We find ourselves playing against another Top 20 program. This time it is the host #11 Westfield on their field turf surface. I was pleased to see this surface as I believe it favors our playing style as we try to keep the ball moving on the ground.

After two rough loses, I was hoping we would be ready to bounce back and recover from those performances. Just 2 minutes in, it looked like we would make it 3 in a row as we found ourselves down 1-0. But, that was not the case. After giving up a quick goal, the girls got going and fought hard to get that one back. That showed as we created seven first half corner kicks. Unfortunately, none of them found the back of the net. We had several attacks in the first half, but they were times where we were numbers down as we did not build up as a group as well as we would have liked. So our forwards were running at multiple defenders without much support which resulted in tough shots on goal.

We calmed down a bit in the second half and worked a little better as unit. Here we possessed better, but did not create much in the attacking end of the field. Halfway through the second half, the Shamrocks found the net again on a header from around the edge of the box. The girls did not give up as we put a goal of our own in minutes later off an indirect free kick inside the box. Jess Johnson touched it to Elise Detrude who put it over the wall which was built from post to post. That gave us some energy as did being up a player when a Westfield player got red-carded. Again, while we outshot our opponent, it was not enough to get a victory.

Lost 2-1

Goal: Elise DeTrude

Assist: Jess Johnson