Beautiful night for soccer. Big crowd in the stadium. Local conference rival in Audubon. Two closely-matched teams who tied 1-1 0n September 28 at Green Wave Park. And to top it off, the game was televised locally on Varsity Sports Network.
Neither team seriously threatened in the first half. Freshman Wayden Ay made a quick turn and got off a hard shot late in the half, but too close to keeper Grace Borden.With 27:59 left in the second half, Audubon's Rebecca Van Arnam put in a rebound after Bulldawgs' keeper Taylor Sehdev tipped a shot up off the crossbar. Haddonfield complained that the ball went up from the soccer crossbar and hit the football crossbar, which would have been out of play. The referees disagreed and the goal stood. From the pressbox it looked as though the refs got it right.
Haddonfield pressed for the equalizer but their best opportunity was a shot by freshman Maddie Bee that sailed just over the crossbar in the 61st minute.
Haddonfield was on a 10-game winning streak and 12-game unbeaten string going into last night's contest. They'll have a chance to start a new streak Tuesday night against Woodbury.
The television was fun. The announcers did a very good job and without thinking came up with a great line in the first half when Wayden Ay (pronounced like the letter "A") passed to Bee. The play-by-play call was, "So that was from Ay to Bee. I can't believe I just said that."
I watched the game on Comcast Channel 19 tonight and it wasn't bad for having only one camera and no replay capability. The sound level could have been a little higher, but otherwise it was fun to watch. Below is one of our captains, Kate Walters, in a post-game interview.
The only downside - other than the loss - was that the stadium sound system failed, so I didn't get to announce or play the national anthem - which would have sounded good in the background of the TV broadcast.
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| Captain Kate Walters in post-game interview with Varsity Sports Network's Kevin Schules. |
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