The rain may have shortened the games Saturday but it didn't diminish the Rebel’s spirit. Game one against Metro Blue had a combination of potent Rebel’s offense and strong defense to shut down the Metro team with an 8-4 win. After a short break, the Rebels crossed the street to take on The Phantastixs, who they battled to a 12-12 tie a week earlier at the Summer Classic. This week’s game was all Rebels. Kayla opened with 2 back-to-back strong goals with assists from Maggie and Allie, who then went on to score her own unassisted shot. Three more goals followed by Haley, Faith and Taylor. Strong defensive play resulted in forced turnovers, including a great interception by Emily and two caused turn-overs by Erin including one blocked 8 meter shot which held the Phantastixs to four goals.
Sunday was back to full games under crystal blue skies and blazing sun. The Rebels dominated in the first game against Integrity with a repeat of Saturday’s strong defensive performance. Highlights included great slides by Emma, Emily, and Casey to block shooting, and forced turnovers by Erin, Abby, Casey, Allie, Kendall C. , Elena, Anna B., and Faith. The rebels were also all over the ground balls with Anna B., Kayla, Allie, Kendall K, Elena, Emma, Erin, Casey, Abby and Julia scooping half of the 27 recorded ground balls retrieved! Great transitions down the field by Abby, Olivia, and Haley helped keep the offense scoring. Goals were plentiful in this game with hat-tricks for Chloe and Anna B., 2 for Kayla and single shots for Maggie, Allie, Taylor, Kendall K., and Faith; goals were assisted by Maggie, Allie, Grace, Kayla, Chloe, and Anna B for a Final score of Rebels 13, Integrity 3.
The final game Sunday against Spirit was a real battle. It was a tight score for most of the game until the end when the Rebels broke free for a 10-6 win. Triple shots were scored by Allie and Taylor. Margi, Anna L., Chloe, and Anna B. all had great goals and a triple assist for Maggie and a single assist for Anna L completed the offensive scoring. Defense was in full strength assisted by three forced turnovers by Abby and one by Margi. The Rebels continued to fight through the game to end in a great win.
Shout out to Jess and Danielle! The goalies came together very well for all the games this weekend.
Goalies had 34 shots on goal (between the pipes) and registered a combined 17 saves for an impressive 50% save ratio. Goalies also grabbed 3 takeaways by intercepting passes from the opposing team.
Jess - 21 shots on goal with 10 saves; Danielle - 13 shots on goal with 7 saves. Great work!
Thank you to the Leach Family for hosting the “dance prep party” Wednesday night after practice. The girls enjoyed A LOT of pizza, organized their winning dance for Rock the Fields and spent time just having fun ( Andy Leach taught the girls the proper arm wrestling technique but none of the girls could bring down Gail DeRose! ). Great night for the parents too – thank you Jackie and Andy!