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The Lone Peak Knights prolonged their win streak to seven in row after a 9-4 victory over the visiting Wasatch Wasps.
Each groups got here into Wednesday night time’s recreation with solely a single loss every, and with every workforce wanting a win, the defensive tone was set early.
Each groups had a decent defensive recreation plan which pressured their opponent’s offense to make troublesome passes.
Lone Peak senior Maddie Potvin was the primary to strike, incomes the Knights a 1-0 lead. Lone Peak lead the entire means after Potvin’s aim.
After the aim, the Lone Peak offense began to play unfastened, discovered extra passes upfield and was rewarded with a 5-2 lead on the half.
Equally as spectacular was the defensive effort from the Knights who by no means allowed the Wasps even an opportunity to tie the sport.
“Our protection vibes rather well collectively,” Lone Peak head coach Weslie Lundell stated. “They’re determining the place the slides are, serving to the lady with the ball, and so they can get right into a zone on the drop of a hat.
“They will actually talk with one another; communication has improved immensely this yr. They’re good, they maintain their heads on a swivel to all the time know the place the ball is, and know the place they should go to be the following assist.”
Going into the second half with a four-point lead, Lone Peak wanted to solidify its benefit to squash any potential Wasatch run.
Knight’s Corinne Jones stepped up and scored within the opening 30 seconds of the second half. Jones ended the sport scoring 4 of Lone Peaks 9 complete factors.
“Our workforce is simply actually good at driving and searching up and seeing a woman coming in or on the transitions trying up discipline and discovering the open participant. General, everybody on the workforce is a tremendous participant and we’ve actually progressed at working collectively,” Jones stated.
Lone Peak goalie Ellie Fuller was the final line of protection, and he or she got here up massive for the Knights with a number of spectacular saves.
“I felt like our protection is unquestionably actually good at responding to my directions, particularly my low Ds,” Fuller stated. “So, I really feel fairly protected even when they’re driving across the crease or in the event that they’re driving from the highest.
“I believe an enormous a part of why I’m in a position to get the blocks that I can is due to that assist. It’s as a result of my teammates assist prohibit their motion and it additionally simply offers me a whole lot of confidence on high of that.”
Fuller helped prohibit the Wasatch protection with not solely her saves, but additionally her fixed communication to her teammates.
“(Ellie Fuller) is so nice, I’m going to be so unhappy to see her go when the season’s over,” Lundell stated. “We all know we are able to belief her and it’s simply very nice when the goalie has that discipline imaginative and prescient as a result of she may help when the coaches can’t get down there to speak with the protection. She’s an enormous assist in that facet.”
With the win, Lone Peak handed Wasatch solely its second loss on the season and improves its personal season file to 8-1.