LIGHTNING

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Nov 7 th... U-12 LIGHTNING vs. Salem W 2-1

MHD Indoor’s U12 Lightning wins their opener. MHD 2- Salem 1

MHD Indoor’s team Lightning opened the leagues indoor season with a hard fought victory over Salem. U12 Lightning started with E Freedland in goal in the 1st half. Freedland was outstanding and denied the Salem squad for the entire first half. S. Snadecki showed promise early on using the boards to set up teammates to score but to no avail. At 20:36 B. Matteson made a heads up assist to A. LeBlanc who scored the first goal of the MHD Indoor soccer season. Salem put forth several attacks on the Marblehead net but Freedland managed to come out aggressively and protect the goal when needed. J. Attridge was outstanding as she played both sides of the ball while in offense and stopped several counters by Salem. With 7:40 left in the 1^st half A. LeBlanc sent an assist to H Verette which Verette pumped in to give Lightning some insurance. The second half was a nail biter as Salem came out and for much of the 2^nd half controlled the pace of the game. Lightning fought to hold their lead while Salem had multiple shots on A. LaBlanc in goal. LeBlanc deflected several successfully but one unfortunate ball rolled in bringing our lead to only one. The entire team rallied and with the strong defense led by S. Cayen. J. Attridge and H. Verette.. Lightning stood firm to ensure the win in the end. What a great way to start the season girls!

Nov 14 th... U-12 LIGHTNING vs. Beverly L 0-6

It was not a pretty night for the Our U-12 Lightning as they fell 6-0 to Beverly. The Beverly squad came out strong and never let up, they scored their first goal within the first 4 minutes (Kelsey M. in goal) and continued to score 3 more in the first half alone. As good as the Beverly offense was, their defense was even better. Lightning hardly got any shots on goal. Despite a few attempts to score by Sydney C., Abby B., Hannah V and Emily F., nothing went through their tough goalie. Lily E. was also strong on offense. The second half was a little better, Hannah V. was in goal and she held strong, allowing only 2 goals, while making several saves. Casey C., Jessica A. and Rachel L. were strong on defense. Fina: MHD 0 vs. Beverly 6

Nov. 21 st... U12 Lightning vs. Aztec U- 11 W 5-2

Marblehead’s U 12 Lightning triumphed over Aztec this past week to kick off the holiday long weekend. In a tension filled close game of passing skill and bravery in the goal, Lighting pulled it off. It began with Hannah V. in goal and Maddie A. coming up with the team’s first goal at 21:20. Not long after, Aztec retaliates with a goal at 17:36. The half continued with many shots on goal by both teams and plenty of action for Hannah V. in goal who held the tied game.

The second half was ours with a rebound by Hannah V. fed to Emily F. who did not squander her opportunity giving Lightning the lead at 20:20. Three minutes later Aztec evens the score 2-2. With relentless defense being played by Jessica A., and Sydney C's never ending hustle, the Aztec team was unable to score. Mia S. took a breakaway straight to the net with a perfect shot at 5:01. Lilly E. was perfection in the goal confronting Aztec players left and right and holding the lead at 3-2. Later in the half for insurance purposes, a Mia S. assist to Emily F. brought it to 4-2. After a long game of shots on goal and determination, Sydney C. got her way at 11 seconds left with a power shot into the Aztec net to seal the deal at 5-2 Lightning.

Nov 28th... U-12 LIGHTNING vs. Lynnfield... W 7-1

Lightning struck again in Beverly as the girls beat Lynnfield in an impressive 7-1 victory!! Jess A. started the night with an un-assisted power kick to score, less than 2 minutes into the game. Both teams had several attempts in the first half, but with Sydney C. in goal, Lynnfield was shut down in the first half. Bridgette M. got the second goal in the half at 15:52 with an assistant from Emily F.

The second half, Marblehead came out strong to dominate the entire half Sydney C. scored the first goal with an assist from Abby L. in the first minute of the half. The second goal came when the Lynnfield Goalie tried to roll and kick the ball out of the net, Sydney C. was there waiting to score. Marblehead is now up 3-0. Lynnfield would have numerous chances to score, but Rachel L was stellar in the net. The only time Lynnfield was able to get on the scoreboard was with a penalty shot. Not too far into the half, Sydney C. would get the "hat trick" with a goal, assisted by Emily F. With Marblehead ahead 5-1 on their way to victory, Emily F. would get the 6th goal on an assistant from Abby L. The 7th and final goal would come with less than a minute left in the game and an unassisted goal by Emily F.

Great job girls, Lets do it again next week!

Dec. 5th... U-12 LIGHTNING vs. Swampscott.... L 5-6

What a game! Fans of both teams were on the edge of their seats! Nobody could have predicted the way the game would go. When Marblehead’s U-12 Lightning took on Swampscott’s undefeated team.MHD's Jessica A. was in goal for the first half. Swampscott took a quick lead and added one to it making the score 2-0 Swampscott. But two minutes later Abby L.slid one over to Emily F. in the center to put us on the board. At 11:50 Brigitte M. snuck one in to even the score. Just before the buzzer Emily F. shot on goal that rebounded out to Mia S. who put one in the net to give the Lightning the lead at the half.

Brigitte M. takes the goal for the second half and after numerous valiant saves, finally Swampscott makes it even again. Despite Maddie A. tight defense, Swampscott takes over again at 17:45 ,3-4. They get another at 16:04, 3-5 Swampscott. Lilly E's. determination finally paid off at 5:40 reducing the lead to one, 4-5. Jessica A. scored to tie the game and the crowd went wild but her goal was answered with 2 minutes left by Swampscott, ending the game at 6-5. We certainly gave Swampscott a run for their money. Watch out in the Playoffs!