Lady Royals Keep the Intensity, Now 5-4-2

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, the Lady Royals played Cabot on their home field, with a 1-1 draw.

The first half was a big fight for possession of the ball with Royals' goalie, Shauna Tracy (getting eight saves) and Cabot's goalie, C. Haggett (22 saves).

At 17:26 into the first half, Cabot's Annie Gullen scored a goal on the Royals from an indirect kick. The Royals got a lot more aggressive, and took a lot more shots on goal.  In the first half, the Royals out shot Cabot shooting 18 shots. Royalton's Senior, Sarah Mattern, scored a goal 5:49 into the second half.  This brought both teams to a tie, 1-1.  

They went into overtime but no goals were made leaving the score as it was, 1-1.  It was a great game to both play and watch.

Royals 1, Williamstown 0

Early Saturday morning the Lady Royals traveled to Williamstown, earning the 1-0 win.

Once again the Royals out shot their opponents.  In the whole game overall, they shot at goal 29 times.  They only allowed Williamstown to get the ball across the Royal's defense line eight times for the entire game. Royals' goalie, Shauna Tracy, had eight saves for the game and Williams-town's goalie, Marie Graham, had 19 saves for the game.  The Royal's seemed to keep the possession of the ball for most of the game.

At 26:00 into the second half, Royal's Senior, Katie Berk, scored a goal from the 18 line.  It was the only goal scored for the entire game.  

Twinfield 0, Royalton 0

Monday, the Royals traveled to Twinfield for another tie, 0-0.  The Lady Royals beat Twinfield, 3-2, in their first outing of the season.  

It seemed as if Twinfield came out stronger than the Royals did, but that didn't stay that way for very long.  Both teams had great offense and defense and used their support as much as they could.

The defense line for the Royals was terrific, only allowing Twinfield to shoot six times at Royalton's goalie, Shauna Tracy, 6 saves during the game.  Twinfield's goalie, Serena Franks, had 26 saves.  

No one scored a goal in either the first or second half.  They went into overtime and neither team managed to make a goal.  The game ended after a lot of hard work, with a score of 0-0.  

The Royals now have a record of 5-4-2. They will be playing Rivendell on Friday at 4 p.m. on the Royals' home field, play Monday, Oct. 8, at 4 p.m. at home and play their last game Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. in Stratton.  

By Breezy Fisk