News for the Week of September 1, 2014

Program Notes for the Week of 9/1/2014:

Schedule for the Week of 9/1:
Monday, Sept. 1st
    Off day
Tuesday, Sept. 2nd
    Training at ALHS from 3:30PM-5:00PM
Wednesday, Sept. 3rd
    Game 6 at Brecksville - JV 5:00/V 7:00 pm
Thursday, Sept. 4th
     Training at Troy from 3:30PM-5:00PM
Friday, Sept. 5th
     Off day
Saturday, Sept. 6th
      Off day
Sunday, Sept. 7th
      Off day


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

AL at Wadsworth 8/20/14

AL 1   Wadsworth 2

Goals:
AL - Olivia Siko

W - Hannah Studenic, Jordan Taylor

Assists:
AL - None

W - Jordan Taylor

Goalies:
AL - Elise Duvall - 6 saves

W -  Sophia Fortner - 1 save

Game Summary:
Sometimes during a soccer match, one player is able to make a significant impact and sometimes it is from a player that you did not expect.  Such was the case against Wadsworth as freshman Jordan Taylor came off the Wadsworth bench to record an assist and then strike the game winning goal during the second half in a 2-1 victory by the Lady Grizzlies.

After Wadsworth had scored first in the match off a goal by junior Hannah Studenic, AL soph. Olivia Siko netted her first goal of the season on a powerful strike from distance which knotted the game at 1-1 going into halftime. In goal for Avon Lake, junior Elise Duvall made 6 saves. For Wadsworth, freshman Sophia Fortner recorded one save to pickup the win.

In JV action, the Shoregals remained undefeated at 2-0-1 with a 3-1 victory over Wadsworth.  Leading the way for Avon Lake was junior Casey Baughman who scored two goals.  Freshman Stephanie Carr scored her first goal of the season.  In goal for AL was frosh Danielle DelGiudice.

Here is a summary of our fourth game against Elyria:

AL at Elyria 8/25/14

AL 6   Elyria 0

Goals:
AL - Olivia Siko -3, Kayla Kress, Mila Zunich, Olivia Hall

E - None

Assists:
AL - Elise Duvall, Nichole Nally, Paige Hood

E - None

Goalies:
AL - Elise Duvall - 3 saves

E -  Sabrina Johnson - 20 saves
     
Game Summary:
There was an explosion in Elyria on Monday afternoon, but luckily no one was injured except perhaps the back of the Elyria net. The Shoregals went off for 6 goals in a dominating 6-0 victory over the Pioneers.  Avon Lake has not scored that many goals since the 3rd game of the 2012 season – a span of 34 games – in a 7-3 victory over Berea.  AL bombarded the Elyria goal with 28 shots on goal and 10 corner kicks.  The Shoregals got the fireworks started off early as Olivia Siko scored a penalty kick from a handball in the box in the 2nd minute of the game.  Siko would go on to score two more goals in the match for her first Varsity hat trick.  Also scoring for the ‘Gals were senior Kayla Kress with her first goal of the season which was assisted off a long punt by goalie Elise Duvall, Mila Zunich, and sophomore call up Olivia Hall who scored her first Varsity goal which was assisted by freshman Paige Hood.  Nichole Nally also picked up an assist on the third goal by Siko.

In goal for Avon Lake was junior Elise Duvall who made 3 saves on the way to her first Varsity shutout. Also, seeing action was freshman Danielle DelGiudice.  The defense was led by Rada Zunich, Addy Poole, Mae Quinn, Kellie Norris, and Esther Killius.


Here is a summary of our fifth game against North Olmsted:

AL vs. North Olmsted 8/27/14

AL 0   North Olmsted 1

Goals:
AL - None

NO - Maddie Johnson

Assists:
AL - None

NO - None

Goalies:
AL - Elise Duvall - 1 save

NO - Emily Patterson - 9 saves
     

Game Summary:
During the course of a soccer match there are numerous throw ins to the point where not a lot of attention is paid to them.  It was exactly this momentary lapse of attention that proved to be the undoing of the Shoregals vs. North Olmsted. About 6 minutes into the second half, Danielle Yasenchack of the Lady Eagles threw in a ball that bounced around among players from both teams until Maddie Johnson of NO stepped up and made a shot that barely eluded the AL defense to go over the goal line. But it was enough to score the only goal of the game in North Olmsted’s 1-0 victory over the Shoregals. GK Emily Patterson literally saved the game for the Eagles as she stopped all 9 of the Shoregal shots including excellent scoring chances from Kayla Kress and Olivia Siko as NO only had 2 shots on goal in comparison.

In JV action, Casey Baughman exploded for 4 goals and Paige Hood & Ashley Nally also chipped in with a goal each in a 6-0 victory by the Shoregals.  Anna Robinson contributed 2 assists along with one from Stephanie Carr.  Danielle DelGiudice recorded her first shutout of her HS career as the JVs remain undefeated on the season.