MHC Dish From the Pitch 2013 MHC Dish From the Pitch 9 | Page 3

by Connor Kilp

Cats Fail to Land on All Four Feet
Against Trinity Rebels

Sunday’s games
opened with Trinity
versus County Clare.
With both teams
fighting to stay in
playoff contention,
both teams came to
win. After Clare’s lastminute scramble to put
a lineup together,
everyone was ready to
start. Trinity started the
game with a quick goal
to put them up three
points, and Clare
responded with a long
and hard offensive
surge. Unfortunately for
Clare, they were unable
to score before Trinity won the ball back
and scored another goal. Throughout the
rest of the quarter, anytime the ball made
it toward Trinity’s goal, captain Ivan Baker
was there to snag and clear it, leaving
Clare scoreless after the first.
Not to be held any longer, Sean
Minster, the mid season veteran added to
Clare, scored a quick point after the start
of the second. Katy Hambrook, Trinity’s
mid season addition, really made a
difference. Her tenacious defense
prevented any easy plays for Clare,
leaving them the opportunity to score
only one more point before the half.
Clare’s defense led by John “J-Lo” Loewen
kept up the fight, but gave away too many
frees inside the 65, leaving the halftime
score Trinity up 4-7 (19) to 0-2 (2).

photo credit: Ellen Burmeister

The second half looked as though
Clare might have a second wind, coming
out strong and bringing the ball toward
the Trinity goal. A scrum in front of the
net gave Clare a scoring opportunity, and
the shot was blocked by Rebel Joe Wilcox,
and the rebound went wide of the net.
Trinity countered with two goals in quick
succession, and when it looked as though
they would get a third, Clare
defensewoman Renee Anzivino blocked
the shot.
The final quarter brought more of
the same for both teams. Trinity’s defense
proved to be too strong for Clare, with
continued strong defense from captain
Joel Guinane and Aislinn Leonard. The
final score was Trinity 7-12 to Clare 0-7,
bringing Trinity one-step closer to a
playoff berth.