The Cats came away with another early season win vs the Warrensburg (15-6-1 last year) on Monday night. The manicured natural grass field still seemed a bit awkward at first to the Cats who are playing a majority of their games on turf these days. The wet weather and soft ground slowed the ball speed a bit but the girls adjusted nicely and found many opportunities to drop balls in behind the defense to our speedy forwards. Anna Holden scored two and Alex Erickson scored one.
Warrensburg's lone goal came as a ball was passed in to near the right post, striking a defender and dropped dead in front of the box where it was poked home by on rushing Kendra Fox. I did notice one addition to the Warrensburg attack this game. The Tigers have added flip throws to their arsenal after watching Bolivar rain down balls into their box from the potent throw-ins in last year's 3-0 loss in the District finals. While the Tigers failed to score off these balls in this match, they were nearly successful a couple times.
I was pleasantly surprised with the tough but fair play I witnessed on the field and the positive comments from fans and coaches on both sides. Pictures from the match are posted.
Here is a write up from a Warrensburg digital news source.
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