VARSITY GAME REPORT
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Varsity Game played at Wissahickon High School

Wissahickon Vs. Upper Dublin High School (UDHS)


FINAL SCORE: WHS 0, UDHS 0

Half time 0-0
Reg time 0-0
OT 0-0
Final 0-0
Goals: N/A
Assists: N/A
Shots WHS 7, UDHS 10
WHS Goalkeeper Jen Bondarchuck - 8 saves. UDHS - 5 saves.


NOTES:

WISS TIE 0-0 AGAINST UPPER DUBLIN

100 MINUTES PLAYED IN WISSAHICKON'S LEAGUE OPENER AGAINST LONG TIME RIVAL UPPER DUBLIN.
"THAT'S ALLOTA MINUTES TO PLAY TO COME OUT WITH A TIE BUT DESPITE AN UNSETTLING SCORE IT WAS AN ACTION PACKED GAME WITH BOTH SIDES BATTLING FOR A 'W'."

WISS STARTED THE HALF A LITTLE SLOW HOWEVER FOUND THEIR GROOVE AROUND MINUTE 20 WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO START KEEPING POSSESSION TO ADVANCE THEIR FORWARDS KEEPING PLAY IN THE MIDDEL AND ATTACKING THIRDS OF THE FIELD. FRESHMAN KRYSTA MEMIS WAS THEN ABLE TO GET OFF A COUPLE OF NICE SHOTS INSIDE THE 18. THE STANDOUT IN THE FIRST HALF, HOWEVER, WAS JUNIOR ANNA CHIODO-ORTIZ, PLAYING CENTER BACK FOR WISS. HER SPEED, QUICK READ, AND PURE GRIT WAS WHAT WISS NEEDED TO KEEP UD AT BAY. COUNTLESS TIMES SHE WAS ABLE TO DENIY UD'S ADVANCES WITH BEAUTIFUL LONG-BALLS, QUICK PASSING, AND NICE DIAGONAL RUNS. HER PARTNERS IN CRIME, BACKFIELD PLAYERS, FRESHMEN EMILY VERVLIED AND MARY MATTHEWS, AND SOPHOMORE KIRSTEN HANEY, ALSO HAD STELLAR GAMES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, FIGHTING OFF UD'S ADVANCES. "OUR BACKS ARE STARTING TO REALLY GEL, COMING INTO THEIR OWN, LEAD BY CHIODO-ORTIZ, JUNIOR AND FIRST YEAR CAPTAIN."

EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF WISS WAS ABLE TO SETTLE IN TO A MORE 'WISS STYLE OF PLAY' KEEPING POSSESSION WITH SOME VERY NICE COMBINATION PLAY. CENTER MIDS, MEGHAN GUZEWICZ AND ALYSSA RYAN DID A FINE JOB COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING OUTWARD KEEPING THE BALL AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE AND ATTACKING THIRDS ALLOWING FRESHMAN MADISON ELWELL ROOM TO SET UP FOR A FEW NICE CROSSES.. GUZEWICZ LOOKED STRONG ON SET PIECES AS WELL.

WHEN FORCED INTO OT THE GAME REALLY HEATED UP, BOTH TEAMS SHOWING THE TOLL. THE FIRST OT WAS A KICK AND RUN STYLE OF PLAY, WHILE THE SECOND OT SETTLED INTO A BETTER PACE, AGAIN ALLOWING WISS A FEW NICE COMBOS. IN THE END, HOWEVER, THE SCORE REMAINED NIL - NIL. "BOTH TEAMS WILL REST WELL TONIGHT, NO DOUGHT DREAMING OF THE NEXT TIME THEY MEET". -- OCTOBER 1 AT UDHS.

—SHANNON FRANKE, HEAD COACH