Girls Varsity Soccer Score Berwick 4 Concord Academy 1
The Bulldogs played their last game of the regular season on Wednesday, 11/9, beating Concord Academy 4-1 at Concord in a Class C game. The Bulldogs improved to 14-3-2 on the season. The Bulldogs had a 14-5 shot advantage over Concord and a 4-3 corner kick advantage.
The Bulldogs displayed skill and control in the first 30 seconds of the game with a beautiful passing sequence between Grace Libby (Standish, ME), Chili Dowd (Amesbury, MA) and Ginger Friedman (North Hampton, NH), ending with a shot over the goal by Grace Libby.
The Bulldogs also played a strong game defensively, starting in the back with goalie Allie Moore (North Berwick, ME) and Cam Hamilton (South Berwick ME) as well as impressive and steady composure from Eliza Small (Portsmouth, NH), Jessica Wojdak (West Newbury, MA), Leila Beakes (Rollinsford, NH), and Juliette Lohnes (Berwick, ME).
Five minutes into the game, a Concord offensive player stole the ball away from a Berwick defender near the top of the penalty box, carried it toward the net, and scored the first goal of the game, catching the Bulldogs off-guard.
Only seven minutes later, however, the Bulldogs came back strong and redeemed themselves when Tessa Keenan (Exeter, NH) passed Grace Libby the ball from the center of the field; Grace Libby cut it back with her left foot and scored the Bulldogs’ first goal.
In the 26th minute, Sevilla Coffin (Newburyport, MA) carried the ball up on the left; there was a scramble which ended when Blake Metcalf (Scarborough, ME) shot the ball, it bounced off the right post, and went into the goal.
The Bulldogs kept the pressure on and Grace Libby took a shot in the 38th minute which hit the crossbar. The Bulldogs had a few chances like this, and their efforts paid off in the end.
Both teams played the second half of the game mostly in the Bulldogs’ offensive half.
In the 53rd minute, off a great corner kick from Sevilla Coffin, Grace Libby scored off a header into the back corner of the goal.
Finally, with 8 minutes left, Kaya Garside (Portsmouth, NH) made the fourth goal when Chili Dowd first shot the ball, it deflected off the goal keeper and Kaya shot it in the goal with her left foot.
With five minutes left in the game, goalie Cam Hamilton (South Berwick, ME) made a great save.
The Bulldogs will play on their home turf on Friday, 11/11 at 2 pm, hosting an EIL Semifinal game against Winsor School. Go Bulldogs!
Scoring Summary
12th min: Libby from Keenan
26th min: Metcalf from Coffin
53rd min: Libby from Coffin
72nd min: Garside from Dowd
Goalkeeping Summary
Berwick Moore 70 min 1GA
Cam Hamilton 10 min 0GA