RYE – Field Hockey New York

Rye 1 came into the return leg of the tie against Westchester full of confidence they could continue on their winning form. Having defeated Westchester 7 to 0 in the first leg, Rye aimed to better the score. Westchester, with the addition of some new players, had other plans.

Rye worked hard to break through the Westchester defense lead by Wouter Plantenga, with David Geerts finally opening the scoring mid way through the first half. Westchester’s new forward, Dennis Akkaya, gave the Rye defense some headaches, though Rye managed to stay on top of his movement. As Rye’s defense tightened up, the midfield and forward line went into action adding two more goals before half time through Cheetham and Stutz.

The second half promised the proverbial opening of the floodgates. However, Westchester managed to keep their cool and only allow one more goal. The goal came from a penalty corner rebound neatly driven in by Anich, following a few well saved attempts from Cheetham. With the game wrapped up, Rye sat back to conserve energy for the run in to the final games of the season and the playoffs.