News for the Week of August 26, 2013

Program Notes for the Week of 8/26/2013:

Schedule for the Week of 8/26:
Monday 8/26 ~ Training @ Troy (3:30PM~5:00PM)

Tuesday 8/27 ~ Gauntlet / Training @ Troy (3:30PM~5:00PM)

Wednesday 8/28 ~ Game vs Brecksville (5:00PM JV, 7:00PM Varsity) at ALHS Stadium

Thursday 8/29 ~ Training @ Troy (3:30PM~5:00PM)


Game Recaps:
Here is a summary of our second game against Lake Catholic:

AL vs. Lake Catholic 8/22/13

AL 0  Lake Catholic 1

Goals:
AL - None

LC - Vikki Martinis

Assists:
None

Goalies:
AL - Amy Crooks - 5 saves
         Elise Duvall - 3 saves

LC - Marissa Brannon - 3 saves

Game Summary:
When you are without your star player, it is considered a long shot to win a game.  Instead Lake Catholic took a long shot to win a game against Avon Lake by a score of 1-0.  With All-Ohio player Bella Osborne on crutches, Lake Catholic used a 40 yard shot by senior Vikki Martinis to net the only goal of the game. Martinis gathered a free ball in the middle of the field and sent a high arching shot which went just under the crossbar and turned out to be the game winner just 4:00 minutes into the first half.

For the rest of the match, the Cougars used a skilled possession game to take another 8 shots on goal as part of 21 shots overall launched against the Shoregal defense.  Avon Lake was able to muster 3 shots on goal, but was never able to mount a serious scoring opportunity.

In goal for LC was junior Marissa Brannon who recorded her second shutout of the season in as many games with 3 saves.  For Avon Lake, senior Amy Crooks made 5 saves and incurred an injury which brought sophomore Elise Duvall into the game for her first Varsity action and was credited with 3 saves.

With the loss, Avon Lake drops to 4-8-0 in the all time series against Lake Catholic.  However, over the last six meetings the Shoregals have posted a 3-3 record against the Cougars.

On the JV front, Avon Lake scored early and often en route to a 5-0 victory over the Lake Catholic JVs. The win pushed the Shoregals record to 2-0 on the young season.


Video of the Week:
We are going to continue with what looks to be an interesting collection of soccer videos presented on YouTube by The Soccer Essentials. I will put a new one up each week and their website may be found at:

www.the-soccer-essentials.com

This week's video is entitled "How to Receive a Soccer Pass Tutorial"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=enYvjqmanY4


Cudos Corner:
We want to recognize and say thanks to the those parents who worked in the concession stand for the Lake Catholic game.  During the JV game, Kim Peepers and Suzanne Krause manned the stand and in the Varsity game it was Tracey Jacob.