It's St. James

Game 5: (5-0-0)
2 April vs. St. James at St. James (2-0)







We traveled to St. James for a very subdued PinkOut, but a PinkOut nonetheless, and one in which we had our pink socks beaming brightly. And, of course, the PinkOut traveling trophy was up for grabs.

The Saints came away with another win and another shutout, but those facts hardly summarize a match in which St. James controlled so much of it. 

Maggie Payne was spectacular again, playing the ball out of the back, corraling those balls up in the air and those coming into her box. Most of those saves came out with a controlled pass to her most trusted defender, woman of the match, Jane Hansen.

And in the end, being blessed with finishers, and with Cabantac who just finds people going to goal, wins games.

We need to give a huge shoutout to Anna DiCarlo who saved a goal off that backline on one of the Thunder's 9 corner kicks. St. James would have gone up 1-0 at that point in the match.

St. James had six shots on goal to our two. Each team took 10 shots, with St. James out-cornering us, 9 to 4.

Unlike our other four matches, our defense seemed far too disconnected from our midfield. We need to stay more compact for both our defense and our offense. 

But in the end, Angel and Kennedy finished two nice goals and we kept the sheet clean. 

We move to 2-0 in the EKL. We will return home Thursday to entertain Bishop Carroll out of Wichita.

Woman of the Match: Jane Hansen

STATS

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 4 (1) Corners: 1 (O'Keefe)

19:35 DiCola (Hansen starts the build going wide to Kammerer who cuts it before delivering upfield to Cabantac who slits the through ball for a nifty Vermes finish)

Thunder: Shots:3 (2) Corners: 6

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 6 (1) Corners: 3 (Cabantac, Holton, Marn)

11:24 Miller (Anisten reverses the field and puts the long diagonal ground ball through) *(the center ref gets an assist also as he allows play to continue after Andi goes down on St. James' end of the field)

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