A hat trick at any level is a tremendous accomplishment. |
Both teams had to make critical plays defensively. Obviously, Kelly Labor's a great player, but they have other great players - Ann Barney and some of those kids. We didn't want to end up in a 1-on-1 situation. We always had players sliding across. |
Both were great goals. I don't think our keeper was at fault on either one. |
I think it's a huge win on a number of fronts, |
I think there's a lot of motivation on the part of our boys. They know the importance of it seeding-wise and it's a chance to go down on a nice field and play a quality opponent. The boys are really excited for it. |
I thought Julia was coming from different positions on the field and being really effective. |
I thought Moffat did really well. You've got to remember it was 1-1 after 30 minutes. You could see fitness starting to tell in the second half. Our girls are very fit and pretty athletic. |
I thought they showed a lot of class. Julia's chasing the record (of 24 goals in a year previously held by Christina Aiello), and gives up the ball to Erika Ghent on the first goal. In the situation she was in, she could have just easily turned and scored, but she gave up a decent scoring opportunity to give Erika a great one. |
I thought we gave them a touch too much respect early in the first half and sat back. I was really proud of how the girls didn't give up in the second half. |
It was a little disconcerting because that happened with our starting group in. But she's a good player, very explosive. |
It was great to see (us) score goal right after they did. That's a characteristic of our guys. The first five minutes after a goal, they kind of bear down and play pretty well. |
It was three long trips, and we came out of it with 20 goals for and three against. You can't argue with that. It was a great team bonding experience. I think we're a better team coming out of it than we were going into it. |
Kelsey, that's her first hat trick of her career, which is an accomplishment at any level. That's great. I didn't realize that until she said it. She's got a bunch of goals for her career, and is going to get a bunch more. |
Looming on the horizon is Rifle. I think it's unlikely that any of the boys are going to get Andy Banner's (single-season scoring) record this year. But, they have a chance to do something that last year's team didn't do by beating Rifle on the road. |
Mary was great. It was nice for the girls to get their record against such a great goalkeeper. |