Monday, October 19, 2009

UNH TOURNAMENT in REVIEW

Our third fall tournament is behind us, and we took another step in the right direction last weekend! Focusing on a couple key points offensively, defensively, and in the midfield, it all began to come together in our final two scrimmages of the day.

We opened the day with a 25 minute game against UMass - always a scrappy & tough team. We held our own and certainly were looking for new opportunities offensively. It was great to see, and the shots will start to fall! Another 25 minutes against UNH enabled us to work on a few more aspects. It wasn't as smooth a game as we all would have liked, but the response to the game and the subsequent play proved the team is ready and wiling to get better every time out.

The final two 25-minute games against UMass and UNH (both for a 2nd time) were much improved, particularly the final game with UNH where the defense came together, the offensive was finding one another, and the transition game was flowing. It is from here we look to improve in our final two weeks of practice.

Our 4th and final tournament is in two weeks at Brown. We will play Brown in a full game to start and then add one extra period and a couple extra situations. It should be a great way to end the fall season...all on HALLOWEEN!!!

Brown game begins at 9:00am - hope to see you all there!!