The game started off slowly with each team trading opening goals. Garden City then began to turn it on offensively. Liana McDonnell and Sarah Mackey were key on the draw with each taking a turn and both winning one after another. The attack line of Jenn Medjid, Sarah Kaval, Ella Heaney, Kelly George and Jackie Brattan as well as middies Celia Concannon and Caitlin Cooke along with McDonnell and Mackey kept the ball moving on offense, and GC took a 7-3 lead into the half.
In the second half, Garden City came out determined to come away with a win. Goalies Kaitlin Larsson and Emily Gaven along with defenders Deanne Weisenburger, Kara Metzler, Erin Healey, Devon Heaney, Katherine Galzerano, Catherine Conway and Amanda Cerrato locked down the defensive end for GC causing CSH’s offense to have difficulty getting through. GC’s offense continued to roll and added 9 second half goals.
The game ended 16-7 in favor of Garden City with GC once again featuring 7 different scorers. Jenn Medjid lead offensively with 7 points (3 goals, 4 assists), Liana McDonnell added 5 goals, Sarah Kaval contributed 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists), Jackie Brattan added 3 goals, Kelly George tallied 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist), Sarah Mackey added 1 goal and Julia Fornasar added her first varsity goal. Kaitlyn Larsson finished the game with 10 saves. The GC girls were again on the road last Saturday traveling to Manhasset to take on the Indians in the girls Woodstick Classic game and came away victorious. The team is now 8-0 in conference play with one conference game remaining and 13-1 on the season. Sophomore middie Liana McDonnell opened the scoring on a free position shot to put GC ahead. Manhasset answered to tie up the game, but sophomore middie Caitlin Cook then dodged from the left side between several defenders to put GC ahead. Manhasset again responded with a goal, but this time it was senior attack Jackie Brattan who put GC ahead once more as she beat her defender down the middle and put a shot behind the Manhasset goalie. Fast, aggressive play continued on both sides of the field with GC’s defensive line of seniors Devon Heaney and Katherine Galzerano and juniors Catherine Conway and Deanna Weisenburger shutting down Manhasset’s offensive efforts time after time. As the half continued, senior goalie Kaitlyn Larsson made multiple saves keeping the score in GC’s favor. With less than a minute to go in the half, after a call against a Manhasset player for stepping in the crease, Larsson hit senior middie Celia Concannon with a clear, Concannon then moved the ball upfield to junior attack Jenn Medjid who found senior attack Kelly George free on the left side of the cage. George buried her shot and GC lead 4-2 at the half. The Manhasset team came out determined in the second half and won several draws resulting in the ball being in Garden City’s defensive end more often than was comfortable. But once again, GC’s goalie Larsson and defensive line of Conway, Weisenburger, Galzerano and Heaney showed what they were made of when they stopped Manhasset’s attack again and again. Strong defensive contributions by middies Concannon, Cook, McDonnell, along with senior attack Sarah Kaval, who helped on defense in the second half during a long, but unsuccessful Manhasset possession late in the second half, were key in GC’s win. Medjid’s 3 second half goals, plus Cook and McDonnell’s second half goals, brought the final score to 9-6. Jenn Medjid led offensively with 3 goals, Caitlin Cook added 2 goals and 1 assist, Liana McDonnell tallied 2 goals, Kelly George added 1 goal and 1 assist, Jackie Brattan contributed 1 goal and Celia Concannon added 1 assist. Kaitlin Larsson finished the day with 9 saves.
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