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2009 Sion Field Hockey Team Awards
Junior Varsity Most Valuable Player - Maggie Frame Offensive Player of the Year – Emma Grojean Defensive Player of the Year – Sabrina Kowalik Most Improved Player – Mallory Elder Rookie of the Year – Megan Gordon Players’ Player Award – Maggie Frame
Varsity 2009 Most Valuable Player – Lindsay Bennett Offensive Player of the Year – Josie Vignatelli Defensive Player of the Year – Mary Boos Most Improved Player – Grace Angrisano Players’ Player Award – Ellen Kaster
10/25/09 The Sion Storm field hockey team travelled to St. Louis this past weekend. With the St. Joe’s field waterlogged with the constant rain, the proverbial rabbits were pulled out of hats to find turf fields so the games could go ahead! A big thank you goes to their wonderful AD, Michaela Witcher!
Friday saw the teams travel to Nerinx Hall turf field to face Rosati Kain. With only a short warm up, the varsity team started sluggishly and finally woke up half way through the first half. With a change in formation to cope with the well skilled opposition, Sion contained Rosati and created a handful of chances. Lindsay Bennett finally broke the deadlock with a fantastically placed strike from their first penalty corner.
Rosati tied the game with a scrambled goal from a couple of deflections inside the circle, but Sion conceded their first and only defensive corner of the game Sion and were duly punished with a well executed strike.
With minutes left on the clock Sion pushed forward looking for the equalizer, and it was Bennett to the rescue once again for her second of the game, with another penalty corner strike. It was a great squad contribution and the team battled hard until the final whistle!
The JV also put in a great performance but fell 2-1 to a strong Rosati team. With their first game of the season on turf the team scored first with a well taken penalty corner strike from Grace Webster, but couldn’t hold on in a well fought game.
For the Saturday games the sun made an appearance on the beautiful John Burroughs school turf field. The JV were up first against the very strong program of St. Joe’s. Their JV team could easily compete against many a Varsity team in the State! The first half was a close affair, but the second half saw the St. Joe pressure tell and the final score ended 7-0. All the team competed with some notable performances by Maggie McCliney and Emma Grojean .
The Varsity took to the field full of confidence. St. Joe are reining unofficial State Champions, and had in previous years given a tough field hockey lesson to Sion. The team started well with 3 consecutive penalty corners which unfortunately weren’t converted. Ellen Kaster had the game of her season and pulled off some great saves to deny St. Joe. But the pressure finally told and the team went into halftime down 1-0.
The second half saw some valiant defending and Kaster was impassable in goal. With less than 10 minutes remaining on the clock St. Joe scored number two. Sion rallied and pushed hard in the final few minutes to get a score on the board, this left spaces at in defense that St Joe capitalized on and scored their third with the clock ticking down. It was a true team display of which the whole squad can be proud of. The home crowd and coaches were impressed with how the Sion team had improved, and complimented our extraordinary goalkeeper! Lindsay Bennett, Mary Boos and Megan Angold had notable stand out performances.
10/21/09 The JV team bounced back from defeat to Pembroke Hill a day earlier, with their best team performance of the season so far. After conceding an early goal, regular JV goalkeeper Sabrina Kowalik playing in the field scored a great solo goal, another goal quickly followed just before half time with a well taken goal on the break by Emma Grojean. Sion then battled back after Pembroke tied the game with another open play goal by Victoria Kenner. The team held on valiantly for a well deserved victory.
10/20/09 The Sion Varsity field hockey team celebrated Senior Day with a decisive 3-1 win over local rivals Pembroke Hill. The team jumped to an early lead with an open play goal by Josie Vignatelli with a lovely through ball by Lindsay Bennett. The defense was caught napping in conceding a goal on their far post, but the team responded well and finally converted one of their offensive corners with Hannah Griffith getting the final touch just before half time. Sion turned the screw in the second half, but failed to capitalize on their superior possession missing numerous chances before converting another penalty corner with Maggie Naylor feeding the ball back to the on rushing Bennett to fire the ball home.
It was a great team performance for our seniors – Lindsay Bennett, Morgan Weinrich, Ellen Kaster, Mallory Smith, Natasha Faulconer and Shelby Enright.
The Junior Varsity team conceded two penalty corner goals late in the first half, but rallied for a much improved second half but failed to convert in front of goal. The game finished 2-0 to Pembroke Hill
10/18/09 The Sion Storm Varsity field hockey team exploded out of the blocks with an impressive victory against Oakville of St. Louis. Dominating throughout, the team worked as a team and passed the ball decisively, taking their chances in front of goal with 8 different goal scorers and jumped to a 5-0 score line at halftime. Goals from Bennett, Reintjes, Vignatelli, Jones and Hubbard
The second half saw goals from Angrisano, Krizek, Reintjes, Vignatelli and the final and best goal of the day was came from a cameo performance by Senior goalkeeper Ellen Kaster, who had her first run out in the field with a well taken snapshot into the far corner to wrap up and impressive victory for the team.
The JV was not so fortunate conceding 2 goals to Oakville, in a much improved team performance.
10/11/09 The Sion Varsity team took a while to warm up on a cold frosty morning, but once they got into their rhythm put in a great first half display to jump to a half time 4-0 lead. Josie Vignatelli was first on the score sheet after a well worked penalty corner routine saw the ball deflected in at the far post from Bennet. It then become the Lindsay Bennett show as she converted two penalty corners, and then a solo run from the half way line as she was fed by Maggie Naylor to slot the ball past the oncoming goalkeeper.
The second half saw the team take the foot off the gas, and let Heritage Hall back into the game with a goal from a corner. A final Abbey Jones goal wrapped up a great team performance
10/01/09 The Varisty team travelled to Pembroke Hill full of confidence and put in an impressive display to come out victorious. Maggie Naylor opened up the scoring with a well taken goal from a penalty corner breakdown play. Sion failed to convert their numerous chances and were made to pay when Pembroke equalized just before half time. The team were fired up after the restart and a quickly taken long hit was deflected perfectly by Josie Vignatelli. Sion held firm and defended valiantly to secure an impressive victory.
Missing key defensive players through illness the JV battled hard but fell 4-0 against a talnted Pembroke Hill JV team.
9/16/09 Junior Varsity played its first home game of the season on Tuesday and beat Pembroke Hill 2-1. Goals were scored by Emma Grojean and Hallie Elder
The varsity team tied Pembroke Hill in regulation time but eventually lost 2-1 in penalty strokes. In a tight encounter Sion broke the deadlock straight from the 2nd half restart. A well worked penalty corner saw the ball moved to Maggie Naylor who shot across the goal to the waiting Grace Agrisano to tap in at the far post. The Storm missed some opportunities to double their score but Pembroke Hill converted off a penalty corner.
The game ended in a tie and was decided by penalty strokes, with Pembroke converting 2 to Sion’s solitary goal scored by Maggie Naylor.
9/14/09 This week the Junior Varsity played its first two games of the season. On Tuesday they lost to Pembroke Hill 1-0. Then on Saturday they were shut out again 2-0 by Edwardsville High School. Both games were played at Pembroke Hill.
The varsity played Edwardsville on Saturday at Pembroke Hill, losing 4-1. Missing key players for this encounter, Sion worked hard but lost to an experienced team from Illinois. Sion’s solitary goal was scored by Beth Hubbard from a rebound at a penalty corner. Sion’s defeat was compounded by an injury to stalwart senior defender Morgan Weinrich, and the team wishes her a speedy recovery.
The teams will hope to make amends with the first home games of the season against Pembroke Hill on Tuesday.
9/07/09 Sion earned its first field hockey championship trophy in the programs short history at the Gateway Classic in St. Louis this weekend! This was the first year Sion entered the 44 team tournament consisting of 22 St. Louis area teams and 22 teams from Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.
In the first game, Sion won 3-1 against Barat Academy of St. Louis; goals were scored by Anna Reintjes, Grace Angrisano assisted by Lindsay Bennett, and what also turned out to be a crucial last second unassisted goal by Lindsay Bennett.
The second game against Deerfield from Illinois ended in a 1-1 tie, a tight contest between, with the goal scored by Grace Angrisano, assisted by Josie Vignatelli. The third game was a 8-0 shut-out of Parkway South from St. Louis; Lindsay Bennett had four goals, 3 goals from penalty corners, and one open play goal, with one assist from Beth Hubbard. Anna Reintjes had one goal, Abbey Jones scored two, and Beth Hubbard scored a goal. A great team effort with Sion goalkeepers Kaster and Kowalik not having a touch of the ball.
Junior varsity plays its first game this Tuesday, September 6th, at Pembroke Hill at 4pm.
On Saturday, September 12th, the junior varsity has a game against Edwardsville, Illinois, at Pembroke Hill at 9am. The varsity will play Edwardsville at 3:30pm, also at Pembroke Hill. | |||||
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