One Step Closer to our Goal! This is our second year in a row ending the year as regular season champs. Last year we were tied with Salisbury and had to share the title, but this year it is us at the top! Our next game will be the CAC semi-finals Tuesday Nov 2, against the winner of Salisbury vs York's quarter final match.
Our game against Frostburg was exactly the battle I knew it would be. They have two deadly scorers but our girls were able to stand strong defensively and we found the back of the net twice on offense. Heather Redding and Jamie Matlock both hit side netting with perfectly placed shots. It was a fight the entire 90 minutes and so exciting to seal the victory. After so many hard fought games in a row the girls came out flat against non-conference rival Swarthmore and ended up losing 2-0 in a pretty uneventful game. We talked about how it is hard to be great everyday but if we want to be the best we need to expect that of ourselves at all times. Even when playing out of conference games, they are still in our region and we should have played with much more intensity. That being said the girls brought the intensity against Mary Wash and Marymount. If we lost either game then we wouldn't have been the regular season champs. Against Mary Wash, freshman Amanda Marston score her first collegiate goal. Later, however, we were actually losing 2-1 the girls battled back and senior captain Allison Humphries was able to tie the game 2-2 with a header from Julie Dempsey's beautifully placed corner kick.
Our bus ride to Marymount was a disaster. We hit multiple accidents, were basically sitting on the highway parked and arrived to the field with little time before kickoff. We started the game 15 minutes late, but the girls still were able to get the job done, winning 4-1.
As Playoffs approach we are going to have a fun but intense week of practice. We are trying to line up an extra game to break up the week and keep us playing our best. Keep your fingers crossed that the ball bounces in our favor and we play to the best of our ability in the Semi-finals. Becuase we want to win the CAC championship completley, regular season and playoffs! That has been our goal from day one and I know we can achieve it.
Our game against Frostburg was exactly the battle I knew it would be. They have two deadly scorers but our girls were able to stand strong defensively and we found the back of the net twice on offense. Heather Redding and Jamie Matlock both hit side netting with perfectly placed shots. It was a fight the entire 90 minutes and so exciting to seal the victory. After so many hard fought games in a row the girls came out flat against non-conference rival Swarthmore and ended up losing 2-0 in a pretty uneventful game. We talked about how it is hard to be great everyday but if we want to be the best we need to expect that of ourselves at all times. Even when playing out of conference games, they are still in our region and we should have played with much more intensity. That being said the girls brought the intensity against Mary Wash and Marymount. If we lost either game then we wouldn't have been the regular season champs. Against Mary Wash, freshman Amanda Marston score her first collegiate goal. Later, however, we were actually losing 2-1 the girls battled back and senior captain Allison Humphries was able to tie the game 2-2 with a header from Julie Dempsey's beautifully placed corner kick.
Our bus ride to Marymount was a disaster. We hit multiple accidents, were basically sitting on the highway parked and arrived to the field with little time before kickoff. We started the game 15 minutes late, but the girls still were able to get the job done, winning 4-1.
As Playoffs approach we are going to have a fun but intense week of practice. We are trying to line up an extra game to break up the week and keep us playing our best. Keep your fingers crossed that the ball bounces in our favor and we play to the best of our ability in the Semi-finals. Becuase we want to win the CAC championship completley, regular season and playoffs! That has been our goal from day one and I know we can achieve it.
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