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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 17, 2022 13:04:35 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 17, 2022 13:15:51 GMT -5
Nice goal by Lenain to put the Hoyas up 1-0 at half.
Vicari with what would qualify as a greasy goal in hockey for the second time this year - 2-0 in the second.
Solid 2-0 win over a strong WVU side.
Probably the best all around game by the Hoyas this year. Much more organized on the back line and dominant in the midfield.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 17, 2022 17:11:44 GMT -5
A particularly interesting 2022 edition of the annual matchup with the 'eers.
For starters, Cara Martin was back in goal, even as Allie Augur was dressed out. If she has earned herself an alternate starts arrangement, or even spot starts, she could well push for all-conference accolades. She seemed much more assertive and in command in quarterbacking the defense this game, and while WVU had a couple of dangerous moments, it was - as Dan said - a much more organized effort all around.
The biggest surprise for me was just how... low-energy WVU looked, compared to their usual selves. They haven't really done a whole lot in the non-conference - their best result is what, a draw against Samford in a game played at Auburn? For large stretches of both halves, they just looked kind of aimless, and the game was much, much less physical than usual.
The Hoyas didn't really punish them for this listlessness until the absolutely best sequence of the season. Claire Manning wins a one-on-one battle just outside the Hoyas' defensive box and then sends a beautiful leading long ball into the WVU half that Maja Lardner runs onto. With one defender immediately on her and a second defender shadowing her from inside the box on the near post side while a third and then a *fourth* WVU defender charge into the middle of the box, Maja waits patiently just outside the 18 until Tatum Lenain is close enough in her run toward the top of the box to zip her a diagonal pass. Tatum has a defender on her heels, so with no time to take a touch and settle, she slows up just a bit while shielding the trailing defender off with her body and then hits it in stride with a brilliant left-foot drive. Ahead of the game, Nikki Izzo-Brown referred to her keeper as the best in the NCAA. Well, there's nothing she or any other keeper could've done about that one.
The second goal was Gia taking the ball herself against 3 defenders in the box plus the goalie and still sneaking it through. Just a great combo of skill and effort.
The thing I found most heartening was the number of on-target through balls. They were of the longer variety, rather than the high-speed, precision tic-tac-toe we saw from UVA earlier, but they were nonetheless effective at unsettling the WVU defense time and again. On at least one occasion, the entire Mountaineer backline was just yelling...at each other? At themselves? Who knows! after yet another such pass left them backpedaling and full speed and trying to figure out who was supposed to do what.
On to the Big East slate!
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 18, 2022 0:46:32 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 19, 2022 16:06:24 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 20, 2022 17:23:41 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 20, 2022 20:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 22, 2022 9:54:18 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 22, 2022 15:27:24 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 22, 2022 18:00:34 GMT -5
Big East really trying to make the Maryland Soccerplex happen. MSG it is not.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 22, 2022 19:40:33 GMT -5
Lol Emma Davis goal of her life, okay. Nice time to uncork that one! The trajectory on that ball was like the nastiest sinker you've ever seen from a Cy Young winner.
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 22, 2022 22:07:25 GMT -5
Lololol
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 25, 2022 8:18:42 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 25, 2022 12:51:41 GMT -5
What a banger:
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 25, 2022 14:39:45 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 25, 2022 23:22:46 GMT -5
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Sept 25, 2022 23:58:31 GMT -5
Ah, my two favorite teams UP and GU back to back.
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Post by DanMcQ on Sept 27, 2022 5:59:54 GMT -5
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Post by RusskyHoya on Sept 27, 2022 20:15:04 GMT -5
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Post by bearsandbulls on Sept 28, 2022 8:47:38 GMT -5
The rankings are a bit hard to digest. A lot of WSOC programs are being given an updraft due to history as would Alabama in football, but #19 sure seems a bit low for a team that has but one loss (0-1 to #2 Virginia) and a tie with #6 PSU. We have two Final Fours in the last 6 years. Seems that is good history.
Not to take anything away from any team above us as they are all good, and we may or may not beat them, but I believe we have been pushed a bit low. Twenty goals to six, six wins, one loss and ties to good teams (possible exception to Maryland which seems to have dragged us down), and a nice 2-0 win over West Virginia. Clean sheets in league so far.
I don't get it, but as always if we blink we have to work ourselves back up.
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