News for the Week of September 2, 2013

Program Notes for the Week of 9/2/2013:

Game Schedule for the Week of 9/2:
Wednesday 9/4 ~ Game at Berea (4:00PM JV, 6:00PM Varsity) at Dora Lee Payne Park

Saturday 9/7 ~ Game vs. Wadsworth (1:00PM JV; 3:00PM Varsity) at ALHS Memorial Stadium


Game Recaps:
Here is a summary of our third game against Brecksville:

AL vs. Brecksville 8/28/13

AL 2  Brecksville 4

Goals:
AL - Ali Robinson, Olivia Siko

Br - Chauntel Houk - 2, Annie Morgan, Abby Lydey

Assists:
AL - Cara Dannemiller

Br - Abbie Andrews, Annie Morgan, Dana Dosen

Goalies:
AL - Amy Crooks - 2 saves

Br - Jennifer Farwell - 5 saves

Game Summary:
This game was a story of two mirror image halves in which Brecksville scored two goals in each half while Avon Lake mustered a single tally in each half that resulted in a 4-2 victory for the Lady Bees in the SWC opener for both teams.

Brecksville led off the scoring just 4 minutes into the contest on a goal by junior Chauntel Houk on a pass from sophomore Abbie Andrews. The Shoregals tied the game on a shot from senior Ali Robinson for her first career Varsity goal with 14:00 minutes left in the first half. Then less than 3 minutes later the Lady Bees struck again as senior Annie Morgan scored off a free kick 25 yards out from the Avon Lake goal. Brecksville carried that 2-1 lead into halftime.

In the second half, just like in the first half, Brecksville scored about 4 minutes into the half as Chauntel Houk scored again for her second goal of the match off a deflected shot by freshman Dana Dosen. Seven minutes later the Lady Bees scored their fourth goal off a shot by senior Annie Morgan that deflected off the left post and freshman Abby Lydey was right there to knock it in the back of the net. Avon Lake scored the final goal of the contest on a breakaway by freshman Olivia Siko for her first Varsity goal which was set up from a long pass by senior Cara Dannemiller.

In goal for Brecksville was sophomore Jennifer Farwell who made 5 saves on the evening and for Avon Lake senior Amy Crooks recorded 2 saves. With the win, Brecksville continued its dominance of the all-time series with a 8-0-1 record.

In JV action, the Shoregals fell 3-0 to Brecksville for their first loss of the season against two victories.


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 Pass a Soccer Ball with Power and Accuracy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oxsO41Izfd0


Cudos Corner:
We want to recognize and say thanks to the those parents who worked in the concession stand for the Brecksville game. During the JV game, Margie Maloney and Amy Quintero manned the stand and in the Varsity game it was Marianne & Dave Sanders.