MAISAD Semifinals
Hyde 0
Hebron 2
Hyde ended their season with a 0-2 loss to the Lumberjacks from Hebron
on Wednesday afternoon. Without some key players, Hyde managed to
hold their own for most of the match. However, Hebron’s speed and
athleticism was too much for the Phoenix to handle in the end. Hebron
scored two first half goals from midfielder Joseph Collins. The
second half saw much better play from Hyde. In particular, Scott
Georgalalis ’12 did an outstanding job defending Collins. With the
help from goal Keeper Alec Randall’s ’12 fifteen saves, Hyde shut out
the Lumberjacks in the second half. Late in the game the forward duo
of Wes Freston ’11 and Jack Xu ’14 almost combined for a goal, but
Jack’s one-time shot just went wide. Other standouts were Wilson
Macmillan ’14 for his tireless work ethic in the midfield and Brendan
Trometer ’11 for his fine defensive effort. Although they did not win
the game, the coaches were pleased with the effort that was put forth on the pitch. The lads should be proud off all they accomplished this fall.
Hyde 2
Kents Hill 5
In a rematch from the previous week, Hyde fell to Kents Hill 2-5.
Hyde improved from the last time these two teams met and the game was
much closer than the score indicated. The Phoenix stuck to their
game plan and contained the Kents Hill potent attack for a good
portion of the match. However, Ethan Ford was outstanding and scored
four goals for KH. Abu Mannachi added one. Jamal Borden ’13 scored
for Hyde in the first half and Nabil Eshraghian ‘13 scored in the
second half, assisted by Juno Ra’ 11. The score was 3-2 for most of
the second half until Kents Hill scored two late goals to add to their
total. Leo Shan ‘11 was man of the match for Hyde for doing a stellar
defensive job marking, arguably, the best player in the MAISAID
conference, Abu Mannaachi. Alec Randall ‘12 played a solid game in
net, recording 17 saves. Hyde will travel to Hebron on Friday for their last regular season game before the MAISAD tournament.