Day 2 at Worlds

Day 2

Game 1: Storm vrs LMS

Unfortunately this day didnt start out as planned as there was a freak accident during our warm up which resulted in Liz having to go to the hospital to get stitches in her hand after slipping on a badly placed piece of wood :(

Trying to put this aside we got into the game and started trading points with Storm, a canadian womens team. It was the start we were looking for. We had seen the team using their hucks alot and decided to front them which worked really well for a few points. As soon as they realised we liked the same they also adjusted their defence which led to errors on our part. We started making mistakes under pressure and they gained a lead and took the half. This trend continued into the second half and much to the frustration of LMS the game finished 17-7 to Storm. It was a game that we didnt play our best in due to our own mistakes under pressure. This was not a trend we wanted to continue so we took our break, drank lots of water and ate maple syrup biscuits to recouperate.

MVP of the game went to Sparky who always managed to get free and used her flick huck to our advantage throughout this game!

Game 2: LMS vrs Hot Beaches, the home team

Having played and seen hot beaches play before we had an idea of their best throwers and cutters and knew what they liked to do. Before the game we pumped ourselves up with a song "Im walking on sunshine" with an aggressive L..M...S HUGH at the end! From the very beginning we fronted them. This team had some serious huckers who loved to throw it deep, we decided we weren't going to let them in this game. Our defence was working really well with lots of pressure on the handlers and cutters. On offence we played 3-4 or 4 back when they put on their zone defence which they have used to their advantage on other teams. I am happy to say that we destroyed their zone with chilly offence and lots of passes meaning they we forced to change their defence. As we are a fast athletic team they decided to use poaches and switches on defence instead on challenging us for speed. This threw us for a bit as they cut off our open throws by poaching in the lanes while putting a strong mark on the handler. Offensively they put a few score aways throwing break throws, mainly IO's. This game felt tight the whole way through and I think their experience beat us in the end. The score at 17-9 doesnt reflect how the game felt and it was definitely our best performance to date. The next time we play them I imagine the score will be alot closer!

MVP of the game was Laura