This week the L3s had a really great match, beating St Ives very confidently with a final score of five-one. Coming out strong from the start, Cambridge South held possession of the ball for the majority of the time, constantly harrying the St Ives D. Defenders Laurie, Jenny, Ani, Lauren and Hannah did some fantastic passing around the back which opened up tonnes of opportunities.

Eventually, our constant pressure in the opposing D led to a short corner and the first goal of the match. While the initial short corner plan didn’t exactly come to fruition, the team kept their heads and improvised beautifully. The ball was expertly passed from the injection, around the edge of the D, down to the baseline, across the keeper and on to Rosie’s stick, who expertly put it in the back of the goal. Strong team effort on this one for sure!

Following that, a goal from a very determined Hazel and a goal in return from the opposition brought us to two-one at half time. Re-fuelled by Haribo and jelly beans, the team came back out strong for a cracker of a second half. Goal opportunities were created left, right and centre, with excitement when Hazel tried to flip the ball over the keeper, Kath wacked a short corner strike inches from the post and Jenny came up from defence, dodging at least four players to take a shot on goal. Not to be denied though, the first goal of the half came from Emily neatly putting it away in the corner. The next goal came from Sally, with a stunning hit from the edge of the D causing the ball to blaze past the goalie, forming the most spectacular goal of the season so far. It was beautiful. Well done Sally!

Finally, Rosie rounded off the match with another goal, once again from a short corner! We know the near post is in expert hands with Rosie when it comes to short corners! Man of the match went to Sally for her fabulous goal but she was closely followed by Jenny for her fantastic work in defence. Special mention also to Lucy, who ran like crazy to man-mark the pesky, super fast player on the opposing side, expertly marking her out of the game. Lemon of the match goes to Rebecca for passing back to the opposing side from a long corner. Overall, this week the L3s retained possession of the ball really well, worked around the back to switch and linked passes expertly. It bodes well for the season to come and will hopefully result in success for the coming matches.