WEST BRIDGEWATER–No. 9 West Bridgewater got here away with a 5-2 victory towards No. 24 Narragansett Regional within the MIAA Division 4 First Spherical Discipline Hockey event on Monday night.
This sport was initially scheduled for Oct. 30 however was moved to Monday because of inclement climate. The Warriors (13-4-2) hailed into Wildcat (13-4-3) territory from Western Mass and West Bridgewater head coach Invoice Flynn felt they have been a robust first take a look at for his group.
“I assumed Narragansett performed an excellent sport; they’ve acquired some good gamers over there,” Flynn stated. “They’re higher than a 24 seed; they performed as much as it. That they had an excellent season, and so they gave take a look at early.”
Each groups had some probabilities within the first quarter, with Alivia Phillip lacking a shot after she broke away after a move from Sarah Diedrichsen, and Narragansett getting concerned in a scrum in entrance of sophomore goalkeeper Allie Edgerly.
The Warriors within the second quarter have been in a position to preserve the ball of their offensive zone, not permitting the Wildcats to exit the defensive zone for the primary half of the quarter, however Narragansett was unable to capitalize on the momentum.
West Bridgewater responded with the sport’s first objective, which got here from Diedrichsen after she backhanded a move from Haylee Krakowski into the online with simply over two minutes left within the second quarter.
Flynn stated the Wildcats didn’t play as much as their potential within the opening half regardless of holding the one-goal lead and have been in a position to regulate effectively on the break.
“I assumed we have been somewhat sluggish beginning out,” Flynn stated. “We lastly acquired some good bounces, some good breaks, and we capitalized on them, and the women performed a very good second half.”
The Wildcats added to their lead with Krakowski scoring off a backhand with slightly below seven minutes left within the third. About three minutes later, the Wildcats scored off one other nook, with Reese O’Keefe getting in entrance of the online and firing it in to make it 3-0. The Warriors have been in a position to break the shutout with simply 15 seconds left within the third with Mia Manca scoring to make it 3-1.
The fourth quarter noticed two West Bridgewater tallies from Brianna LaGrange and Julia Martineau, and one Narragansett objective from Shannon Iannacone to provide the sport its remaining rating of 5-2.
“We have now a very robust midfield that’s giving the ball as much as the forwards which are nice at tipping it in.” West Bridgewater junior Alexis LaGrange stated, “We’re a really younger staff, so it’s somewhat exhausting for us typically, however we do actually good, and dealing with the staff has been nice.”
West Bridgewater advances to the second spherical of the Div. 4 event and can head to the North Shore to face No. 8 Manchester-Essex on Wednesday.
