King's United scored a last-minute goal to draw 3-3 with
University Blue in their premier men's hockey match
yesterday.
For most of the first half, King's had the upper hand,
forcing University to make simple errors.
It was not until 30 minutes into the game that a goal was
added to the scoreboard, with Rory McLean of King's gathering
a misdirected pass and beating the goalie.
University came out of the break a different team and scored
almost straight away from a mix-up inside the King's circle
to level the score 1-1.
King's had three penalty corners in a row but, after failing
to score, was too slow in getting back on defence, with Chris
Ashton scoring to give University the lead.
That situation did not last for long, with King's hitting
through Morgan McLean's reverse stick shot hitting the back
of the net.
Richard Storey converted a penalty shot to snatch the lead
back for University.
With about a minute remaining, King's ran the ball the length
of the field and found the equaliser, and then had a chance
to take the win after it was awarded a penalty corner in the
dying seconds.
Momona beat City Highlanders 1-0 in a tight game in the
women's premier competition.
For the first 15 minutes, neither team seemed able to
complete moves due to the dogged persistence of their
opponents - in particular Samara Dalziel for Momona and Arna
McLeod for City.
The game was so much end-to-end that after City Highlanders
broke into their circle to strike it was only within seconds
that Momona had gained a penalty corner at the opposite end.
This was well defended by City goalie Ellie Tredinnick.
Momona had some more opportunities to score before halftime
but shot straight at the goalie's pads every time.
After halftime the game did not improve and both teams were
hitting long balls to no-one. However, Momona was encroaching
into the danger zone more. Eventually, Momona got it right,
with Pip Symes hitting the backboard with a lovely strike.
City rallied with some tidy play through the middle but could
not find an equaliser.
In other games, Taieri beat St Hilda's 3-0 and University A
beat King's A 9-1.
- Shirley Gillett and Tim Miller
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