PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11, 2009 -- When I was in high school we would often go to watch Big Five basketball at the Palestra and I always loved the spirit of the St. Joe's fans, who would sing:
Glory, glory what a helluva way to fly
The Hawk will never die.
It's many years later and a different sport, but they were still singing after today's women's soccer victory over St. Bonaventure, 1-0, in an exciting and well-played game.
The St. Joe's campus on City Line Avenue is a great place to watch a soccer game: the bleachers are high up overlooking a nice turf field with a backdrop of stately stone buildings. On this fall day in front of a nice crowd, I watched former Medford Strikers Xtreme player, Kayleigh Summers and her teammates defeat the first place team.
Kayleigh plays a central defender and they did such a good job that keeper Kat Kelble did not make a single save. At the other end of the field, Nicole Markert, played an excellent game with 11 saves, including one in which she dove and tipped what appeared to be a goal over the crossbar. The Hawks outshot St. Bonnie, 21-4.
Jen Pfeiffer, whom I saw play often during the club soccer wars when she was with Mt. Laurel United, scored the only goal St. Joe's needed in the 24th minute when she headed in a ball from Kaitlyn Grimes after a corner kick.
St. Joe's in was even more impressive when one considers they were missing five starters, including leading scorer, Maggie Lupinski from Haddonfield. Maggie suffered a concussion against GW but told me she will be back in action next weekend. Coach Jess Reynolds was happy with her team's play, and with good reason. She felt the team showed it had depth by stepping up with so many players injured.
The win kept the Hawks in the play-off mix: tied for the sixth and final tournament spot with five games to go.
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