shot go high before Nicole blew by defenders on the right side of the field and took her shot at a very acute angle into then upper left corner of their net in the 67th minute.

After Carson earned a corner, a cross found Neva, whose shot went in but her goal was disallowed due to a foul in their box. Ellie took a corner before Carson took another corner; then Neva made a beautiful shot in the 72nd minute from 20+ meters for our third goal.

Springfield’s free kick in our third went wide before Carson’s shot went wide. Then Ellie earned a free kick in their third that was taken by Lola and Pine had a shot go wide. Springfield took s free kick in their third just before Carson set up Ellie’s goal in the 76th minute. 

Springfield got lucky in the last minute of the game when they sent in a high-arcing shot from the left side of the field into the upper right corner of our net. Credit them for not giving up!

GK: Nele Janek

CD: Carly Fleming+Emeline Hobart, Meg Stanitski+Pine Harman

OD: Liv Deeley+Molly Dorfman, Lola Kinsella

CM: Sage Stretch+Kya Bruckner+ Sophie Pomfret, Abby Reiner+Hattie Hatton+ Maddie Kim

OM: Nicole Bogdanos+Neva Mermagen, Ellie Curley

F: Mia Jacobson, Carson Kochansky

Shots 17:7 Saves 0:4

3 Molly earned a free kick in their third

6 Nicole had her shot saved, put the rebound in -> 1:0

9 Nicole shot saved for a corner taken byMolly

10 Liv earned and took a corner

11 Neva earned a free kick in midfield 

19 Carson shot hit the top netting

23 Hattie shot saved

24 Springfield free kick midfield 

25 Springfield shot wide

26 Ellie shot wide

29 Carson shot saved 

30 Springfield free kick midfield 

     Springfield shot wide

35 Springfield free kick in our third, shot wide

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45 Ellie shot wide

47 Nicole earned a corner taken by Molly

48 Carson shot saved

51 Springfield free kick shot over

52 Springfield shot wide

54 Nicole earned a corner taken by Lola

     Mia shot hit the upright 

62 Neva earned a corner

65 Kya shot over

67 Nicole blew by defenders shot from right side to upper left -> 2:0

     Carson earned a corner

     cross to Neva whose shot went in but her goal was disallowed due to a foul in their box

68 Ellie took a corner 

72 Carson took a corner, Neva shot from 20+ -> 3:0

73 Springfield free kick in our third went wide

74 Carson shot wide 

75 Ellie earned a free kick in their third taken by Lola

     Pine shot wide

76 Springfield free kick in their third 

     Carson to Ellie -> 4:0

80 Springfield from left side high arch go upper right corner -> 4:1

at MIT 19Sep2026

 Our first game this fall after four days of tryouts with five new amazingly talented players: Ellie Curley ‘30, Nele Janek ‘29, Lola Kinsella ‘30, Carson Kochansky ‘30 and Sophie Pomfret ‘30! It was a beautiful day in Cambridge where I did graduate studies in chemical engineering - blue sky and 60+F/16+C.

Molly’s parents and grandparents from Syracuse, Nele’s father and brother from Germany, Maddie’s cousin and Sophie’s friend from Berkeley, who attends MIT, were there! Captains Nicole Bogdanos and Carly Fleming introduced an effective set of warm-up routines, enabling us to be well-prepared for the noon kick-off.

MIT suggested that we play 35-minute halves. They had us on their turf field and it was a bit windy, so I recommended that we focus on connecting ground passes and make diagonal runs and passes. The captains urged us to play with intensity.

MIT got a few free kicks before Nele showed her high quality in preventing one of their crosses into our box in the 14th minute. Then Carson got off a shot that was blocked; she took the ensuing corner kick. A few minutes later she set up Ellie for our goal in the 17th minute.

Nicole had a shot go wide just before Carson won a free kick for us from about 20m that Carly placed expertly into the upper left corner of their net for our second goal.

During the break, we applauded the good work and noticed everyone’s happiness on the pitch. We suggested playing to feet, quicker passes in midfield, timing our runs, launching the ball sooner, playing more quickly, communicating more, passing on the ground and playing more diagonally.

MIT hit a shot that bounced off our crossbar; the rebound enabled another MIT shot, Nele stopped it. Ellie won a corner kick taken by Carson, who hd a shot go wide before Molly had the same outcome with her shot. After an MIT corner, Nele saved another shot in the 50th minute.

After MIT took a free kick from midfield, Maddie blocked one of their shots for their  corner kick. Chloe did well to get forward for a shot that went wide, and Sage had a shot on target that was saved in the 56th minute. 

Molly earned a corner kick taken by Carson before she had another shot saved. Then Carson had a shot saved for another corner kick. Lola did well to get forward enough for a shot that went wide before Ellie had the same outcome in the 66th minute. Neva had a shot whoosh over their crossbar in the last minute.

GK: Nele Janek

CD: Carly Fleming+Emeline Hobart, Meg Stanitski

OD: Chloe Gern+Liv Deeley, Molly Dorfman+Lola Kinsella

CM: Sage Stretch+Kya Bruckner+Maddie Kim, Abby Reiner+Hattie Hatton+Sophie Pomfret

OM: Nicole Bogdanos+Neva Mermagen, Ellie Curley

F: Mia Jacobson, Carson Kochansky

Shots 14:4 Saves 4:3

2 MIT free kick from midfield

5 MIT free kick in their third

13 MIT free kick from midfield 

14 Nele out to grab an MIT cross

15 Carson shot blocked

     Carson corner kick

17 Carson set up Ellie! -> 1:0

18 Nicole shot wide

20 Carson fouled, Carly’s free kick from 20m upper-left -> 2:0

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40 MIT free kick hit our crossbar, Nele saved a rebound shot

41 Ellie won a corner kick taken by Carson, 

     Carson shot wide

44 Molly shot wide

47 MIT corner kick

50 Nele saved another MIT shot

51 MIT free kick from midfield 

52 Maddie blocked an MIT shot for their corner kick

54 Chloe shot wide

56 Sage shot saved

64 Molly earned a corner kick taken by Carson

     Molly shot saved

66 Carson shot saved for a corner kick

     Lola shot wide

70 Neva shot over the crossbar