Another great day for hockey in the Northeast! The weather has been delightful but the Bensalem offense has been somewhat timid in the first half of the season thus far. Our defense has been really holding up supported by our goalkeeper, Hailey Fricke, through the first nine contests of this season. We were just not able to find the right combinations to get our offense going. So, in comes an Abington team that beat us last year on their home turf 4-0, with a star on their team in Mauve Link, and the game followed the same story as it had early on this year. Abington took a 1-0 lead with a minute to go in the first half. The game was pretty much up and down on both ends in the first half, and the Ghosts were the only team to touch the back of the net.
The score remained the same until 1:25 in the third when Reese Sayers had a free hit outside their attacking 25, found freshman Leah Vorgity on the right side, who slid the ball over to the left post where there was a waiting senior, Abby Kazimer, to tie the game up at one. Then, with just 8:36 remaining in the game, Veronica Lennon, playing in the game with an injured hand, found a marked Mollie Reilly in the circle and delivered one to the back of the board to make it a 2-1 game. Veronica has been so steady in the middle of the field and was solid again today with a hand that was cut open in yesterday's game against Central Bucks South. Abington did not stop their pursuit of victory, but the final horn sounded to end the very tense game.
We moved a lot of people around today to find the right combination of offense, we're still looking for it, but, I think, we're finally heading in the right direction. All round good effort from everyone, the offense is working hard, just not getting paid off right now, the midfield has been solid through the first ten games, and the defense is impressing me more and more each day. Goalkeeper Hailey Fricke lowered her Goals Against average down to an even 2.00. The Outstanding Owl Award goes to sophomore Reese Sayers for starting this offense off today, she's been playing very sound through her first ten games with varsity.
The score remained the same until 1:25 in the third when Reese Sayers had a free hit outside their attacking 25, found freshman Leah Vorgity on the right side, who slid the ball over to the left post where there was a waiting senior, Abby Kazimer, to tie the game up at one. Then, with just 8:36 remaining in the game, Veronica Lennon, playing in the game with an injured hand, found a marked Mollie Reilly in the circle and delivered one to the back of the board to make it a 2-1 game. Veronica has been so steady in the middle of the field and was solid again today with a hand that was cut open in yesterday's game against Central Bucks South. Abington did not stop their pursuit of victory, but the final horn sounded to end the very tense game.
We moved a lot of people around today to find the right combination of offense, we're still looking for it, but, I think, we're finally heading in the right direction. All round good effort from everyone, the offense is working hard, just not getting paid off right now, the midfield has been solid through the first ten games, and the defense is impressing me more and more each day. Goalkeeper Hailey Fricke lowered her Goals Against average down to an even 2.00. The Outstanding Owl Award goes to sophomore Reese Sayers for starting this offense off today, she's been playing very sound through her first ten games with varsity.