For the first time this season and in team history we got into the win column. The first victory of what we hope to many more this season. South Coast Silver Sachems 7 - Manchester Elder Tribesman - 4.
Tuesday's game was the first of a league experiment to have teams with similar records from the previous season play one another despite the geography and meet on a neutral site. The field in Chelsea was a warm, humid evening with a 8:45 start. Out of the gate the Sachems came out shooting by scoring three first quarter goals from Josh Fenton #22, Juice #23 (3 points total) and Brian Crowley #14 (2). And, we continued our ground ball domination winning 10 of 14 (32 of 64 overall) and 4 to 1 (8 of 15 overall) at the faceoff circle in the first quarter. The second quarter saw a 0-0 tie with a half time lead of 3-1. After a spirited half time discussion about team work and finishing strong, the Elder Tribesman won many phases of the game in the 3rd quarter getting the score to 5-4 despite goals from Juice #23 and Steve Hooper #19 - so much for pep talks. However, the Sachems finished stronger in the fourth quarter getting two additional goals from Brian Crowley #14 and Justin Feingold #44 to seal our first win 7-4. In all it was a well played team game with everyone contributing to good team defense, smart, solid ball movement and another stellar performance by our keeper, John Decesere #15. The game featured the debut of Scott Nilson #20 who played some great D-Midfield and a new player, Pete Davis #38 at Attack and Man Up. While this win was too long in coming it was a great example of what we can do when we play as a team and have everyone contribute. Next up, a rematch with the Gansett Grays.
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