Our girls had a great come from behind win against a talented Springfield team today.

We took an early lead 12 minutes into the 1st half when Emma Leibert sent a a through ball to Shannon Mahon, and Shannon beat the defender to start the goal scoring. We knew, however, that Springfield had a lot of offensive firepower and that we had our work cut out for us. Sure enough they scored a scrappy goal with the ball bouncing in front of our net to tie the game as we went into halftime.

The second half continued to be a battle, with Springfield scoring again early on a Penalty Kick. And the score stayed 2-1 Springfield through a majority of the second half. However, with 18 minutes left in the game, Shannon Mahon received a ball from Evie O'Brien and this time willed her way to the goal through impressive determination to score the game to tie it up. At that point, we wondered if we just needed to hold on for a tie game to try to take things into overtime. However, the girls were pretty determined, and continued to put pressure on Springfield's defense. Their determination paid off with 10 minutes left in the game when Shannon Mahon found Jordyn Fox in front of the net. Jordyn really maintained her composure and placed the ball in the net for the go ahead goal.

I am really proud of our girls for a gutsy effort. Springfield is talented. They gave us lots of challenges all throughout the game. Yet our girls remained committed to winning the game. When we went down, our girls did not lose their composure, but kept fighting. While it was far from a perfect game, our girls worked really hard to create chances in front of the net. I was really pleased with the way that they were unselfish, finding each other for scoring opportunities.

A big shout out to Shannon Mahon. She really elevated the energy for our team today and took on the responsibility of pushing our team to not settle for a result other than a win.

Another standout player today was Freshman Wing Evie O'Brien. Evie did a great job getting up and down the sideline -recovering for defense and pushing the attack. She had a great game!

Also a shout out to goalkeeper Giuls Fogarty who did a really good job against a strong Springfield attack.

We have a lot of work to still do, but our girls keep showing up and working hard each day to grow and mature as a team.