We set off after
practice on Friday for our last game of the year. Although illness was
spreading through the team faster than the plague, excitement was high as we
left for Dartmouth. We had a great opportunity to stop Dartmouth from being Ivy
League Champs.
We arrived at the
hotel at a decent hour. Some of the players were unfortunate to be in a room
where the A/C sounded “like a transformer starting up.” The next day we had a
lot of time to kill before the game. We ate a few meals, had a team jog on the
field, and relaxed all in suspense for the start of the game. Finally the start
of the game had come.
The atmosphere in the
stadium was intense. They had many fans hoping to see them clinch The Ivy
League. We started well though, and had decent control of the match the first
10 minutes. 15 minutes in, a Dartmouth forward received the ball in the box,
made a nice turn, and slotted the ball in the back of the net. We had many
great chances to get the equalizer in the first half, and forced the Dartmouth
keeper into a few miraculous saves. However, the half ended 1-0.
The team came out of
halftime ready to level the score. We were unlucky to concede relatively early
in the second half on a corner kick. We then started sending numbers forward,
and had a few great chances to grab a goal. With so many numbers forward,
Dartmouth executed a good counterattack to grab another goal. The game would
finish 3-0.
Although the result
was not what we wanted, we felt we gave a good effort in our last game of the
season, and the score didn’t justify the competitiveness of the match. Now we
must start looking forward to next year and doing anything we can to be Ivy
Champs this time next year. Thank you to the seniors for all you have done for
the program.
