Manual Field Hockey: Varsity Game Summaries

The Manual varsity field hockey girls opened state-tournament play against Mercy by taking an early 1-0 lead.  The first goal came after six minutes of play when Reagan Lauder passed the ball to Ellen Riley inside the circle.  Ellen, as she often does, created havoc around her.  Somehow, she passed the ball past several defenders down to Rebecca Russell who popped the ball high into the back of the net to make the score 1-0.  That’s where the score stayed until nearly the end.  With 2:46 left in the game, Mercy worked the ball across the field, got the ball inside the top of the circle and scored to tie the game at one apiece.  The Crimsons fought back quickly getting a penalty corner with about 30 seconds left in the game.  Ellen got off a shot, but couldn’t convert.  The game then went into overtime, and after only one minute of play Mercy got a corner, which they were able to convert into a goal, giving Mercy a 2-1 victory.  It was an evenly fought game.  Both teams had five penalty corners after regulation play.  Mercy got it’s 6^th in overtime.  For our girls, it was a disappointing end to a great season.  Their overall record was 16-7-1, which included 14 shut outs.  They were a special team to watch all year long.  Thanks for all the fun.   

GLOG1^ST half (Alice Morrison in goal)

27:30 Alice blocks a Mercy shot

25:50 Mercy corner:  Molly Makela knocks down a hard Mercy shot

24:00 Reagan to Ellen inside the circle.  Ellen passes to Rebbecca R. down low.  RR shoots it high for the goal.  Score 1-0

21:10 Mercy corner:  Anna Spalding chases Mercy around the perimeter of the circle.  Mercy gets off several shots as Manual defenders make a number of good saves.

18:00 Mo Riley has several good sends up the right side getting to ball to our offensive players.

17:00 Manual corner, no shot

16:00 Becca Jackowitz shoots

<10:00 Nice movement on the left offensive side by several Manual players passing the ball back and forth:  Katie Fenzel, Mattie DeAngelis, Ellen and Reagan.

3:30 Mo passes to Becca who gets the ball to Molly Gerrish inside the circle.

1:36 Reagan dribble into circle, gets the ball to Becca.   

2^nd half (Alice Morrison in goal)

27:30 Reagan dribbles into circle along baseline, crosses but pass can’t get by defenders.

26:40 Manual corner:  Makela makes insert pass to Ellen who taps the ball left to Hana Kuwabara.  Hana gets off two consecutive shots.

25:40 Ellen passes to Hana K, who gets off a strong shot.

23:00 Mercy shot is stopped by Mo.

21:00 Anna S. chases down Mercy forward who’s driving fast down the right side.  The forward still gets off a shot but Alice blocks it.

20:40 Mercy corner:  they get off a shot but raised ball is called.

13:20 Mercy corner:  Alice blocks shot. 

13:00 Two consecutive Mercy corners:  Alice blocks the second OB right.10:15 Makela turns back a Mercy drive.

7:50 Reagan shoots.

6:26 Manual corner:  Ellen gets off a strong shot into traffic; ball hits Reagan in the arm.

3:21 Katie stops Mercy breakaway.2:46 Mercy scores after working the ball across the field.  Score 1-1

:30 Manual corner:  Ellen shoots.   

Overtime

9:00 Mercy corner and score.  Mercy wins 2-1.

The Manual field hockey team won the district championship and bid a fond farewell to Rachel Baker Field for the 2009 year with a solid 4-0 win over Presentation.  While the win was convincing, the start of the game was a little shaky with Pres getting a penalty corner and few shots on goal within the opening minutes.  But the defense – with Lauren Heavrin in goal flanked by Anna Spalding and Molly Makela with Sidney Sprawls in the middle – held their ground and quickly turned the momentum in favor of Manual.  Our first goal came after only three minutes of play when Reagan Lauder passed the ball to Ellen Riley inside the circle.  Ellen took it to the goalie then tapped the ball into the left side of the cage.  The game’s second goal came off a penalty corner.  Ellen received the insert pass and shot, but it was Molly Gerrish who got a stick on the ball to deflect it into the goal giving Manual a 2-0 lead.  Another penalty corner led to our third goal as Katie Fenzel launched a rocket from just inside the circle.  The ball glanced off a few Pres sticks but that didn’t stop it from going in the goal.  The game’s fourth and final score looked like a basketball 3-on-2 fast break.  Ellen took the ball up field to the top of the circle with a defender on her.  The two forwards, Rebecca Russell and Becca Jackowitz separated perfectly just ahead of Ellen.  The other defender chose to cover Becca on the left, leaving Rebecca open on the right.  Ellen made the pass to Russell who shot and scored.  Katie had a particularly good game as she ran from goal line to goal line and controlled the middle of the field.  She was rewarded by being named to the all-tournament team, along with Ellen and star defender Molly Makela.  The defense was once again stellar by recording their 14^th shut out of the year.  Congratulations to coaches Terri Kendall and April White for winning their 2^nd straight district crown.

GLOG

1^st half (Lauren Heavrin in goal)

28:55 Pres shoots then gets a penalty corner

27:54 Pres shoots again

27:07 Reagan passes to Ellen inside to circle.  Ellen dribbles to the goalie then taps ball in left side of goal cage.  Score 1-0.

25:30 Reagan shoots on right side of goalie.

24:45 Manual corner:  insert to Ellen, to Hana Kuwabara who shoots

21:20 Ellen shoots.

15:49 Manual corner:  Hana K. shoots; Katie shoots.

15:00 Reagan tips ball toward the goal for a shot.

14:39 Katie crosses to Hana K. who tips ball toward goal for a shot.

13:30 Manual corner:  Katie gets ball, makes her nifty trademark circle move but gets called for obstruction.

7:00 Katie takes the free hit from hash line, hits it hard into the circle on the left side to Mattie DeAngelis who controls the ball trying to find an opening for a shot

6:00 Manual corner:   Ellen shoots, ball is deflected into the goal by Molly G.  Score 2-0.

4:30 Scorekeeper John Riley finally posts Manual’s 2^nd goal on the scoreboard after receiving a call on his cell phone from Kathy Riley.  He receives the biggest cheer of the game.

4:00 Anna Spalding quickly dribbles past several defenders as she moves the ball up the left side well past midfield.

2:20 Manual corner:  Becca J shoots hard, wide left.

2^nd half (Heavrin in goal)

28:10 Ellen works the ball into the circle to Rebbeca R., who gets off two shots, resulting in a penalty corner.

28:00 Manual corner:  Katie scores off a strong shot.  The ball seems to glance off a few Pres sticks.  Score 3-0.

20:00 Shea Jennings stops several moves by Pres attempting to go up the right side of the field.

17:00 Hannah Coryell stops several moves by Pres attempting to go up left side of field.

16:00 Ellen takes ball from the right side line to the top of the circle, passes to Rebecca R on the right who shoots and scores. Score 4-0.

13:00 Manual corner:  Hana K. shoots.

9:20 Pres corner

8:00 Pres corner

6:18 Manual corner:  Hana K. shoots.  Host of other Manual players keep shooting right in front of the goalie.

5:00 Pres corner

3:10 Pres corner

2:54 Pres corner

The varsity girls put in their strongest performance since returning from Chicago three weeks ago as they opened district play with a 5-0 win over Holy Cross.  Defensively, it was Manual’s 13^th shutout of the year.  Offensively, we had a balanced attack with four girls scoring.  Rebecca Russell put Manual on the scoreboard thanks to an assist by Ellen Riley.  Reagan Lauder got the second goal when she got the ball deep in the circle, took one dribble, waited for the goalie to commit, then shot past her.  The third goal was scored by Ellen from straight away as her shot went airborne – Reagan took a swipe at it and missed, but the ball still got past the goalie.  About five minutes into the second half, Ellen got two consecutive shots on goal, scoring on one.  The final goal of the game came off a strong and long shot by Mo Riley which Kelsi White got her stick on to deflect the ball into the goal cage.  Manual had an amazing 30 shots on goal (the game log below looks like a shootfest) with 7 corners.  Holy Cross had only one corner.

Note:  Defensive plays don’t get noted often in the game log, so give credit to all defenders for a great game: Hannah Coryell, Anna Spalding, Molly Makela, Mo Riley, Sydney Sprawls, Adrienne Mekus, Shea Jennings and goal keepers Alice Morrison and Lauren Heavrin (hope no one was left out) 

GLOG

1^ST half (Alice Morrison in goal).

 28:54 Reagan shoots.

26:30 Katie Fenzel shoots.

26:20 Manual corner: Katie and Ellen get off shots.

25:17 Rebecca Russell scores first goal of game; assist to Ellen.  Score 1-0.

23:30 Reagan scores second goal of game.  Score 2-0.

22:00 Ellen shoots.

21:24 Reagan shoots.

19:30 Ellen shoots.

13:18 Ellens shoots and scores. 

Score 3-0. 4:42 Molly Gerrish shoots.

3:14 Manual corner:  Becca Jackowitz gets off strong shot; raised ball call.

2:40 Becca shoots again.

2:20 Mattie DeAngelis shoots.

1:00 Holy Cross gets its first shot of the game.  

2^nd half (Lauren Heavrin in goal).

29:00 Manual corner:  Hana Kuwabara gets off two shots.

27:30 Defense: Mo catches ball at the top of HC circle, takes it down the right side.

26:10 Reagan cross to Becca for a shot.

26:00 Mo dribbles around the perimeter of the circle, takes a shot on right side.

25:00 Manual corner: Mo shoots.

24:20 Ellen shoots twice, scores on her second attempt.  Score 4-0  (Ironically, the scorekeeper, Ellen’s dad, didn’t post the score until sometime later.  Come on, John).  

22:30 Ellen cross to Hana K. who gets tied up with the goalie for corner call.

22:20 Manual corner:  Katie shoots.

21:40 Reagan shoots.

21:00 Hana K. shoots.

20:00 Manual corner.

19:00 Defense: Molly Makela stops a cross to get the ball out of the HC circle.

18:30 Holy Cross’s only corner off the game.

13:00 Reagan shoots.

8:20 Hana K. shoots.

7:40 Katie shoots.

6:40 Rebecca R. gets off two shots in a row, followed by a shot by Kelsi.

5:40 Mo fires a bullet from the top of the circle, Kelsi deflects the ball into the goal.  Score 5-0.

5:10 Mattie into the circle to force a penalty corner.

5:00 Manual corner:  Katie shoots.    

Assumption 2, Manual 0

October 15, 2009

The 2009 regular season came to an end Thursday night in a hard-fought game against Assumption.  The Rockets took a 1-0 lead when they scored on a penalty corner seven minutes into the game.  Later in the first half, Manual appeared to tie game on a play in which several of our players were inside the circle pushing the ball toward the goal.  AHS’s GK deflected the ball which appeared to stop right on the goal line.  The ref called a corner instead of a goal.  With time running out in the first half, AHS got a corner which they converted into a goal for 2-0 lead.

In the second half, Manual controlled the ball, getting 8 corners compared to AHS’s 2.  But the Rocket defenders were always quick coming out of the goal cage, often denying us a shot. In the end, AHS got a 2-0 win.  But think back to last year.  Manual played Assumption tough in the regular season and lost.  But in the state tournament, we prevailed.  Maybe it’ll be “déjà vu all over again” just in case we face each other one more time. 

Manual enters district play with an overall record of 14-6-1 (8-4 regular season, 9-2-1 tournament play).

GLOG

1^st half

24:00  Anna Spalding save.

23:00  Alice Morrison kicks away AHS shot but it hits one of our players for a PC (penalty corner).

23:00  AHS scores on a PC.  Score 1-0.

17:00  Hana Kuwabara nice cross.

16:20  Rebecca Russell shot on goal knocked out on left side.

15:00  Ellen on right side drives toward circle.  AHS stops play, but Ellen stops a strong shot upfield.  Nice exchange of shots.

11:00  AHS corner, Alice blocks shot

9:30  A host of Crimsons bat the ball around the circle, ball seems to stop just inside goal line, but PC is called.

9:30  Ellen gets shot on PC, wide right.

3:00  Defender Hannah Coryell hits two strong shots up the right side to get ball past midfield both times.  

2:20  Ellen drives into circle for shot on goal

:40  AHS gets a goal off a corner. score 2-0.

2^nd half (sideline clock wasn’t running so times aren’t posted)

- AHS corner, Anna charges quickly to steal the ball and take it out of the circle.

- Good movement and exchange of passes on left side by Ellen, Rebecca, Becca Jackowitz and Kelsi White.

- Manual gets two PCs in a row.  Ellen gets shot on goal on the first.  On the second, the insert passes goes from Katie Fenzel to Ellen to Becca.  Ball gets past front line of defenders but we can’t get a clear shot.

- Manual PC:  Ellen to Becca who’s quickly smothered by AHS.

- Another Manual PC, unable to get a shot.

- Another Manual PC.   

- Reagan Lauder driving toward circle on right side is literally tackled by AHS defender.

- Manual corner, insert to Ellen who shoots, wide right.

- Near the end of the game, Anna makes two lightning quick saves.

- The game ends with a strong cross by Mattie DeAngelis.

After two weeks without a game, Manual’s varsity girls eked out a 2-1 win over Holy Cross.  The stats show that the game was not as close as the score indicates.  We had about 24 shots on goal and 10 corners.  But give Holy Cross credit.  They’re a gutsy team that wouldn’t back down.  And their goalie played an amazing game.

Give our game ball to Molly Makela.  She was a star on offense and defense, scoring one of our goals playing a big role in keeping Holy Cross out of the circle.  Our other score came in the first half when Becca Jackowitz was near the right side of the goal and took a soft shot toward the left post, where it appeared Mattie DeAngelis deflected the ball into the goal.  Our overall record improves to 14-5-1. 

GLOG

1^st half

27:20  Reagan Lauder shoots.  Penalty corner called

26:00  Kelsi White shoots.

21:40  Manual corner:  Katie Fenzel insert to Becca for strong shot

19:30  Becca and DeAngelis team up for goal.  Score 1-0.

17:00  Makela stops HC drive. Gets ball to Rebecca Russell, to DeAngelis, to Anna Spalding back to DeAngelis on the left side into the circle.

15:30 Holy Cross corner

13:20  Mattie shoots

13:00  Becca two shots in a row

11:13  Another shot.

10:00  Another shot.

9:50 Another shot.

8:00 Katie shoots, great stop by HC goalie

7:00 Manual corner:  shot by Becca, another good stop by HC goalie

6:00 Manual corner

4:00 Makela shoots

3:00 Manual corner:  Katie shoots.

1:30 Rebecca shoots high, Becca deflects in; raised ball call therefore goal does not count

2^nd half

28:00 Makela stops HC drive, takes ball past midfield.

27:00 Manual corner:  Becca shot wide right.

26:00 Evie Dentinger shoots.

24:00 Sidney Sprawls shuts off the inside pass as she forces HC forward down left side.

22:30  Becca shoots.

20:30  Molly Gerrish drives all the way down the field into the circle for a Manual shot.

19:30  Other Molly (Makela) takes a long shot from just inside the circle to score Manual’s second goal of the game.  Score 2-0.

17:00 Molly M shoots, followed by a shot by Molly G.

15:00 Adrienne Mekus controls the ball at midfield.

13:10 Manual corner.

13:00 Another Manual corner.

12:00 Another Manual corner.

11:00 Two quick shots, one by Evie, the other by Anna.

9:30  HC scores off a corner.  Score 2-1.

7:00  Hannah Coryell ran down a speedy HC forward, stole the ball and quickly smacked the ball a long way to get past midfield.

3:00 Cross by Gerrish for a Manual shot.

1:00  Hannah takes control on defense to stop several attempts by HC to get the ball past the 25-yard line.

Give the Manual defense another goose egg.  The varsity girls held Presentation scoreless as they returned home for a 4-0 win after playing six games on the road in less than a week.  Mattie DeAngelis put the Crimsons on top early with a goal scored in traffic.  The game’s second goal was so good it should’ve been on ESPN.  Matti D. passed the ball past midfield to Ellen Riley who was moving forward fast.  She dribbled then passed farther upfield to Molly Gerrish who was all alone.  Molly quickly took ball into the circle, waited for the goalie to commit left then shot right – bingo.  Score, 2-zip.  With about 10 minutes left in the half, Ellen got the ball down low in the circle, took one dribble then shot as the goalie tried to attack – Yahtzee – 3 to nothing.  With five minutes left till halftime, Manual got two corners in a row.  On the second, the ball bounced off several sticks until it ended up in front of Kelsi White who scored – Superfecta (OK, this is the cheesiest write-up ever).  The 4-0 halftime margin would end up being the final score as Manual’s regular season record improves to 7 and 3 with an overall record of 13-5-1.  www.eteamz.com/manualhockey

GLOG (game log below)

1^st half

27:00 DeAngelis shoots and scores in traffic.  Score 1-0

22:30 Mo Riley to Ellen Riley who takes it all the way to the goalie

22:00 Alice Morrison blocks a shot, but is pulled out of goal.  Anna Spalding covers and stops the second shot.

14:00 Mattie D to Ellen to Molly G for a goal that covered about 50 yards in about 5 seconds. Score 2-0

12:30  Shot by Matti D.

12:00  Becca Jackowitz fights for possession in the circle, gets a corner call.  Becca gets the shot off the corner but it’s just right.

10:44  Ellen scores as goalie charges.  Score 3-0

9:00 Shot by Reagan Lauder

8:00 Anna Spalding does a razzle-dazzle, 360 move at midfield right in front of the spectators.

4:50  Kelsi scores off corner. Score 4-0

2:20  Shot by Rebecca Russell

2:00  Shot by Katie Fenzel

2^nd half

21:30  Hannah Coryell stops a Prez breakaway, takes ball away, sends it upfield.

14:00 Hana Kuwebara drives down left side, gets ball in corner, Becca shoots back-handed.

11:00  Evie Dentinger makes a nice cross pass from the right side.  Rebecca Russell and the goalie get to the ball at the same time.

10:00  Adrienne Mekus stops a Prez drive up the middle.

8:30  Reagan Lauder shoots.  Ball is blocked to Becca who gets off another backhanded shot.

4:00  Reagan drives through several defenders into circle and shoots.

3:00  Evie to Mo to Ellen, shot wide left.

2:00  Ellen shoots from outside the circle.  Anna hurdles ball.  Ball goes in goal.  Goal doesn’t count.

00:10  Anna drives all the way down the field for a shot as time runs out.

The varsity game Tuesday between Manual and Country Day came down to a battle of flicks.  Both teams were somewhat road weary having just played each other over the weekend in Chicago.  This time, the game was on KCD’s slow-moving turf.  In the first half, the Bearcats had the edge getting seven corners to our none.  But the half ended scoreless.  In the second half, the action was mostly in the middle of the field as high grass and tired legs seemed to slow the game down stopping both teams from mounting big offensive threats.  The second half corner count was 3-2 in favor of Manual.  But the game ended in a 0-0 tie creating a 10-minute overtime.  Still, no one scored, despite KCD getting seven penalty corners in OT.  Manual’s defense put in another tough performance getting yet another shut out.  KCD had 16 corners in the game resulting in hardly any shots.  But the game still wasn’t over.  Each team got five penalty strokes to break the tie.  Mo Riley, Katie Fenzel and Sidney Sprawls scored on flicks.  But KCD countered with three goals too making the first flick-off 3-3.  In the second FO, Mo scored first, but it turned out to be Manual’s last goal while KCD got three to win the game.  Final score, 6-4 with all goals coming from tie-breaking flicks.

Manual’s varsity field hockey team honored its 12 senior players Tuesday night, then went on to defeat Christian Academy 2-0 in a rain shortened game. 

The best defense is a good offense, and that was especially true during the first half for the Crimsons as they controlled the ball getting 10 penalty corners compared to CAL’s none.  One corner resulted in a goal when Becca Jackowitz took the insert pass and fired a shot down the middle.  It was blocked by several defenders but ended up in front of Hana Kuwabara who was open on the left side and slammed the ball into the back of the board. 

Manual’s second goal came with about five minutes to go in the half when Katie Fenzel showed amazing stick skills as she dribbled through several defenders inside the circle then finessed the ball by the goalie.

Rain moved in 10 minutes into the second half forcing the game to an end.  Manual’s regular season record improves to 6 and 2.  The Crimson defense now has four shut outs and has allowed only 5 goals in 8 games. 

Congratulations to all the seniors, most of whom have been playing together all four years, making this year’s team already one of the best in Manual history.  They are:

#6 Hannah Coryell, fiery vocal leader on defense

#17 Mattie De Angelis, sneaky smart forward who quietly makes things happen

#4 Evie Dentinger, knack for always being in right spot

#3 Katie Fenzel, lightning fast 3-yr starter and team leader

#5 Becca Jackowitz, scoring machine with a thunder stick

#14 Hana Kuwabara, fearless with tons of hustle

#7 Reagan Lauder, dribbles like a Harlem Globetrotter

#46 Molly Makela, smart defender plays best under pressure

#8 Alice Morrison, stats prove she's playing at a high level

#25 Ellen Riley, team leader born to play field hockey

 #2 Anna Spalding, cat-like quickness can turn ball upfield in a flash

Who needs UK and U of L football?  The Manual-Sacred Heart field hockey game had more hard-fought action than we’ll see in Lexington this weekend.  

Both teams came out running, hustling and swinging.  The intensity never let up.  In the end, SHA pulled out the win 2 to 1 in a battle that just could turn into rematch come state-tournament time. 

The first half was a stalemate as control went back and forth.  Manual got the first corner only minutes into the game.  Then SHA, which has a knack for parlaying one corner into two or three in row, got three consecutive corners.  Goalie Alice Morrison and Manual defenders Hannah Coryell, Anna Spalding and Molley Makela with help from midfielder Mo Riley held their ground and denied SHA any more corners the rest of the half.  The half ended with no score as each team got three corners.    

While the first half went back and forth, the second half saw each team have stretches of being in charge.  SHA gained control early getting five corners within the first eight minutes, scoring on two of them to take a 2 to 0 lead.  But momentum changed midway through the second half when Manual got an amazing six corners in row.  Even though we didn’t score, control of the game shifted to the Crimsons.  With nine minutes left to play, Manual got another corner, this time scoring.  Katie Fenzel’s insert pass went to Becca Jackowitz who passed to Ellen Riley.  Ellen was smothered but was able to pass back to Becca who finally had space to shoot, which she did with authority to tighten the game at 2 to 1.  

Manual kept attacking and nearly tied the game when Ellen broke free down the left side, passing up to Becca who was one-on-one with the goalie.  Becca took a hard shot when she got inside the circle, but it was knocked OB just left of the goal.  Time eventually ran out on the Crimsons as both teams never let up -- never.  It was a great, great game.  

Here are game notes in chronological order.  

1st half

27:00 Reagan flips to Becca in the circle resulting in games first corner. 

26:00  SHA gets three corners in row 21:00 Ellen makes a great turnaround move to get the ball in the circle to Becca. 

15:00 Manual corner:  Katie to Ellen, strong shot deflected OB. 

14:00 Mo and SHA player get tangled up at midfield, both go to the ground.  (btw, Mo ended up with 20 stitches inside lip and mouth and was more disappointed about the loss than the stitches!) 

10:00  Anna makes one of many explosive moves in the first half to get the ball out of the circle and half way up the field on her own.  

8:00  SHA is on their heels as Manual’s entire team is past midfield with Defender Molly Makela passing the ball inside the circle to Katie, who fights for position and control of the ball but is smothered by SHA players. 

6:00 Kelsi White flies out of nowhere to take the ball, go past midfield, passing up to Mattie DeAngelis. 

4:30  Kelsi again turns the ball upfield. 

3:30  Molly Gerrish drives up the right side passing to Ellen near the circle. 

2:20  Hannah to Gerrish who turns on the speed to drive past SHA defenders. 

2nd half

28:00  SHA’s second consecutive corner resulted in a goal that snuck in on the right side.  Score 1-0. 

27:30  Reagan to Ellen to Becca for a shot. 

26:00 SHA corner 

24:30  SHA corner resulting in goal.  Score 2-0. 

22:00 SHA corner, stopped by Molly Makela then a nice block by Alice. 

16:00  Manual gets first corner of second half.   Ball gets outside the circle, Molly Makela get it back to Katie for shot.   

14:37  Manual gets the final of six consecutive corners in less than one-and-a-half minutes.  Hana Kuwabara gets off shot, knocked out wide left.  

14:00  SHA timeout. 

9:00  Manual corner:  Fenzel to Jackowitz to E Riley to Jackowitz for goal.  Score 2-1. 

5:00  Ellen breakway.  Pass to Becca.  Strong shot deflected by goalie. 

4:00  SHA corner.  High shot knocked OB by Alice with her glove hand.  

Corners:  SHA 13, Manual 11.