Last night, the Bantams took on the Springfield College Pride under the lights on Robin L. Sheppard field. It was a bit rainy on and off, but not too cold, so we lucked out with that! The Bantams came out on top 13-3 in a good team effort from end to end. Defensively, we caused 10 turnovers and held Springfield to 10 shots with Zoë Ferguson and Caroline Cranley making 6 saves and 1 save, respectively. On attack, we were moving the ball quickly, which allowed us to find the open player inside the 8meter and produce some really nice goals. It was fun to see our attackers work so well together and find the back of the net! We also did some nice things in transition, both on the offensive and the defensive side. We moved the ball well transitioning to our attacking end, finding the open player in the midfield and making good passes. On our defensive transition, we worked really hard to slow down the ball and turn the ball carrier so that she had to pass the ball backwards and try to work it up the other side of the field. While there are still lots of things to work on and it is early in the season, the girls are showing lots of potential and doing some great things and working incredibly hard and it definitely shows on game day!
GAME STONES: Our two game stones for this game went to junior attacker Abby McInerney and senior defender Lara Guida. Abby is probably our smartest player on the team and it really came out last night. She was always heads up and was anticipating a couple steps ahead of where the ball was so that she was already in a good position to be successful. She was an incredible presence in transition, riding the other team hard and hunting them down with her speed. She scored 3 goals, had 2 assists, picked up 4 ground balls, 2 draw controls, and caused 3 turnovers. AMAZING performance from her tonight!!!
Lara Guida is our rock on defense. She plays low defense on the crease and is a loud voice down there, helping to keep everyone organized and on the same page. She picked up 1 ground ball, 1 draw control and caused 1 turnover.
NEXT UP: The Bantams will be heading up to Waterville, ME to play Colby this weekend before they fly down to Nashville, TN for spring break.
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