Monday 24 March 2014

22.03.14 - Ladies 1s vs Somerset Gryphons

Teign 2 - Somerset Gryphons 2
With nothing but pride riding on the game; the sun shined for Teign in their penultimate game of the season as they took a well deserved point from a friendly and fast paced meeting with Somerset Gryphons.
Gryphons arrived early with a large youthful squad and looked eager and confident to get the game under way, the game was fast paced and exciting from the start with chances going a miss at each end. It was Gryphons that broke the deadlock late in the 1st half to take the lead when a unfortunate ball bobbled off Hazel Tranchant's pads and spun back into the goal.
Teign regrouped at half time and came out hard in the 2nd half in search of the equaliser, Laura Clark and Katie Rochelle had multiple chances but the fast and confident Gryphon keeper was proving impossible to beat. The break finally came from a quick free hit taken by Claire Rochelle who found Laura on the left post, a goal mouth scramble saw Grace Bruce diving on the floor to get the final touch over the line, 1-1.
Play continued to shift from end to end with Hazel Tranchant making some magnificent saves which earned her joint man of the match with defender Jane Rochelle.
Gryphon's took the lead once more with a well worked short corner routine leaving the Teign defence dumbfounded but Teign didn't give up and kept pressing for the equaliser. Becky Gallagher's hard work down the right earned her a short corner which Claire managed to convert from a rebound. Both teams fought till the end looking for the winning goal but ran out of time as the final whistle blew, a fair result in a match that could have gone either way.       
Next week Teign travel to ISCA in search of a win to finish the season on a high.

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