12-03-2017, 11:04 AM
What a wonderful first half to watch, with Stanford dominating time of possession through skilled passing.Â
Our first goal was made possible by a bit of a lucky bounce, but the follow-through volley by Kyra Caruso into the goal was right on the money and could have been kicked over the cross bar. The second goal was a beautiful feed through to Andi Sullivan who gets just the right angle and puts it to the right of the diving goalie.  An obvious handball was not called on UCLA, but we could have been stuck with a penalty in the box at the other end--I think it was a good non call since it looked to me that the UCLA player Julia Hernandez was pushing off Tierna Davidson but even so, a fortunate non-call for us.
Thank goodness neither team came out in a bunker. VG, does Stanford change strategy much when it is up by 2? Or can we expect the same level of fluid play in the second half?
Our first goal was made possible by a bit of a lucky bounce, but the follow-through volley by Kyra Caruso into the goal was right on the money and could have been kicked over the cross bar. The second goal was a beautiful feed through to Andi Sullivan who gets just the right angle and puts it to the right of the diving goalie.  An obvious handball was not called on UCLA, but we could have been stuck with a penalty in the box at the other end--I think it was a good non call since it looked to me that the UCLA player Julia Hernandez was pushing off Tierna Davidson but even so, a fortunate non-call for us.
Thank goodness neither team came out in a bunker. VG, does Stanford change strategy much when it is up by 2? Or can we expect the same level of fluid play in the second half?