Freshmen Win Again, Beating Bishop Guertin 3-1

Playing their second road game in three days, the Marauder Freshmen rallied to beat Bishop Guertin 3-1 to improve their record to 2-0 on the young season.  Here is the account of the game from Coach Dan Robel:

"If the story of the 2018 Hanover Freshmen boys soccer team were to be written after our first two games it would be called "A tale of two halves." After scoring four second half goals on Monday at Memorial to seal a victory, the Marauders found themselves trailing to Bishop Guertin 1-0 at halftime on Thursday. Hanover went down late in the first half when the BG striker managed to best a Marauder center back and was left one on one with keeper Jackson Fisher. Jackson never stood a chance as he spent the entire first half fighting to keep the sun out of his eyes. Offensively, Hanover couldn't quite connect passes and struggled to move the ball up the short pitch. Halftime was a welcome site for the Marauders.

       During the break we grabbed our water and found some shade. The only thing missing were the orange slices. They made do without the halftime snacks,  made some important adjustments, and altered the way they wanted to play. 30 seconds into the second half Augie Oberting broke free down the left sideline, then went around a defender and crossed the ball right across the goal mouth. Isak Larusson was streaking in and managed to contort his body to get just enough of his foot on it to direct in to the back of the net,  tying the match at 1-1. Game on.  Hanover had come out with the energy and intensity it was missing in the first half. They would not relent and four minutes later Zane Shiffman sent a clever little pass through a couple defenders to the feet of Eric Tysinger, who from 15 yards out  and shot low and to the corner. The BG keeper managed to get a toe to it but it wasn't enough. Eric's second goal of the season made it 2-1, Hanover. For the next 35 minutes, every single player on the Hanover roster played with great tempo and intensity and kept the pressure on BG, frustrating them and causing them to rush passes or just clear the ball. In the 72nd minute Alex Rockmore battled the Bishop Guertin center back and GK by pressing them relentlessly every time they sniffed the ball, and he was rewarded by winning the ball from them inside their own 18 yard box with only an empty net in front of him and he finished the job to make the score 3-1.

    After that the Hanover defense took over and absorbed every attack they attempted to throw at them. It was a great TEAM victory today. Every player played a role in keeping BG under pressure the whole second half and leaving them feeling frustrated."

Next up for the Freshmen (following Friday practice at 4:00) is a home game on Wednesday at 4:30 against Merrimack,  which will allow them to zoom back to HHS (providing homework is done) and watch the Varsity host Merrimack at 6:00 on the turf.

All Marauder players on all teams are invited to play a little pickup soccer on Friday during Activity Period.  The HHS Indoor Sports Club offers pickup 5 v 5 soccer in the Gym every Tuesday and Friday.  Come check us out!