John Jay Heads to Post Season with 5-0 Victory over Bronxville

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With the post season just days away, Sophia Shaw can’t miss the pit in this team’s stomach. “We have a hunger to win,” she assured. But on Monday October 19, first things were first at Contest Field.

John Jay scored at 9:07 and didn’t let up in a 5-0 victory over Bronxville.

The Broncos did make the first bit of noise, though. At 13:45, the ball rolled perilously through the John Jay crease, but no hoof was there to cross the finish line.

Unimpressed, John Jay moved the pressure to the other side. Callen Keeley made her way to the goal line and forced the first penalty corner of the game.  A scrum formed around the box, and Kaitlyn Condon did the honors for a 1-0 game. 

Two minutes later, the girls were back. Keeley got around the defense on the right, but her long shot was met by a Isabelle Harrison kick out.

The Bronxville goalie wasn’t left alone for long either. Keeley got to the goal line this time, and while the ball eventually kicked back to Briar Cindrich, her shot was deflected wide by Harrison at 4:50.

Nonetheless, the Wolves contained the ball in the Bronco zone until Maggie Young poked the ball away at midfield and sent Corinne Augustyn galloping down the sideline at 2:56. A free shot resulting, the bill came due when Catherine Natko got the steal and put the Wolves on the break.

On the right, Keeley took the sideline, and found Natko in the middle. Settling, the senior went left to Sophia Shaw for a one v one on the goalie. Not much of an angle, Harrison had the save and a good rattle put on the goalie was the best Jay could do for period one.

Onto the second, Bronxville was the first to get a little traction, and Augustyn once again blazed a trail down the sideline. Unfortunately, Ellie Fahy wasn’t able to get much wood on her teammate’s centering pass, and the Wolves were back in business.

Still, Bronxville responded by conjuring three consecutive penalty corners, and an interception by Young set up the opportunities. She raced the sideline, passed inside to Olivia Murphy, and the teams lined up for the first one at 12:37.

No problem, the defense didn’t give an inch, and the same as Bronxville returned moments later. Only this time, Jay inbounded the change of possession, Fin Degl connected ahead to Keeley and another penalty corner was next.

Degl passed in, Keeley received, and Shaw was left on the right. A little push and the thud came at 8:07. 

Of course, Jay didn’t relent, and Degl didn’t pause when the whistle interrupted the attack at the six minute mark. Jumping on the hesitation while all were waiting, the middie rushed the net, and Harrison had to step in again.

Undeterred, Degl got the steal at midfield on the next sequence and found Cindrich on the sideline to do her thing. “Really, I’m just passing to anyone who is available,” said the junior.

It was Shaw in this case. “Briar sent it in,” said Shaw. “Everyone shifted, and I saw the gap to post,” she said. 

She knew Cindrich was going to give the pass a go, and the ball rolled through. On her stick, Shaw had the tap, and it was 3-0 at 4:06.

No doubt the writing was on the wall, and Keeley wrote both epitaphs in the second half. Degl opening the act in the middle, the senior found Keeley on the right with not much of an angle. “I’ve been practicing getting those hard flicks across the goal,” she said.

That she did. The ball whizzed past and found the left corner of thox at 7:57 of the third.

One to go, Keeley came through when Shaw first drove baseline. “I heard Callen call,” Shaw assured. “I trusted her to put it in.”

Receiving, Keeley made it look easy with 3:47 remaining, and victory had Cindrich taking the long view. “Our team, the states,” concluded Cindrich, “we going all the way.”

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