Hamilton’s first home game. I came for the Wednesday night game but due to the thunderstorms it was called off. Today’s game was as expected the girls best outing this year. They commanded the offense and kept the ball out of our end most of the first half. This however as many of you know not how games are always won. The Bates girls were able to put it in our net after a flurry of activity in our goal, out goalie was down with some of defenders and then the ball went high and ruled “No Goal” all this with less than 3 minutes left in the half. The half would end with time out and us getting a corner, but we could not deliver on that or the penalty shot which came earlier.

Second half we would come back strong but not putting the shots on the board and Bates seemed to get a little bit of life as our offense started to get tired. They would finally catch a break and with under 10 minutes left get the first goal of the game. We would work on ball control and the clock, the last few minutes were not about making it 2-0 but to control and let the clock run down. In the end the single goal was enough to give us a home victory on a nice day. We were not able to convert on the corners, our shots were blocked by the goalie and some of their keen defenders. We will take a 1-0 home opener and the end to a very long loosing streak, the smiles on the girls faces makes it all worth it.