Friday, September 19, 2008

Gilroy Blows up MHS

On Tuesday, September 16th, the Lady Dores trucked up to Gilroy High School to face the Mustangs. This year Gilroy has four national players. Their year round program has grown and proven to be a challenge for the rest of the league.

The JV team faced GHS first. This was the JVs first league game. The game was controlled early on by Gilroy, scoring within the first five minutes of the first half. The rest of the game was all about defense, keeping the score from going above 10. Although the game was in the hands of Gilroy the JV Dores held up and began to flow and move as a team. Goalie Taylor Mercurio had a great defensive game with 6 saves. Final score 0-8.

Varsity hoped to redeem the field for JV. With only two subs (versus GHS 10 subs) the Lady Dores took to the field ready to play an attacking game. The first 15 minutes was a game of cat and mouse. Gilroy passed the ball in the back field, drawing out and exhausting our forwards. Finally, MHS caught on to their strategy and started to spread out and play the ball. Gilroy scored in the first half and continued to dominate offensively. Going into half time, MHS was down 0-4. Goalie Lauren Crees saw more action than she wanted with 11 goal saves at the half. Although Monterey had some great opportunities to score with breakaways by Senior Carrie Creasey and Sophomore Laura Weinbrenner, the Dores were unable to connect. Varsity defense worked overtime with aggressive plays by Junior Kathryn Harkins and Olivia Abanico. Final score 0-9.

Monterey's next match will be a game of redemption against the Padres of Carmel, Friday, September 26th at MHS. Varsity starts at 3:30; JV starts at 4:45.

Go Dores!

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