SAN RAMON -- The Huskies came out hungry in this third game of the Rec+ kick-off tournament against the Mustang Black Ice. Jeanette Sarkany had to be convinced that she could do it, but she played goalie the first half with very little drama. Most of the entire first half the ball was on the Black Ice side of the field. The Huskies had numerous scoring chances and the Black Ice goalie had to make a number of good saves. Unfortunately, she did make all the saves and the game was tied 0-0 at half time, even though the Huskies dominated most of the half.

Starting in the second half, Erin Cantoni took over as goalie and her presence was sorely missed out in the field. In the first half, Erin played right midfielder and she had two great shots on goal that just missed. Erin did a good job at goalie, but the Black Ice got one clean look at the goal and put in a shot that Erin couldn’t get to for a 1-0 lead. Although the Huskies didn’t dominate in the second half, Drew Dudley almost tied up the game in the last minute with a nice shot that went just left of the goal.

Natali Feyzbakhsh won the star of the game patch at the end of the game. She played right fullback for the entire game and she was a wall back there that the Black Ice couldn’t get past. Caitlin Weber won the defender of the game patch with some nice saves in the sweeper position, but Amanda Fornataro easily could have won the patch as well because she played center fullback like a bulldog back there. It’s fun to watch a tough group of defenders like we have. It will make it very difficult for any team to score very many goals on us as long we keep that kind of play up. The team voted for the lightning patch hustle award winner and it was pretty much unanimous that it belonged to Emily Glaser, who is our left-footed left forward specialist. I normally like to rotate my forwards out, but Emily just keeps running so hard when she needs to and is so dominant out there that I just can’t bring myself to take her out.

Although the Huskies ended up 1-2 in the tournament, they showed they could play with any of the Mustang teams. Even though we ended up with only one goal in three games, I think it is clear that it is just a matter of time before the shots start falling for the team. If we keep taking the shots on goal, good things will happen.

My memories of each girl for this tournament:
Navi Bal - versatile player that I can put anywhere, got the player of the game in our first win
Erin Cantoni - always willing to play goalie and aggressively goes towards the ball when in the field
Elizabeth Castaneda - hurt her right shin, but wanted to keep playing even though she was noticeably limping
Madeleine Clements - predominantly played left forward and did a nice job getting the ball to Emily
Drew Dudley - just missed scoring three goals throughout the tournament, but they’ll come soon
Natali Feyzbakhsh - defensive specialist that was the unlikely first goal scorer of the season, star of the game in the 3rd game
Amanda Fornataro - plays like a bulldog. Very smart player, can play almost any position
Emily Glaser - star player, enough said
Erin Glaser - just missed scoring off of one of her sister’s nice crosses
Kristen Glavee - played almost exclusively at the important stopper position and had to run a lot with little rest
Korah Rose - used great dribbling in that first game against the Rampage, was fun to watch her play defense
Jeanette Sarkany - didn’t want to play goalie, but did a fine job, although she prefers to play forward
Gabby Silva - took a nice shot in the first game against the Rampage
Colleen Tolan - took a beating in the second game, but still wanted to get back out there and play
Caitlin Weber - had some nice clears when she was the last defender



End of Game Awards
blood patch: Elizabeth Castaneda, Erin Cantoni
defender of the game patch: Caitlin Weber
lightning hustle patch: Emily Glaser
star of the game patch: Natali Feyzbakhsh

Season Stats:

Goals:
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1

Assists:
Emily Glaser 1