Bottom of the Table Ashford 2s played 2nd placed Southgate 3s last Saturday. Southgate came out strong from the start and Ashford spent most of the first ten minutes defending until they settled down and after ten minutes play and gaining a second Short Corner, Maria Cavilla converted this one by hammering home a straight strike into the bottom left corner. They was some great play and fantastic passing and linking between Baker, Symes and Smith setting up Newman, Cavilla and Siwek to gain several more shots which just narrowly missed. A great stick save by the Southgate, if somewhat illegal, stopped Holland from getting another and the score remained 1-0 to Ashford at half time.
In the second half Southgate came out determined to get an equalizer and their hard work paid off after 23 minutes with a two on one scenario with the Ashford Keeper following a fantastic first time save from Keeper and Player of the Match Liv Washer. Stunned and maybe disorientated by this equalizer, Ashford were again caught off guard and following a defensive error from Ashford led Southgate scoring once more 5 minutes later now making it 2-1 to Southgate. This was very unfortunate as Liv Washer had made several great saves and was keeping Ashford in the game. Ashford heads did not go down however and some great play led to a shot from Holland being chested down by the Southgate keeper. Perseverance from Ashford led to a Short Corner 1 min from full time and this was again converted by Cavilla with a straight strike from Cavilla this time to the bottom right. A well deserved draw by Ashford and some confidence building should help them to secure a win against Aces next Saturday who are just above them and give them a chance to move off the bottom of the table.
Team: L.Washer, E.Sibia, W.Baker, L.Bowen-Davis, H.Hull, S.Symes, J.Smith, S.Clarey, T.Holland, H.Siwek, M.Cavilla, K.Taylor, V.Newman
