SATURDAY
Kennesaw State University Owls (Score Reporter) -
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.
Middlebury (Score Reporter) -
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.
