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October 22, 2012 · 8:09 pm

Amesbury defeats Lynnfield 2-0 to stay undefeated in girls soccer

Hannah Zannini takes a shot. The AHS senior scored both goals for the undefeated Indians.

Janine Fatal takes one of her five hard shots.

(Amesbury) The undefeated Amesbury Indians played without the Cape Ann League’s top scorer (Megan Cullen) and faced a desperate opponent.

Neither mattered as the Amesbury girls soccer team defeated Lynnfield, 2-0, at Cashman School on a sunny/windy Monday afternoon.

Amesbury (13-0-2) have won seven straight since their tie with Hamilton-Wenham on October 1st.

Megan Cullen (17 goals/9 assists) warmed up but did not play. Maybe her absence has something to do with the fact that Amesbury has a spot in the tournament and already owns the CAL Division 2 title.

The Indians have two regular season games left – Tuesday (Georgetown) and Thursday (Rockport). You have to like the Indians chances of going undefeated. They have already defeated the Royals (5-0) and the Vikings (8-2).

Lynnfield (5-7-4) will now need to win their last two games (Rockport & Ipswich) to make the tournament.

The Pioneers’ desperation made this game of interest plus the fact that on September 19th Lynnfield had narrowly lost to Amesbury, 3-2. But in this one, the home team never let the visitors mount much of an attack.

With Megan sidelined, teammate Hannah Zannini cashed two goals (her 14th and 15th) in the first nineteen minutes of play and that was all that Amesbury needed.

Loose ball in front after a Lynnfield corner kick.

Amesbury had seventeen other shots in the direction of the Lynnfield goal. Lynnfield had a shot off of a corner kick in the first half and a flurry of several shots in the second half. Paige MacEachern had a strong bid for Lynnfield in the second half but AHS goalie Sarah Abraham finished with her fifth shutout.

Hannah’s first goal (I saw it from the other end!) was set up by Natalie Dawes. Hannah got in close on the right side.

The second scoring shot was from straight away and it zipped over the left shoulder of LHS goalie Hannah Travers.

Amanda Martin (12) tries to get past Ali Johnson (5).

After watching Amesbury play a good opponent for eighty minutes it’s easy to see why they have been so good this season.
(1) First of all, they rarely turn the ball over. If an opponent rushed at them they used the, “Lucy-Charlie-Brown-football-trick.” They would pull the ball back and let the opponent fly by. Taylor Tagliente and Erin Leary are two of the best defenders you’ll see.
(2) Second is Janine Fatal at midfield. The AHS senior had marvelous control in midfield traffic with speed and dribbling. And you talk about a hard shot from long distance. She had five of them in this game and fortunately for the Pioneers none of them were on target.
(3) Third is the overall team speed of Amesbury. They seemed a half step faster then Lynnfield over most of the field.

Lynnfield’s positional defense was quite good after the two goals. Even if players were beaten there were always teammates to help further down the field. Trust me, Amesbury did not go into any defensive shell over the last sixty-one minutes of soccer.

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Hannah Zannini gets pregame advice

Dayle DiTullio clears for Lynnfield

Emily Martin (16) takes a shot

Amanda Martin (12) closes in on Lynnfield goalie Paige Ciavarro

Natalie Dawes gets in on Lynnfield goalie Hannah Travers.

Hannah Zannini tries to get the ball from Abby Petras (19)

Sam Filipe

AHS coach Cathy Berry at halftime

Fast start by Amesbury leads to 56-31 win over Manchester-Essex in girls basketball

Emily Martin (21 points) had a game of steals and layups for Amesbury

Courtney Borkowski (8 points) heads for a layup

(Amesbury) The Amesbury Indians jumped on Manchester-Essex early and defeated the Hornets, 56-31, on Tuesday night in Cape Ann League play.

It was obvious right off that the Hornets would have trouble with full-court pressure. In the first two minutes the Indians forced turnovers and earned breakaways as they zipped ahead, 6-0.

Jumpers from Maya Heath and Carolyn Heslop steadied things temporarily (11-6) with 2 ½ minutes to go in the first quarter.

The game got away from ME during the next six minutes as Amesbury put together a run of fourteen straight points. It was a great stretch of offense for the Indians as they made six-of-seven free throws to go along with four layups. They were either scoring or getting fouled.

Now down, 25-6, with 4 ½ left in the second quarter, this one had already gotten away from the visitors. ME never got closer than seventeen (32-15) the rest of the way.

ME trailed, 48-28, late in the game and a couple of three’s (Courtney Borkowski and Amanda Martin) helped stretch the Indian lead at the end to 56-31.

Junior Emily Martin (21 points) had an evening of steals and layups. She had thirteen of Amesbury’s first twenty-five points as this game was being put out of reach.

Emily Martin defended by Fraley Morton

After a first half of fifteen points, the ME coaching staff kept reminding the team in the second half to, “keep her (Emily Martin) from going right.” It paid off as Emily had just three layups (going to her right) in the second half.

Leanne Ciccone (9 points) showed that she could take the ball to the basket. The Indian defense, however, made it a challenge to get the ball in close to the senior.

Delane Zahoruiko and McKenzie Cloutier each had eight points for Amesbury.

Freshmen played a lot. Amesbury used Amanda Martin, Julia Schlich, and McKenzie Cloutier. ME used Eliza Lougue, Maya Heath, and Fraley Morton.

The Hornets had played last night (Monday) in a loss to Hamilton-Wenham. Fatigue may have been a factor in a next-day loss to an aggressive, fast-breaking team like Amesbury.

Amesbury (2-6 in Cape Ann League / 4-13 overall) was able to break a four-game losing streak with the victory.

Manchester-Essex (1-2 in CAL / 4-13 overall) has now dropped seven straight and ten of their last eleven. But, because of the Sullivan Rule, the Hornets can make the MIAA post-season tournament with a win at home against Rockport on February 16th. You’ve got to like their chances – they defeated Rockport, 57-26, at Rockport earlier in the season.

Amesbury box score

Manchester-Essex box score

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Morgan Sydlowski and Leanne Ciccone (9 points)

Morgan Fraley and Julia Schlich

Delane Zahoruiko shoots

McKenzie Cloutier and Eliza Lougue get tangled

midcourt pileup

Jess Crossen shoots

Maya Heath

Jelisa OHara shoots

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September 27, 2011 · 9:03 pm

North Andover Defeats Amesbury 3-1 in Girls Soccer

Liv Boudreau (#3) defended by Erin Leary (#13) in the first half.

(Amesbury) Sometimes a soccer game turns on a goal, other times it turns on a save.

North Andover goalkeeper Megan Collins denied a great scoring opportunity by Amesbury’s Hannah Zannini early (three minutes) in the second half and the Lady Knights (4-2-1) followed with three unanswered goals to defeat the Indians (3-1-1), 3-1, at Cashman Elementary School in Amesbury.

Hannah Zannini gets off a 2nd half shot as her teammates watch from the sidelines.

If Hannah’s hard shot doesn’t deflect off Megan’s hands AND the goal post, the Indians go up 2-0 and the outcome might have been different.

But the shot stayed out and five minutes later Amesbury goalie Sarah Abraham gave up a rebound in front to Pam Coufos and she tied the score, 1-1.

The visitors took the lead for good ten minutes later when a Alex Medlock cross from the right side found Jess Carney with an open look on the left side for the go-ahead, and what turned out to be, game winner.

North Andover’s final goal was set up on a pass from Tori Sullivan into the middle where Caroline Kirby had time and a clear view of the AHS goal.

Pam Coufos (#2) scored the Lady Knights first goal.

The lone Amesbury goal was by Hannah Zannini at the 28-minute mark of the first half. Erin Leary sent Hannah on a long run down the middle of the field. Hannah got off a strong right-footed shot that beat the NA goalie in the upper right corner of the goal.

Whitney Whitlow (CAL All-League) hurt an ankle in the first half and played sparingly thereafter. She had twelve goals and six assists in 2010.

Megan Cullen (CAL All-League) damaged her knee in the summer and is out for the season. She had thirteen goals and nine assists in 2010.

Let’s just say that Amesbury had some weapons missing on offense.

But the Amesbury defense was together and they were tested by the quickness and persistence of CAL All-Leaguers Liv Boudreau and Pam Coufos among others. NA ended up with eleven shots by my calculations. Amesbury had only allowed one goal through their first four games.

The two best players on the field may well have been NA defenders Rachel Barnes (CAL All-League) and Taylor Tagliente (CAL All-Star). Rachel kept Indian threats out of the middle. Taylor went down heavily early on but shook it off and covered a lot of ground for the Indians. Taylor played every minute of every Amesbury game last year.

Audrey Samuelman (#9) and Rachel Barnes (back turned) defend in front of the North Andover net.

Amesbury’s next game is against Hamilton-Wenham on Thursday at home.

North Andover’s next game is home versus Pentucket.

The field was in fine condition. The only problem was that the sun was a real factor down one end. As luck would have it, I chose to stay at the other end and naturally all four goals were scored down the sunny end.

(I take my own pictures and collect my own stats. My goal is to be accurate and fair.)

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