3 up for Upman but Ladies 1s downed by St Andrews
/Kelburne Ladies 1s v St Andrews University Ladies 1s
15/10/2022 - 12:15pm
Kelburne L1s 3-8 St Andrews Uni L1s
Scorers: Simone Upman (3)
After a good win in the Scottish Cup on Thursday night, Kelburne Ladies 1s travelled to St Andrews looking to build upon their solid performance.
The first quarter saw a strong St Andrews team dominate with their speed and movement but Kelburne were strong in defence and saw some good periods of playing when working the ball in to the outside channels. St. Andrews looked to use their speed to their advantage and came away with four short corners which saw them take a two goal lead in the first quarter. The second quarter saw Kelburne fight back, winning three short corners, with Simone Upman continuing her fine run of goal scoring form to score the ladies first of the game. St Andrews regrouped themselves towards half time and some good play from the university team saw them come away from the D with another two goals to leave the score at half time 4-1 to the east coasters.
Kelburne looked to start the second half on the front foot with some lovely team play resulting in four short corners and another goal for Simone Upman after a strong pass from Ava Graham. St Andrews were reduced to 10 players, with a green card for aggressive play, early in the third quarter which allowed Kelburne to gain more attacking opportunities. The quarter was even until the last few minutes when St. Andrews got ahead of the Kelburne defence to score another goal. At the beginning of the fourth quarter Kelburne worked hard in defence and challenged St. Andrews in attack multiple times. Ava Graham drove into the D and won a penalty flick in which Simone Upman powered past the keeper to secure her hat trick. This left the score at 5-3 to the university and with the game coming to an end, Coach Colin McClure made the decision to go to 11 outfield players in order to press St Andrews and look to secure something form the game. St. Andrews challenged Kelburne, looking to take every opportunity to exploit the lack of keeper but it wasn’t to be for the brave Kelburne side, conceeding three goals, two of which were from short corners.
A determined performance from the young Kelburne side who remained driven and positive throughout the game and are eager to get back on the pitch with another university side being the opposition next weekend in the form of the University of Aberdeen.
