by Pete Woody
Staff Writer
The first-ever Colonial District field hockey tournament got under way Monday at Deep Run High School,
and 60 minutes of regulation plus 15 minutes of overtime weren??t enough
to determine a winner between Deep Run and Hermitage. With the score
tied at 1-1 after the end of the first overtime, and with no lights at
Deep Run??s field, the game was suspended due to darkness.
The next 15 minute ??sudden victory? overtime will be played Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at Maggie Walker High School,
and the teams will continue through the field hockey overtime
procedures until a winner is determined. The winner then will have the
unenviable task of immediately playing Maggie Walker, who received a
first-round bye in the district semifinal match by winning the District
regular season title. (The Maggie Walker playing field has lights.)
When
Hermitage and Deep Run met earlier in the season, Deep Run had little
trouble dispatching Hermitage, 7-1. The Wildcats got off to a stronger
start this time around as well, controlling most of the play during the
first half. The Wildcats created several good scoring chances, but the
Hermitage defense came up with a series of good defensive plays, and
the Panther goalkeeper made a string of nice kick saves to keep Deep
Run off the scoreboard.
Hermitage??s
offense came to life in the last three minutes of the half, threatening
Deep Run??s goal with two good shots, but the Panthers couldn??t find the
back of the Wildcats?? net.
The
second half was more evenly matched. Hermitage had the best scoring
chances early in the half. Deep Run??s defense had to be on its toes to
block several Hermitage shots, but the Wildcats quickly turned defense
into offense, storming down the field and pressuring the Hermitage goal.
The
players and the fans picked up their intensity as the clock wound down,
and Hermitage finally opened up the scoring with 12 minutes left.
Kendall West received a pass from a teammate five yards from the Deep
Run goal and hit a hard, low shot past the Wildcat goalkeeper into the
back of the net, launching celebrations from Panther players and fans.
Just
two minutes later, however, Deep Run celebrated its own goal.
Jacqueline Buff reacted quickly to a pass in front of the Hermitage
goal, getting her stick to the ball and sending a shot past the
goalkeeper to tie the score. Deep Run??s goal set up a frantic final 10
minutes, but neither team could get the winning goal, which meant
overtime.
Overtimes in Virginia
high school field hockey tournament play consist of two 15-minute
??sudden victory? halves. If either team scores, that team wins and the
game is over. If neither team scores in either of the two overtime
periods, the teams move into penalty stroke sets, and then, if
necessary, into sudden victory penalty strokes.
In
Monday??s overtime, both teams came out determined to score and there
was plenty of attacking on both ends. The best chance went to Deep Run
when Kaitlin Carlyle was one-on-one with the Hermitage goalkeeper, but
her shot was saved. The first overtime ended with the score still tied
at 1-1, and the coaches and officials huddled to decide on the outcome.
For both teams, the season now comes down to one 15-minute overtime
session on Tuesday ? well, and maybe penalty strokes afterwards.
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