SAN RAMON -- Starting the game with only 6 players, the Crush seemed like it was playing uphill most of the game. Girls were thrown into the game as they arrived, but they never seemed to be in sync. The defenders starting the game played a little out of position and as a result the Rangers got three goals early on in the first half and that proved all they needed. From that point on the Crush played the Rangers very evenly and missed a number of scoring opportunities of their own. So, watching the last 30 minutes of the game, you would have been hard pressed to guess which team had a commanding lead.

Adrienne Lampo started in goal again this game, but again, she wanted to come out in the field. Hannah Skrentny volunteered to go back in goalie, but since Caitlin Weber was having a hard time moving due to hip issues, I played Caitlin in goalie starting the second half. About half way through the second half, I did move Hannah to goalie, who again did a great job, but the surprising thing was that Caitlin really wanted to go back in as a forward. Seeing how she could hardly move, it didn’t seem like a good idea, but since we were already getting beat handily, there’s was no risk of it hurting the team. As it turned out, once Caitlin was up in forward, she seemed to forget about her hip injury and played great. Caitlin scored the only goal for the team and had two other wide open shots that she just barely missed.

Although the final score was 5-1, the Crush girls all played hard and were good sports throughout, which is what I want to see. As long as the effort is there and they show good sportsmanship, I’ll never be upset by a loss.

Vidhi Sachdeva missed the game due to a CYO basketball championship game that was being played at the same time. Both Jeanina Farmer and Isabela Escalante were absent as well due to prior commitments.


Game Scoring Summary
Caitlin Weber 1


Season Scoring Summary
Judy Kang 4
Julia Guesnon 3
Caitlin Weber 2
Emily Ball 2
Vidhi Sachdeva 1
Korah Rose 1