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Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
Ready for the first game of the day as Olympia is set to face Ponte Vedra in the first girls’ semifinal!Olympia is led by 50-plus goal scorers Emily Headley and Ashley Matthews and their first year coach Elyse DeLisle and come in with a record of 16-2, including a 16-15 win over Ponte Vedra on the road four weeks ago.Ponte Vedra is led by Jade Gordan and Jordan Grune who also both went over the 50 goal mark and are coached by Kelly Dotsikas PV jumps out early to a 1-0 lead in the first 12 seconds and follows up at 22:47 with a bounce shot off a restart for the 2-0 lead. Olympia gets one back at 19:33 to make it 2-1Beautiful day out today . . . unlike last year’s monsoon fiasco. Temps not even in the 80’s yetLooks like some more construction has been completed since last year . . . a couple of baseball stadiumsPV takes a 3-1 lead at 17:19. Time out on the fieldNot a lot fans yet. PV stretches it out to 4-1 at 16:21 as they fed the middle from the right wingPV’s defense playing very aggressively and Olympia’s shooters have missed the net on some good looks inside.Olympia with the bounce shot off restart to make it 4-2 at 11:49 left in the first halfTime out on the field PV comes right back off the faceoff to make it 5-2 at 11:39, taking advantage of a fast break off the faceoff and going inside. Two quick faceoff fast break goals so far.Olympia comes back at 10:28 to make it 5-3 with a low left corner shot.See if Olympia gets the next faceoff to keep momentumNopeBut Olympia gets back quick and PV goes settled and turns it overBut Olympia turns it over on transition and the resulting fast break is converted by PV at 9:31 for the 6-3 lead. Tough momentum killer for Olympia who should have converted their break PV scores on the quick restart at 8:44 to go up 7-3 as they keep controlling the faceoffs.Another PV faceoff winTurnover by PV and they ride strong, almost getting the ball backOlympia looking to settle downAt 7:21 Olympia converts to make it 7-4. Definitely need to start to compete at faceoffs though.And they win one off a scrambleBut hit the crossbar and the turnover resultsGreat save by the Olympia goalie on another fast break and the backup goes to Olympia At 3:08 Olympia makes it 7-5 but at 2:38 PV responds for 8-5 on the wing feed to the cutter in the middleNow at 2:19 PV goes back out to 9-5 on a wing dodge and a shot that hits the low left corner.Danger time for Olympia as their momentum has been bluntedAnother PV faceoff win10-5 at 1:53 as PV’s offense shows great foot speed and breaks down the defense Olympia possession ends in a turnover and PV calls time out with 1:07 left to set up.At halftime you can switch over to our Twitter feed for live updates as Brian Davis is ready to go!FloridaLX if you haven’t memorized it yet!PV out on the field quickly11-5 at :48 as the speed of PV’s attack again breaks down Olympia’s defense on isolationReally taking a toll on Olympia right nowHalftime with PV leading 11-5. Olympia making a late run. 12:16 left in the second half and it is now 14-10. Olympia fans making noise.Key faceoff coming upProcedure on Olympia . . .leaving the restraining area too soonOlympia double teaming where possibleOlympia regains possessionBig turnover by Olympia with 10 minutes left7:48 – PV scores to make it 15-10 off a lengthy possession 15-11 with 7:04 left as Olympia scores off the restart and dodge5:38 left and Olympia makes it 15-12 off a rebound of a stuff save.HUGE faceoff coming upOlympia ball but a quick turnover was turned into a fast break and PV takes the lead with 5:04 left for 16-12Big moment there 1:51 to go and PV ices it in all likelihood as a behind the net feed finds the PV attacker all alone in front for 17-12And 18-12 off the faceoff fast break at 1:40 Final Score is PV 20-13 over Olympia
