We scrimmaged
I believe
the final score was
We played
very solid 6 v. 6 defense, most of our goals being
given up man down and unsettled. When we did give up 6
v. 6 goals it was typically as a result of a lapse in team defense, not being
beaten 1 v. 1. Senior Gabe Wood and Junior Ben
Raymond played particularly well at close defense, Sophomore Glenn Bickley played a nice game at Long Stick Midfield and our
two goalies, Junior Alex Palmisano and Freshman Pete
Britt played well in goal.
Offensively
we showed that we will have the ability to generate
plenty of offense from our 5 attackmen returning from
last year. All of them looked impressive at times. Junior Nick Bastis looks strong physically, generating several goals of
dodges. Bastis also scored on a nice feed from
Senior Jon Sisto, who had a great game feeding the
ball. Pete Mellen was dominant on face offs, as
usual, but also contributed 2 goals as he was playing as simply a midfielder,
not a face off midfielder. We will have some good depth in the midfield
with Seniors Travis Meyer, Aaron Herter Jeff Pello and Chip Campbell all playing well thus far.
One question will be defensive midfield. We played all middies on both
ends of the field today and we may do some of that during the season, but some
of our middies will need to be brought along on
defense!
Overall I
would say we looked pretty good for this early in the season. We
alternated 8 defensemen, 6 attackmen,
8 middies and 2 goalies equally, so we did not prioritize with our top
players. We have a long way to go in order to feel that we are in game
form, but for February 19 we were pretty solid.
We
scrimmage again at Skidmore next Saturday at 1:00pm, we then have an open date
on March 4 and we open vs. Colby at home on March 11.
Best,