2008 FM Lacrosse Girls
Players of the Game
Season Record
7 Wins—11 Losses
MAY 4th vs. Cobra Lacrosse
MVP: Mady Katz—Losing 0-2 in first 5 minutes, put Mady in and were winning 3-2 in the next 5 minutes. Stats for Mady impressive on Sunday – she likes sprinting on a shorter field.
Offensive Player: Kirsten Terry—Played Attack aggressively and cause a turnover and had (1) ground ball control. Then switched to defense at the half and defended the arc nicely causing no fouls.
Defensive Player: Sara Miller—Sara has really stepped up her defensive game in the last few weeks. Caused (1) turnover and (1) ground ball control from other team. Great Work
MAY 3rd vs. Cyclones
MVP: Martha Scott Alford—Smart and aggressive defense today by Martha. Her man to man coverage was excellent. Martha was critical in clearing the ball up the field to the middies. She led our defense today and did a great job
Offense: Allie Barilla—Whatever she does for endurance training – works! Even on astro turf she never stopped hustling and sprinting from one end of the field to the other. Her game has improved so much this season and she utilizes her speed to beat her defenders and catch the opposing attackers. She also only had (2) fouls which is great for this aggressive speedy midfielder
Defense: Hadley Mabry—Smart defense was played by Hadley today. She did a good job clearing and marking through the arc. The defense is coming together so nicely as a group.
We also want to acknowledge a great game by Claire Frase, Grace Caywood and Liza Walker.
APRIL 28th vs. AC Flora
MVP: Katie Cheney—Katie has really stepped up her game with 3 goals and I assist. She also had 4 ground ball controls and most importantly for our team committed 0 fouls! Great work!
Offensive Player: Rachel Weber—Rachel led the offensive scoring team with (3) assists and was able to set up several settled attack situations
Defensive Player: Farrah Bui—Farrah had 8 turnovers and 3 interceptions and one goal. These defensive plays make it possible for the attack to go to goal!
APRIL 20th vs. Huntersville
MVP: Claire Frase—Stats led us to Claire for most turnovers and ground ball controls. She was aggressive the entire game with 9 ground ball controls and 4 turnovers! Great Work
Offensive Player: Grace Caywood—Excellent offensive pressure, passing and catching . Grace had 2 turnovers!
Defensive Player: Bailey Masters—Hustle never ends and catching and passing were excellent. Nice marking and protecting the arc the entire game. She had 4 turnovers!
APRIL 15th vs. Blythwood
MVP: Alex Shafer—(The new queen of the Assists) Alex along with Rachel did a great job settling the offense and passed only to open cutters which lead to (6) assists – phenomenal work!
Attack Player of the Game: Emily Keys—She has improved so much and we saw that tonight! Aggressive and determined to get the ball which led to a shot on goal and several caught passes. Also, did a nice job of passing to teammates and playing defense when turnover occurred
Defensive Player of the Game: Farrah Bui—If there is a ground ball, she comes up with it almost every time. Her catching was awesome today and she continues to excel at lacrosse. She had 9 turnovers and 6 ground ball controls.
APRIL 1st vs. Charlotte Catholic
MVPs: Farrah Bui and Mady Katz—These two ladies forced 14 turnovers and moved the ball down the field so we could set up to score. Mady was not the high scorer but had several critical assists. Farrah lead the defense to clear the ball to midfield. She is such a fighter.
Offensive Player: Liza Walker—Played a strong midfield game today! Passing and hustling b/t offense and defense. Liza also scored her first goal today.
Defensive Player: Rebecca Szer—We moved her to defense second half of the game and she quickly adapted and slowed the attack of Catholic. She protected the arc and followed the cutters.
Great Job!
I have to mention the Weber Team on ATTACK- what a weapon! These sisters scored our 2 critical goals in the last minute of the game. WAY TO GO!
MARCH 31st
MVP: Our goalie and the entire defensive team—Based on the plays their offensive executed, we did a great job adjusting and sliding. Defense started marking man to man and slowed the goals considerably in the 2nd half – Hats off to all of you!
Offensive Player: Halle Hillman—Halle played a “smart game” last night on offense. She cut when she needed too, came back to help middies when she needed too, drove to goal at least twice and attempted to settle the offense which was so great to see as we practice that every game.
Defensive Player/Middie: Alex Rodrigue—Alex was aggressive with this highly skilled team and never gave up fighting for the ball. They could catch but once that ball was on the ground she made them fight hard for it. This was the best we have seen her play!! Congrats.
MARCH 30th vs. Huntersville MS
MVP: Bailey Masters—She had 4 turnovers and 4 ground ball controls and once again out hustled the other team.
Defense : Martha Scott—Martha produced 8 turnovers – Way to go!!!!
Offense: Claire Frase—Claire had 2 goals today plus 4 more shots on goal and an assist!
The coaches also wanted to recognize the girls who made their first goals: Allie Barilla, Halle Hillman, Perrin Thompson, Ali Simons and Kirsten Terry.
Two other players the coaches wanted recognize were Marina Weber and Liza Walker (our MS goalie!)
MARCH 17th vs. Meyers Park JV
MVP: BAILEY MASTERS—She hustled and out sprinted the other team no matter the position. Bailey played offense, middie and defense today.
Defense: Martha Scott Alford—(solid playing with excellent coverage and critical to several turnovers)
Offense: Katie Cheney—(playing hard, staying positive and giving it back as hard as she got it)
Also, Angie “The Animal” had 14 pretty amazing saves today!
MARCH 11th vs. Country Day
MVP - Rachael Weber (a leader on the defense that plays such a smart game in and around the 8 meter arc)
Offense: Marina Weber—(catching, cradling, and most importantly cutting for the pass—great job)
Defense: Katy J—(protecting our goalie and preventing penalty shots!)
MARCH 11th vs. Country Day
MVP: NO QUESTION HERE – Our Goalie Angie Case—(fearless for the team and made so many saves I will need to wait on the stats to report) OUTSTANDING work for our goalie
Offense: Mady Katz—(she scored 3 of our 4 goals and one from midfield at about 60 MPH)
Defense: Farrah Bui—(man to man hustle is awesome and she never gives up)
MARCH 9th vs.Cyclones
MVP: Claire Frase—(her hustle never ends)
Defense : Hadley Mabry—(man to man marking is excellent)
Offense: Marina Weber—(playing a good cutting game and then aggressively defending when ball is lost)
