Monday Substitute - Wins for Field Hockey and Soccer
Word is that Paul and Sonja are back, but are cleaning up after the block party we threw Friday night...either that or Paul is fighting some computer troubles, I'm not sure. Either way, let me see if I can help out a little bit and post an update on Sunday events.(Editor note...a laptop crash and no PC has us at the mercy of the public library for the next couple of days. We're not sure exactly what happened but Co-Co covering it in banana pudding and trying to feed it to Bill the Gaot probably didn't help any.)
Field Hockey wins convincingly at Kent State
Kent State struck first, early, on a penalty corner, but it was all Cards after that. The Golden Flashes and the Cards got their first penalty corners, and goals, at 3 minutes and 5 minutes respectively, but that would be the only time Kent State produced. The Cards picked up another score just before halftime and took the 2-1 lead into the break.
After halftime, the Cards picked up two goals within about a minute and still didn't look back from the 4-1 lead. Chalking up another point 6 minutes later, and then sneaking one in with less than a minute left in play.
The Field Hockey team next travels to #2 ranked Syracuse on Saturday, and #21 Albany on Sunday.
Soccer puts a hurting on St. John's
It was a high scoring affair for the women's soccer team when they faced St. John's here at Cardinal Park. The soccer team hasn't scored 6 or more points in a game in eight years. They get style points for holding St. John's scoreless in the process.
The scoring was fairly evenly spread out in the first half, with goals coming in the 8th, 30th, and 42nd minutes, taking a 3-0 lead into the break.
The Cards scored a bit more rapid fire in the second half...finding the back of the net in the 52nd, 59th, and 61st minutes to finish out the 6-0 win over the Red Storm.
Next up, the soccer teams racks up some frequent flyer miles with a road trip to #21 Marquette Friday night at 8pm, then heading south to USF for a 1p.m. start on Sunday.
Volleyball suffers a setback
Notre Dame came into the KFC Yum! Center with an 8-5 record, but 4 of those 5 losses were to ranked teams. This is never a team you want to take for granted.
The Cards got off to a good start, with mistake free hitting, great digging, and more than a few service errors from Notre Dame.
Taking the first set 25-16, they got it done with commendable .350 hitting.
Taking the first set 25-16, they got it done with commendable .350 hitting.
Some cracks started showing in the second set where the Cardinals hitting eased off to .256, but still managed to take the set 25-22.
After the break, the Irish got the defensive game on the right track, with great digging, and some good blocking at the net. A game of runs, Notre Dame claimed it in the end at 20-25.
Louisville started to look a bit ragged in the 4th set, but lots of scrambling and out-of-system play kept the score pretty close. The Cards reached match point, but Notre Dame didn't give up and scored 5 straight points to snatch the set victory away at 24-26.
The score pretty much tells the tale for the 5th set. Notre Dame controlled it from start to finish, taking the game, and match, with a 3-15 score.
One piece of good news is that this match saw Gwen Rucker's return to the court with some limited playing time. With four kills, and two miscues on nine attempts, and three shared blocks it was a good effort, and I'm sure everyone is glad she's feeling better.
Other commendable play came from Brooke "Stomp" Mattingly who tallied up 12 kills, with only three errors on 28 attempts, for a respectable .321 hitting percentage. She also got credits for two digs, and a share of four blocks.
Lastly, Caitlin Welch topped her career dig effort with 35. Records like this may be a bit bitter-sweet since they almost always come from five set matches, and the team would much prefer to bring home a win in three or four sets, but nonetheless, "C-Dub" continues to play very well in the libero role and should be recognized for the crucial role she plays for the team.
Volleyball is also getting their share of frequent flyer miles as well with their own Friday/Sunday road trip to South Florida and Pittsburgh.
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Any idea why Tanya Lukyanenko sat out the latter part of the match?
ReplyDeleteOnly speculation. Since Gwen was able to play, perhaps more than expected, that puts Gwen and Brooke as the middle hitters, since Tanya has played the past two weekends at middle, and presumably had been practicing in that position, that would leave her a bit in limbo.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that we'll see her back at the outside position this coming weekend. The question brought up by that, is how much of Carly Sahagian we'll see. Tanya playing at middle opened up the outside hitting position, so we've seen a bit more of Carly in the past couple of weeks. Putting Tanya back at outside probably means we won't see as much of Carly. I think Carly has been fighting a knee issue a bit, so getting her some more rest might help there as well.