This past weekend was
College Terminus in Atlanta, GA. We went 5-2 this weekend, going 4-0 on Saturday to win Pool A. On Sunday, we went 1-2, losing to Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals and Cornell in the next game. The rain held off just enough to allow us to play on Sunday, finally.
SATURDAY
Jojah defense had three defensive break runs in this game. We traded points with Kennesaw State until 2-1, when Jojah went on a defense run making the game 5-2. After trading points to 6-4, We got 3 more breaks to take the game to 10-4. We ended the game on a 3 point break run, making the score 13-5.
Nathan Kelly, Peter Dempsey, Dustin Graham, and Caleb Edwards all had 2 goals. Taylor Nilan led the team in assists with 3, followed by Peter Dempsey and Matthew Pimenta with 2 assists. Our offense did not get broken in this game. Steven Hedges was injured in this game, hurting his tender, elderly body going for a disc. He will be back next week in practice. Everyone on the active roster played.
The Joint Chiefs have put together a great season so far, which will make for a great GA/SC Sectionals tournament. Missing some of their top handlers, Clemson was still a force.
We traded points with Clemson until 3-3, when Jojah reeled off 2 defensive breaks, bringing the game to 5-3. Clemson scored and got back a break to bring the game to 5's. Jojah traded to take half 7-6. Jojah got 2 more breaks in the second half to bring the game to 12-8. Clemson got one more defensive break before Jojah won this game 13-10.
Our offense was broken twice in this game, right before half and right at the end of the game. Peter led the scoring with 4 goals and 5 assists. Rob Herrig and Matthew Bailey each caught 2 goals. Caleb Edwards also had 2 assists. Highlight of this game : Matt Bailey layout Callahan, his first Callahan ever.
We traded with Middlebury until they broke us, making the game 3-1. Our offense put one in before our defense got 2 breaks in a row to bring the game to 4-3 Jojah. Jojah then took half 7-4 on a couple of more breaks. We opened the second half with 2 more breaks, making the score 9-4. It was at that point the Middlebury captain told us that they were going to play their reserves, as we started going deeper in our bench. The game ended 13-8 after a lot of trading and a break from each team.
Although the scoring statistics are correct for this game, our player statistics were off because they missed the first 6 points of the game. Of the statistics we had, Peter Dempsey once again had 5 assists and 1 goal of his own. Matthew Bailey led the team with 3 goals and 2 defensive blocks.
Dartmouth broke us first, giving them the early 3-1 lead. Jojah got a break back to even the score at 3's. After 4's, Jojah broke Dartmouth until halftime, 7-4. After halftime, there were no breaks by either team. The final score Jojah 13, Pain Train 9.
Matthew Bailey led Jojah in scoring with 4 goals. Andrew Mistretta, Tom Ball, and Brian Walter all had 2 goals as well. Peter Dempsey and Robert Herrig put on a throwing clinic in a windy game with 5 assists and 3 assists respectively. Defensively, Matthew Bailey stepped up with 3 D's, followed by 2 D's from Peter Dempsey and David Hooten. Everyone on the active roster played.
SUNDAY
Jojah got the game's first break, taking the lead 3-1. Elon scores and generates 2 breaks, taking the lead 4-3. Jojah got those 2 breaks back quickly, winning the first half 7-5. With the score 8-7, Jojah got 3 breaks in a row to bring the game to 12-7. Traded the last two points to end the game at 13-8.
Walter led the team with 2 goals. The rest of the goals came from 11 other, different teammates. Peter Dempsey was an assists monster...again, with 5. Next in line? Matthew Bailey and Taylor Nilan with 2 assists. Fletcher Hartline, Matthew Bailey, Caleb Edwards, and Andrew Mistretta all had 2 Defensive blocks during the game. Fletcher got two in a single play. Our offense scored 6 points and were broken 3 times. Our defense scored 7 times.
We traded with Georgia Tech until they got 2 breaks in a row, bringing the score to 5-2. They broke us to take half 7-3. We traded until they broke us one more time to make the game 10-6. We traded until the game ended 13-8.
Our defense came up with zero breaks. Jojah amassed 16 turnovers (most unforced) in this game and only generated 5 defensive blocks. Matthew Bailey had 4 goals (and 3 defensive blocks), followed by Tom Ball with 2 goals. Taylor Nilan and Peter Dempsey led the team with 2 assists.
What a game to end on. This is the first time Georgia has played Cornell in quite some time (over 4 years).
Cornell got the first break to take the early lead at 4-2. Jojah's offense scored quickly; also, Jojah had 3 more breaks to take the 6-4 lead. Jojah took half at 7-5. Both teams traded points until 10-8 when Cornell decided, "Hey, let's break this team 4 straight times." Since they are men of their word, that's exactly what happened. Since some of their points took a long time (and we didn't start the game on time), the hard cap went into effect, and the Buds came out on top 12-10.
This was a hard loss. Both teams played with a lot of defensive intensity. Peter Dempsey scored 4 goals and Matt Bailey had 2 goals. Rob Herrig and Taylor Nilan led the team with 3 assists. Peter Dempsey had 3 defensive blocks, followed by Josh Lowell with 2.
