Torbay ladies’ firsts 2

Tavistock ladies’ firsts 3

AFTER a great win last week the Tavy ladies were on a high and looking for their next victory.

The game against Torbay started with a far steadier pace than last week’s match and it didn’t take long for pressure to be pushed on the Tavistock defence. This was nothing that the back line of Boulle, Kelly, Mills-Hicks and Colsten couldn’t handle.

Tavistock reacted well to the pressure and started to create chances in the opposition’s D, unfortunately Lamb just fell short with the first opportunity to score.

Nevin played the ball forward to Armstrong who slipped the ball to MK student Lindsey who slotted Tavistock’s first goal nicely past the goalkeeper. The first half ended at 1-0 to Tavistock.

The team were looking to turn it up a notch and really show Torbay what they were made of. Within five minutes of the second half starting, Tavistock were putting immediate pressure on in the opposition’s half.

It did not take long for the girls to find the net and take it to 2-0 with a strong strike from Armstrong, which took a touch off a Torbay defender and into the net. The ladies had found that fire they were after and really started to play the hockey they wanted. The midfield trio of Scott, Payne and Nevin saw some great determination going forward. This provided forward Lamb with a great through ball which she took beautifully past the keeper to the right of the D and smashed into the goal.

Torbay reacted well and piled the pressure back on the ladies with 15 minutes remaining. It was a close shave in the Tavistock D but a fine sliding save from Viggars kept the home side out.

Torbay made a quick break which caught the Tavistock ladies dozing and closed the score line to 3-1. Their first goal in the game saw the home side start fighting back against Tavistock and looking for their next opportunity.

It didn’t take long before they got a second in to the Tavistock net. The ladies worked hard until the final whistle and kept the home side clear of their defensive D to come away with a 3-2 win.