Hockey – 3rd XI vs Hurstpierpoint U18D’s

Another beautiful sunny Saturday for hockey and the first 3rd team match this season. The team was a mixture of year groups, ranging from year 9 – year 13. It was great to see them all gelling together as a team, even though most hadn’t played together before! It was also a very even match against Hurst, so possession was quite equal between the teams. Hurst managed to get an early goal, they broke away from us and used their speed to get into our D with little pressure and creep the ball past Michelle. We had been a bit slow to react to the break, so we needed to learn from this. We started putting more pressure on and marking more effectively. Defence were stopping them from getting into the D and Liv was doing some lovely hard hits out from 16’s to get the ball down the pitch. We picked up the pace and managed to make a few really good breaks up the pitch, Solari on the right sprinting with the ball, then passing the ball into the D, where Rida and Jemima were nicely positioned. We scored 3 good goals this way. Jemima did a great job controlling the ball as left mid, playing the best I have seen her play. Lydia as CM was holding the middle well, reacting to the movement of the ball up and down the pitch and linking attack and defence nicely, some great turnovers from her too. Kayla was a force in defence, playing high and stopping anyone trying to break through, her ball control was impeccable, she was controlled and patient with the ball, looking for the right option. Farwa and Aisling (RB/LB) were putting pressure on the widths, trying to stop anyone getting close to the D and Hurst didn’t really break through much at all. Faye and Almen were playing in positions they hadn’t really played before but didn’t make a fuss and managed to hold their positions well in midfield/forward. They did well closing down their players and putting pressure on the pass. A well deserved 3-1 win for Roedean.

Player of the match – Michelle M (GK)

Coach – Solari – for her super-fast dribbling with the ball down the right side of the pitch, then passing the ball in round the back of the D