The 33rd Bob Durig Mo-Kan

Game 2: (2-0-0)
23 March 2024 vs. Pembroke Hill in the first round of the 33rd Bob Durig Mo-Kan (10-0)


It's the opening day for one of the top tourneys in all of the Midwest, the 33rd Bob Durig Memorial Mo-Kan.


Saint Thomas Aquinas has won this prestigious tournament 19 times, and we have won the last 4 in a row. 

There have been a few girls over the years who have repeated as the Tara Peck Award Winner (MVP of the tourney) and four of the five have had Saint Thomas Aquinas on their jerseys. The first girl ever to do it was Kerry Durig, daughter of Bob Durig who gives his name to this tournament.

Expect to see parts of the Durig family at these Saint Thomas Aquinas games over the next few days. 

The starting line-up matches the opening day line-up:



This one looked headed to a spread from the start of the match. It was 2-0 quickly, and 5-0 by half.  Pembroke did get some shots off, despite the dominant Saint Thomas Aquinas performance. The scoreboard noted 23 shots on goal for the Saints just before the final horn.

Cabantac and Rylance kept their corner kick connection a thing. And Kennedy Miller who scored her first varsity goal last night, added another today.

Freshman Angelina DiCola not only got her first varsity gaol this afternoon, but she also got her second and third to rack up a nice hat trick, her third ending the match, and putting herself into the recording spot for Woman of the Match.

The girls will be back in action Monday night at 7:30 against Lee's Summit North in the semi-finals. That one should be our toughest game of the season so far.

But these girls are going to win some games, and frequently, by a lot.


STATS:

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 17 (12) Corners: 5 (O'Keefe 2, Marn 2, Miller) 

38:46 Marn (Hansen pushes it inside the big box for a checked-down Brooklyn who turns and posts it)

33:11 Zinkus (O'Keefe drops it finding Zinkus who takes a dribble or three before launching it from 33 upper near-post; quite a shot)

21:57 Hesser (Claire dispossesses the wingback after she receives he short goal kick)

15:58 Rylance (Cabantac drives the corner kick for an on-running Rylance from Mid-post)

13:00 DiCola (with a slight touch Cabantac drops it for DiCola's first varsity goal as she turns, striking it just through the keeper's hands from distance)

Pembroke:

Shots: 8 (3) Corners: 0

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 13 (10) Corners: 6 (Miller 4, Hansen, Marn)

39:47 Cabantac (second half begins with a little Woman-U as O'Keefe finds Ainisten on a t-ball) 

33:21 Marn (Zinkus finds Brooklyn on a check-down, initiating her turn, dribble, and shoot)

33:19 Miller (Marn pushes it diagonally across)

10:39 DiCola (Holten finds the perfect through ball)

6:39 DiCola (Hesser grounds it through for a diagonally running Angelina for a touch-in for her hat trick).        

Pembroke: Shots: 6 (3) Corners: 0

Woman of the Match: Angelina DiCola





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