Ursuline 4, Hubbard 2

 

Hubbard, Oh—Hubbard jumped out early on the Irish just five minutes into the game when Alex Chick sent a corner kick to Paul Gref.  Paul redirected the ball to the far post for the 1-0 led.

 

Moments later Freshmen Eddie Zitnik picked up his first career assist as he found R.J. Lee at the top of the 18.  R.J. Lee shielded the defender then turned him inside and beat the keeper near post on a very nice shot for a 2-0 led.

 

Hubbard had the Irish right where they wanted them.  The second goal took a lot out of Ursuline and Hubbard had the run of things for the majority of the first half.  With 15 minutes left in the half Hubbard’s defense run into some problems with their one on one defender and missed cleared balls that Ursuline made the Eagles pay for their mistakes and even up the score 2-2 at halftime.

 

The momentum swung to the Irish and they started controlling the flow of the game in the second half.  Ursuline pounded shots at the Eagles for almost the entire second half.  Keeper Galen Hayek made some great diving saves to keep Hubbard even in the contest. The Eagles defense was much better the second half.  They were getting good clears when they had to and they did not get broking down on one on ones.  The defense played a much better second half.

 

The goals in the second half came off a direct kick and the other was off a shot that Hubbard’s Keeper couldn’t hold onto.

 

Hubbard will have to play an intense mistake free game Tuesday night up in Champion if they want to keep their Tac-8 hopes alive. 

 

Hubbard (6-3-1) travels to Champion Tuesday, Sept. 26

JV 5

 V 7

 

Scoring Summary

Paul Gref assisted Alex Chick

R.J. Lee assisted Eddie Zitnik