9/27/14 vs. Earlham

This past Saturday we took on Earlham at home in our second to last game before our conference play. The first half started a little slow as we began to get our feet and a good rhythm for the game. 30 minutes in we had our first goal shot by Claire Quinn off a long ball played by Morgan Austin. After the first goal was put in the net we really got rolling! Entering the second half we picked up the pace, kept possession, and went on the offensive! With a total of 15 shots in the second half we were bound to sink some into the net! In the 63rd minute of play Mary Bushee finished a chance off a ball played by Shelby Johnson making the game 2-0. Only 9 minutes later Taylor Atkins used her body to beat the keeper near post off a corner kick played by Shelby. Then only 3 minutes after, Shelby scored by intercepting a misplayed ball by Earlham's defense. The final score of the game was 4-0 giving us the current record of 6-3!

The whole team really improved on our speed of play, movement off the ball, and our decision making throughout the game. Once we got a feel for the play we began to combine allowing us to get into the offensive half. We are striving to see those same aspects as we take on Ohio Wesleyan tonight at 7pm! We travel to their fields with the objective of another W before we hit our conference play!