Rising Sun field hockey coach Katie Keyes finally got her message across. "We need to get rid of the idea that everything needs to be perfect, and just do it," Keyes has repeatedly told her team. Tigers' midfielder Biz Hurm heeded that advice and the result led to Julia Herrmann's goal as Rising Sun recorded its first win of the season by nipping North East 1-0 at Calvert Regional Park Monday, September 17. Hurm says it's always special to defeat the Indians.
"They're always a good rival to us," she said. "They always try a little harder against us I think because we've always had that rivalry. We've always try a little harder against them, as well, because we know it's possible. When we play against the Harford County teams, we're always the underdogs, but [Monday] it was two confident teams coming out." Hurm had a big part of the game's only goal. Herrmann, who has all three of her team's goals through the first four games of the year, scored with 3:12 left in the first half. "Biz had a phenomenal shot on goal and it got a little jambled in there," Herrmann said. "And I tapped it in, actually one of their defenders hit it in but I had the last tap for Rising Sun." Said Hurm: "I saw the ball and in my brain I was thinking I needed to get a pretty shot. I thought about pulling it but I heard my coach's voice in my head saying, 'No pretty shots because you take too much time.' So I just kind of ripped it and just hoped that someone would tip it and they did so it was a wave of relief. I was like 'wooo'. Because one it's in, you only need one to win. Once we scored I just told the defense, 'nothing gets in' because sometimes all it takes is one to win." North East's Abigail Riley and the Tigers' Hurm both performed well in the middle of the field. "She is a great competitor," Keyes said of Hurm. "She definitely a leader on the team. The goal that we scored really happened because we self-started on the free hit so it caught them off-guard. She brings a lot to the team. Definitely a lot of heart, leadership. I'm glad she's here." The Tigers were able to control play for most of the first half. "It's very exciting for us, especially because I'm a forward, most of our games so far have been a defensive game," said Herrmann. "It was in our circle a lot [against North East]. Granted, we could have had a few more goals but the win feels really great." It was a different story after halftime as the Indians generated more chances. "I think some of us get a little too cocky and once we're winning. they're like, 'We're winning the game. It's fine'," Hurm said. "Some people got too comfortable with the game so we had to regroup and say, 'No, if [North East scores] it's a whole different game for us. If they don't score, we're done in 60 minutes. Overtime is always super stressful so we knew that we didn't want that to happen." For the game, Rising Sun outshot North East 7-4. The Tigers' Jessica Rea recorded the shutout. Keyes expected North East to push even harder following Herrmann's goal. "It was a relief, however I know that continuing to score goals [is important] because North East is a tough competitor and I knew that they were coming out hard for us," the coach said. "The one goal was super important but we wanted to score a few more." The inability to add to the the lead made for a few anxious moments in the second half. "We just had to make sure we didn't underestimate them," said Hurm. "It really was in our circle a lot. I screamed several times, 'Get his out!' In the heat of the moment you're like, 'Nothing can go in right now'. But it didn't so I'm really happy." Comments are closed.
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