Remsen 4, Holland Patent 2
Remsen may not have the O'Connors, and Lizzy Swasey may be up at their neighbors to the north... but they're still pretty damn good.
It didn't take long for me to see that, either. Got there about 6 minutes into the game. I remember hitting a Remsen/HP game last season where it took until very late in the game for someone to get on the board. Joleen Marfone made sure that wasn't the case this season. 12:16 into the game, she was able to get a foot on an Elisha Hamilton cross and put it past HP keeper Nikki Lupia-Eannace. I actually put the camera down too because I saw the cross and didn't think anything was going to happen... that was stupid. I forgot she was good for a second. My bad. Holland Patent, a very young team this season and one that's come across streaks of bad luck through September, wasn't going to go away. Ashley Stanley, one of the few seniors, was awarded a direct kick from 25 yards out a few minutes after. She kinda sorta upper 90'd it. It wasn't clean (hit the back of the post as it went through the top left corner of goal), but damn, it still looked solid to me! With that goal, HP tied it at 1 with 21:52 left in the 1st half...
But that was the last tie of this game. With 8:21 left in the half, the Lady Rams reasserted themselves, Marfone once again doing the honors. She had a beautiful one-touch strike from 20 yards out off a pass from Hailey Murray. Just as Stanley's previous goal was - the keeper had no shot. They went into the half with that 2-1 score - Holland Patent's coach seemed slightly unhappy and really animated from 150 yards away in their huddle. It didn't work. With 27:14 left, Elisha Hamilton knocked one through off a Remsen corner to give them a 3-1 lead. If Hamilton's tally wasn't insurance enough, Joleen Marfone's hat trick finisher with 19:31 left should be. She found the corner of the net in the middle of a scrum near goal off a cross. Ashley Stanley got herself goal #2 with 2:27 left, one that Remsen's backup GK, now in at this point, kinda just looked at as it went through because she realized there wasn't a chance. Too little, too late for Holland Patent. Remsen was able to run out the clock without the game getting any closer, and the Class D school went into the home of the B and came out with a W.
#NumbersDontLie - stats were actually pretty even. Remsen outshot Holland Patent by a minimal margin. Not much to talk about. Low save numbers, etc. The only glaring difference was non-save goalkeeper touches, where Holland Patent's keeper had to clear the air 6 times in non-save situations, along with the 3 saves she made. Remsen's keeper only saw the ball twice, one being a save.
Shots - Remsen 11, Holland Patent 9
Corners - Holland Patent 2, Remsen 1
Saves - Holland Patent 3, Remsen 1
GK Touches - Holland Patent 6, Remsen 1
Goal Kicks - Remsen 11, Holland Patent 5
(these stats do not include anything that happened in the first 6 minutes)
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