Week Five 4/14-4/18

 

SCOREBOARD

 

Varsity A                                            Varsity B

Bainbridge 16 Holy Names 7                             Kitsap 5 Panthers B 4

Panthers A 18 Lakeside 8                                  Curtis 11 Snohomish 6

Panthers A 15 Holy Names 6                               Greenwood 11 Panthers B 8

Bainbridge 10 Lakeside 8                                   Greenwood 8 Snohomish 3

 

A League Recaps

 

Previously tied with Lakeside and Forest Ridge, Bainbridge Island now stands alone in second place in the Varsity A league having won both of their match-ups this week.  Bainbridge Island proved to be in control against a young Holy Names team.  With their size and stick work ability they were able to dominate play.  While Jen Utley was the clear leader in scoring for the team with 5 goals, the vikings had impressive scoring contributions from 6 other players.  Alexandria Winnicki had 3, Sayuri Hayashi and Maggie Pettit each had 2, and Whitney Hume and Alec Zimmerman each scored 1.  

     Lakeside struggled early against Bainbridge but with under ten minutes to play the Lions were able to tie it up.  Despite the valiant efforts of Liz Morbeck and Mallory Lobisser, Jen Utley was too much too contain scoring 6 of the Vikings 10 goals.  Christen Topel had key contributions for Bainbridge not only scoring a goal, but also with 2 draw controls and causing 2 turnovers.  Also causing 3 key turnovers was Mehgan Colkitt. 

 

A major match-up of the week saw undefeated Lakeside host the undefeated Panthers.  Lakeside came out firing hard and were the first to find the net.  Liz Morbeck did a great job of finding Mallory Lobisser for 3 of Lobisser's 5 goals of the day.  At half-time the Lions trailed by 2.  But the second half saw the Panthers pull away and simply dominate.  By far the best passing team in the league this year, the Panthers found the open players in the mid-field and in front of the goal and were able to posses the ball for the majority of the second half.  The Lions were out scored 11-3 in the second half.  Joanne Krochalis was the Panther to stop with 6 goals on the day.  She and Jessica Verrilli combined for 10 of the teams 18 goals.  Verrilli also came up big with 3 assists on the day.  Lakeside had key midfield contributions from Sara Axlerod and a goal from Siobhan Thomas-Smith. 

     The Panthers also took on Holy Names for the second time this season and beat them by a score of 15-7.  Noelle Anderson led the charge with 5 goals and an assist.  Bailey Lauren had a fantastic game not only scoring 3 goals but also posting 3 huge assists.  Not to be over looked is the solid and instrumental play of Sara Gasparich.  A key defensive player, Gasparich logged 7 ground balls against the cougars.  For Holy Names it was Nicole Amundsen who was the team high scorer on the day.  Kathleen Keegin-Boes had 2 and Claire Jesse had a goal and an assist.  Despite being on the losing end, freshman goalie Christine Villaneuva had very impressive play stopping 10 shots against a very talented Panthers offense. 

 

Player Highlights

 

Jen Utley was simply impressive this week scoring 11 goals, six of which were against a tough Lakeside team. 

 

Joanne Krochalis knows how to find the net and was able to do so 6 times against the talented Lakeside goalie Kelie Hopzafel.  Hopzafel came up with impressive saves to keep the Lions close in the first half of play against the panthers. 

 

If Lakeside's Liz Morbeck isn't scoring she's finding those who can.  Morbeck now leads the league in assists. 

 

Freshman goalie Christine Villaneuva  of Holy Names had 10 impressive saves against an unrelenting Panthers attack.

 

Up Coming Match-Up's

 

Forest Ridge, now tied for 3rd with Lakeside, takes on both Mercer Island and Lakeside this week.

 

Bainbridge Island and Overlake will meet at Bainbridge.

 

Mercer Island will face Overlake at Overlake.

 

B League Recaps

 

Greenwood is looking extremely solid in 2nd place in the B league.  This week saw them beating a Panthers B team they had tied in their previous match-up this year, and beating snohomish for the 2nd time this year.  Against the Panthers it was Chelsea Wong who led the team with 5 goals.  Sarah Bryant had 3 goals and an assist.  Also lending a helping hand to victory was Katherine Remarcke with 2 goals and an assist and Katy Osbourne with a goal and 2 assists.  The Panthers did well to distribute the scoring.  Katy O'Connel led the way with 3.  Quinn Jenkins had 2 goals on the day with help from Allie Holland, Ursula Jennings, and Celeste Goakey each scoring 1.  Holland also had an assist on the day.  Anne Marie Twining had 8 saves in goal for the Panthers. 

     Against Snohomish it was Sarah Bryant coming up big for Greenwood with 5 goals to lead her team to an 8-3 win.  Eva Jenkens had a goal and an assist.  Goalie Hong Nhi-Do had a 50% save ratio on the day coming up with 3 saves of 6 shots taken. 

 

Amanda Divyak had 2 goals and an assist to help in a winning effort for Kitsap against the Panthers B squad.  Also pitching in were Krista Burleson and Bonnie Cordoza.  The story of this game, however, has to go to the goalies of both teams.  Anne Marie twining saved 11 of 16 shots for the panthers.  But the winning effort goes to Caitlin Frazier of Kitsap who saved 8 of twelve shots. 

 

Curtis came out the winner in their game facing Snohomish in a score of 11-6.  Curtis is currently in 7th place in the B league standings.

 

Player Highlights

 

Sarah Bryant of Greenwood now leads the B League in scoring after a strong effort this week.  Teammate Sarah Kitchell racked up 12 ground balls this week is the league leader. 

 

Anne Marie Twining saved 8 of 19 against greenwood and an impressive11 of 16 against Kitsap. 

 

Celest Goakey had a strong week scoring 3 of the 4 Panther goals against Kitsap.  Goakey also was very active in collecting ground balls for her team and being productive on the draw.

 

Up Coming Match-Up's

 

2nd place Greenwood takes on 3rd place Kitsap.

 

Eastside and Curtis face off. 

 

Snohomish and Mercer Island meet at Mercer Island.

 

Mercer Island travels to Kitsap.

 

Bellevue takes on Eastside.