The Marauders accomplished a number of their goals Tuesday afternoon with a clinical 4-1 victory against Bishop Guertin. Enjoying a significant territorial edge in the first half, Hanover generated 19 shots and saw 18 of them miss, hit the post, or be saved before Henry Aspinwall's strike in the 33rd minute gave the Marauders the first half goal they craved.
Three goals by three seniors in the second half gave the Marauder snipers the fine-tuning they need before taking on Bedford. Charlie Adams scored his second goal of the season and then set up Eli Stack and Blake Palmer. Twenty-four field players got playing time. Andrew Enelow got a well-deserved start in goal.
It didn't take long for Hanover to begin a siege on the BG goal. Blake Palmer missed at close ranger after a setup from Charlie Adams. David Stoffel whistled a shot over the top. Eli Stack broke in alone and was denied after a good save. The Marauders threatened with number of shots from close range after several corner kicks. Eli Stack just missed with a close range deflection on a free kick from Adams. Adams had two shot saved/blocked before a dangerous shot attempt by Palmer was blocked. Kyle Doucette's shot from in close on a corner kick clanged off the crossbar.
Finally, with a number of fresh legs in the lineup, Hanover took the lead when Eric Ringer made a great penetrating run into the BG box before laying the ball off the Aspinwall, who finished with his usual economical aplomb. The Cardinals mustered one of their few dangerous shots with five minutes left in the half, but after 40 minutes the Marauders were in clear control with their 1-0 advantage.
It didn't take long in the second half for the Marauders to assert complete control of the match.
Right back Dylan Kotlowitz stepped deep into the attacking zone on a counter, and threaded a ball to Blake Palmer on the right wing. Palmer beat his defender to the end line and hit a hard centering pass that was slammed him by an onrushing Adams. Ten minutes later, Adams set up Eli Stack with a penetrating run on the left side. An inexplicable call gave Bishop Guertin a penalty kick and a goal with 20 minutes to play, but there was no sign of a rally, Ten minutes later, Adams worked free in the box and laid the ball to Palmer, whose short range left footer gave Hanover a 4-1 lead. Four more Marauders made their varsity debuts in the closing minutes, and each contributed to the seamless control that continued to the final whistle.
The Marauders made progress on several fronts, and now they face a stern early season test in the Bedford Bulldogs, the defending D1 Champion. They will train Sunday 2-4 after days off on Friday and Saturday.
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