It was a chilly windy evening but we heated things up on the turf with some OUTSTANDING play from everyone! We came out of the gates quickly scoring just 36 seconds into the first half and continuing on a six goal run for the next 15 minutes of play. Kristin Phelps capped off a run that featured goals by Rachel, Spanz and Caite, with a great free position goal.
Contributing to our early offense was our ability to win the ball of the draw. We won 9 of 14 first half draws and 9 of 10 second half draw opportunities! Our best performance by far! Sconch was outstanding on the circle, controlling a game high, 5 draw controls!! Annie, Rachel and Liz all chipped in to the effort with 2 draw controls each! It was a great team effort to win possession!
Our defense did a great job in settled situations, really slowing down the springfield attack and limiting their time on offense. Steph earned the win for us in goal, making 8 saves and giving up only 5 goals in the 53 minutes she was on the field. Annie Cook had a terrific defensive gave, drawing a charge late in the game and helping to transition the ball against a fiesty springfield attack. Sconch, Pecks, Carrie, Liza, Bruno. Emma and Kayla all contributed to one of our best defensive performances of the year, as we had lots of different combinations rotating in on defense. Avery saw action for the second time this year in cage, coming up with a great save followed by a very good clear to jump start the attack!
The midfielders were absolute studs against an athletic springfield team. Remer set the tone early pushing the offense, creating great fast break opportunities for the attack. Alisen and Disa also served as huge connectors betweent the defense and offense, something we needed to improve upon from the weekend. They did a great job maintaining possession for us between the restraining lines!
Offensively it was a constant rotation of people and everyone out there was very effective with their minutes. Rachel, Spanz and Caite provided a lot of the offense for the evening but it was a reflection of some great team movement on attack that allowed them some nice looks to cage. Jenn was super steady, winning the draw and even helping out on the defensive end when we were in a yellow card situation (great double team Jenn!) Brads and Kristin provided some great looks on goal and Ali O. and Maddy did a fantastic job of helping in transition and controlling the ball on attack.
It was a we called it, a Total Team Effort (TTE) kind of night. We are hoping to keep this rolling into the weekend as we take on Bates on Saturday, in Hartford, at Noon. Hope to see you there - bring an umbrella!!
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