On Wednesday, the Big Green returned home to Jamie Kapteyn field to face off against neighboring NMH after last week’s road games. To open the game, the Big Green and the Hoggers exchanged possession with each team creating goal scoring opportunities. With minutes left to play in the first half, the Hoggers inked the scoresheet first capitalizing on a defensive breakdown by the Big Green to give them the one-goal lead. The Big Green quickly answered on the ensuing kick-off, when Sally Dance ’29 received a ball that she played into Ryan Rodgers ’27, Ryan sprung the ball wide to Meryl Gilbert ’27 who drove ball to goal and ripped a shot to level the score 1-1 at halftime.
During halftime, the Big Green recommitted to their game goals which resulted in the team notching three more goals and shutting out the Hoggers in the second half to secure the victory. The go-ahead goal for the Big Green came from Ryan Rodgers ’27 who finished a rebound off Maggie Garbarino’s cross. A shout out to midfielders Minjoo Serhant ’27 and Meryl for their work to win and move the ball into the attacking third on this possession.
The Big Green added another goal when Magda Curylo ’26 played a ball forward into Ryan who served a ball into the box. At the back post, Bridie Weller ’29 played the ball off of her chest to Blair Murray ’27 who finished the play and doubled the Big Green lead to 3-1. Finally, the Big Green closed out the scoresheet, when Magda quickly converted a free kick!
With the victory, the Big Green improved to 5-3-1 on the season and will travel to Loomis Chaffee this Saturday, 10/11 for a 2:30pm kick-off.