FV vs. Edison 10/29/08

FV field hockey played against Edison HS last night at the Charger's home field. After losing by a last minute goal to Edison in the first round of league play, the Lady Barons came out ready to get revenge. They fought long and hard for 60 minutes and had many opportunities on goal, but couldn't seem to get one in. The Lady Barons controlled the game the whole time and when they went into sudden death overtime this trend continued. Unfortunately the game ended with no goals scored and a tie, but the Ladies are ready to get some goals today at the Marina game. The official league record is now four wins one tie and four losses and they are currently in third place.

FV vs Newport Harbor 10/23/08

FV field hockey played against Newport Harbor HS last night at Newport's home field. The Lady Barons knew that Newport is the second best team in the league and as such came mentally prepared to play a tough game. This strategy worked and was shown in the way that the Barons held them off the entire first half with a score of zero to zero at the end of it; however, the Newport team came out with a vengeance in the second half and scored a goal within a matter of moments. FV answered back a few moments later with a goal scored by Jackie O'Ferryl and were ready to fight. Unfortunately the Newport girls were not ready to give up and ended the game by scoring three more goals with a final score of four to one. The field hockey season's official record is now four wins and four losses with two more games to play.

FV vs HB 10/21/08

FV field Hockey played against Huntington Beach HS at our home field Tuesday night. The Lady Barons came out ready to fight but the heat soon began to slow them down. They tried to continue to push, but the HB Oilers were not ready to back down. They scored in total five goals against our Lady Barons who unfortunately slowed down toward the end letting three goals in within three minutes. The final score was five to zero. The Field Hockey team's record is now four wins and three losses for the season.

FV vs Westminster 10/17/08

FV Field Hockey played against Westminster HS Friday night at our home field. The last time that the Lady Barons played against them they came out thinking that they would defeat the Westminster Ladies without a fight and this underestimation nearly cost them the game; however, this time around the ladies learned from their experience and came out ready to fight. They scored three goals in the first half and and one goal in the second with a final score of four to zero. The goals were scored by Jackie O., Jackie Matthews, and Taylor Merickel with amazing saves in the back as usual by senior goalie Susie Toumanian. The Girls now have four wins and two losses this season.

FV vs Marina 10/14/08

Last night the FV Field Hockey team played Marina at our home field. The weather was hot and windy, but the Lady Barons came ready to play their game regardless of this fact. They started out with a lot of momentum and continued to push for the first fifteen minutes. Then the Ladies started to slow down a bit due to the fact that they were constantly running into the wind; however, after a goal was scored by Jennifer Schultz the game quickly picked up speed once again. After an encouraging speech from Coach Marr at half time, the second half began with the Ladies continuing their strong battle against the Marina Ladies. The second half however was not as strong as the first half because the weather was not in our Ladies favor. Due to numerous amazing saves by the goalie, Susie Toumanian, the team was able to keep their lead thus winning one to zero. Their record for season is now three wins and two losses.

FV vs Edison 10/9/08

FV Field Hockey played Edison High School at our home field last night. The Lady Barons came ready to crush their rival school, but unfortunately the Edison Chargers were thinking the same thing. The two teams fought hard, but unfortunately the Chargers got a goal during the middle of the first half. At half time, Coach Marr gave the girls a fierce talk and the Lady Barons began the second half determined to score. Unfortunately luck was not with the ladies yesterday and due to them not working together as a team they lost one to zero. During the next round of play the Barons are determined to get them back at Edison's field. The record for the season is now two wins and two losses.

FV vs Newport Harbor 10/7/08

FV played against Newport Harbor High School yesterday at our home field. The Newport Ladies are one of the best teams in the league to the game started with high nerves from the FV girls. These nerves ended up working in our advantage because the Lady Barons started out with a lot of heart and determination. These factors paid off because the players had the ball in Newport's circle for most of the first half and had two beautiful goals scored within the first fifteen minutes. The first was scored by Ashley Woody who hit it hard into the corner of the goal on a short corner and the second was hit into the circle by Jennifer Schultz on a free hit, stopped by Alyson, and then tapped in by Taylor Merickel. The second half the ladies continued working together and making amazing passes, but didn't score because they were concentrating on keeping their lead by playing defensively. The team's official record for the season is 2 wins and 1 loss.

FV vs Huntington Beach

Field Hockey played Huntington Beach High School at Huntington's home field. It started off rough with Huntington scoring two goals, but the Lady Barons got it together in the second half and stopped them from scoring more. This was greatly due to Susie Toumanian, the goalie, who made some amazing saves and shut down Huntington's offense. The final score was 2 to 0 Huntington which may seem bad, but it's a huge improvement from last year's score of 8 to 0 Huntington. The Field Hockey Girls now have won one game and lost one game in the official season.

FV vs Westminster

Fountain Valley played Westminster High School at Westminster's home field last week. The Lady Barons had a rough start because they went out feeling over-confident. The game picked up quickly though and the Barons fought hard. With five minutes remaining, Westminster scored a goal. After a time-out pep talk from Coach Mar the Lady Barons answered back with a goal scored by Jackie Matthews. The two teams then went into sudden death overtime in which the first team to score wins. Within a few minutes Ashley Woody hit the ball down field to Jennifer Schultz who then dribbled past the last defender and scored the game winning goal. The Field Hockey Ladies now have three wins in a row and one season win.