FV vs Harvard Westlake 11/3/08 PLAY-OFFS

FV field hockey played against Harvard Westlake at Harvard's home field last night for Play-offs. For the first game of play-offs only the winner moves on, but after that then either team moves on. Harvard Westlake HS is a private school that has personal trainers for every sport and whose athletes are very talented. They even have Ashton Kutcher as a football coach which shows how high end of a school it is. They've been to play-offs many times, whereas the FV field hockey team had never gone before this year. Despite all of this experience stacked against them, the Lady Barons were hungry for a victory. Unfortunately, the Harvard Westlake Ladies were not going to go down without a fight. In the first half, Harvard scored a goal, but the Barons answered back with a goal scored on a short corner by Ashley Woody. There was a lag in the middle of the game and the Barons ended up down by one. They were ready to continue to fight though and after a goal was almost scored by Jennifer Schultz they were fighting hard. Unfortunately, Harvard was just a better team and ended up scoring two more goals by the end of the game with a final score of four to one. There were many amazing saves by senior goalie Susie Toumanian as well as senior Jennifer Schultz on short corners. Due to the loss in the first round the Lady Barons won't move on, but it is great that they finally broke the curse and made it to play-offs and hopefully there will be many more opportunities for them in the future. Just as a side note, the graduating seniors are: Jennifer Schultz, Susie Toumanian, Erandi Morales, Megan Sudra, Nikki Son, and Priya Patel. We wish these Ladies luck on their future endeavors and goals. Congratulations on a great season ladies!!!!!!