Saturday, May 01, 2004
Spring 2004 Games 3 and 4
The month of May commenced with the type of weather which prompted the hall of fame baseball player Ernie Banks to utter “It’s a beautiful day, let’s play two.”
So echoing Mr. Cub’s sentiments but bowing more to a Girl Scout away weekend in two weeks, the U11 Scotch Plains girl’s soccer team, the Gold Rush wound up playing two games on May Day. The second game turned what would have been a frustrating day into a happy one as the offense finally awoke from its season long slumber to explode for two goals in each half to defeat the Blue Beckham 4-0 at School One. The victory improved their record to 1-0-3, which included their third consecutive tie, 1-1 earlier that day.
In the afternoon game, Brooke Bergenfeld connected for her third and fourth goals of the season in the first half to give the Gold Rush their first lead of the season. They continued to pour it on in the second half as Emma Rosen and Amanda Rodriguez both connected for their first goals of the spring season. Rodriguez’ goal was retribution for a number of agonizingly close calls and Rosen’s goal prompted a celebratory handstand. The goal keeping duo of Eve Rosenheck and Jessica Moore were barely tested as the defense of
Sarah Lazarus, Margie Diaz, Delaney Reimers, Priya Kamdar, Sara Payne, Melina Gaglias, Chloe Thomas and Moore kept attacks at a minimum.
They teamed well with Allison Staniec, Stephanie Robak, Christine Murphy and
Kristina Palazzolo to provide scoring chances for the offense. As the margin widened there was numerous switching of positions but the quality of play remained high.
The opening game was entirely different in every way possible. The Gold Rush fifth graders were pared against the team that had their fourth graders from last fall while the current fourth graders were paired against their former teammates the fifth graders. As would be expected with two teams still getting acquainted, the teams played a sloppy game. The Red Storm struck first when Isabel Crystal took a great through pass from Donna Amore and converted a breakaway with a perfectly placed shot in the corner.
Bergenfeld saved the Gold Rush by converting from close range in the second half on a
play set up by Lazarus, who made several long runs with the ball. Rodriguez made several great plays and only bad luck and fine saves prevented her from getting the game winner. The rest of the lineup was the same as the afternoon game but the result was finally different. The results improved the core group to a gaudy 18-2-8 over the past two years.
The Gold Rush return to their once a day schedule on May 8.
So echoing Mr. Cub’s sentiments but bowing more to a Girl Scout away weekend in two weeks, the U11 Scotch Plains girl’s soccer team, the Gold Rush wound up playing two games on May Day. The second game turned what would have been a frustrating day into a happy one as the offense finally awoke from its season long slumber to explode for two goals in each half to defeat the Blue Beckham 4-0 at School One. The victory improved their record to 1-0-3, which included their third consecutive tie, 1-1 earlier that day.
In the afternoon game, Brooke Bergenfeld connected for her third and fourth goals of the season in the first half to give the Gold Rush their first lead of the season. They continued to pour it on in the second half as Emma Rosen and Amanda Rodriguez both connected for their first goals of the spring season. Rodriguez’ goal was retribution for a number of agonizingly close calls and Rosen’s goal prompted a celebratory handstand. The goal keeping duo of Eve Rosenheck and Jessica Moore were barely tested as the defense of
Sarah Lazarus, Margie Diaz, Delaney Reimers, Priya Kamdar, Sara Payne, Melina Gaglias, Chloe Thomas and Moore kept attacks at a minimum.
They teamed well with Allison Staniec, Stephanie Robak, Christine Murphy and
Kristina Palazzolo to provide scoring chances for the offense. As the margin widened there was numerous switching of positions but the quality of play remained high.
The opening game was entirely different in every way possible. The Gold Rush fifth graders were pared against the team that had their fourth graders from last fall while the current fourth graders were paired against their former teammates the fifth graders. As would be expected with two teams still getting acquainted, the teams played a sloppy game. The Red Storm struck first when Isabel Crystal took a great through pass from Donna Amore and converted a breakaway with a perfectly placed shot in the corner.
Bergenfeld saved the Gold Rush by converting from close range in the second half on a
play set up by Lazarus, who made several long runs with the ball. Rodriguez made several great plays and only bad luck and fine saves prevented her from getting the game winner. The rest of the lineup was the same as the afternoon game but the result was finally different. The results improved the core group to a gaudy 18-2-8 over the past two years.
The Gold Rush return to their once a day schedule on May 8.
# posted by David Lazarus @ 9:12 PM 
