Long Home Week

This week felt very long because of games on Wednesday and then Sunday. On Wednesday we played Valpo at home under the lights. We were with out Apple, who was at U23 National Team camp, (congrats Apple!!!) but we were determined to still score lots of goals.

We came out in the first half and played them fairly even, though we weren’t as sharp as we would have liked. We went into halftime 0-0 knowing that we could play better. We came out in the second half and got an early goal. Keara had a great hustle play to beat their keeper to a rolling ball in the box, and then Kelsey Holbert got the rebound and put the ball in the open net. We really controlled the possession and pinned Valpo back in their defensive half. Then Kelly made a great move and was taken down right outside the box. Kiki took a free kick right outside the box and nailed it home in the upper 90. The game ended 2-0 and we were very happy with this result.

This Sunday we played Youngstown State at home and it was an awesome day for soccer, almost a little hot for my liking. We knew that if we played our game and moved the ball well that we would come away with the victory. We came out and immediately put Youngstown state under lots of pressure. We got a great goal from our seniors in the ninth minute. Apple played a great pass to Kiki who then played a great little ball to Laurel who toe poked it home. Then another great combination led to a goal. Kelsey Holbert played a great through ball to Kiki, who send a great cross to Krissy who headed the ball in the back of the net for her first career goal! Yayyyy Krissy!!!!!!

We went into half time 2-0 and feeling very confident but to quote our coach we needed to “keep our foot on the gas pedal.” The second half was a good showing and we ended up tacking on another goal from Apple. Demi and Krissy had a good combination through the midfield and Krissy played Apple in, who hit a great shot past the goalkeeper. The game ended 3-0 and we felt good about how we played and that we came away with 2 more wins this week.


Sunday’s game was Parents Day so a shout out to all the parents on this team. We have the BEST parents in the nation. They drive or fly to all of our games and support us win or lose. They are an amazing group and I know that I speak for my entire team when I say thanks for everything parents!!!!!!!!!!

Next week we are at Butler, so send us your good luck. :)