Posted on September 6, 2007
JMU took an early lead and held on late to defeat Georgetown Tuesday night and improve to 3-0 this season.
Freshman forward Kate Tisinger scored the first goal of the game, notching her second this season on an assist from senior defender Laura Hertz in the 29th minute.
The Hoyas out-shot the Dukes 9-7 and JMU had 19 fouls to Georgetown’s 13. Nonetheless, Madison came out on top in the physical match.
“They’re difficult to play against,” coach Dave Lombardo said. “They’re big, they’re athletic and they play very direct.”
Madison put pressure on the Hoyas with Tisinger’s score from three yards out in the first half. The speedy freshman knocked in her shot on a pass from Hertz, whose cross was the second in that fast break but from another side.
“I knew I needed to come out strong in this game,” Tisinger said. “In the [Virginia] Tech game I scored in the last five minutes, but I knew I had to come out strong from the beginning.”
Tisinger came off the bench Tuesday, but wasted no time notching her second goal of the season. Freshman midfielder Teresa Rynier and freshman forward Katie Dye also came off the bench.
“That’s why we recruited her,” Lombardo said. “We know she has some pace and she’s got a good soccer brain to go along with it.”
Goalkeeper Missy Reimert had a scare when she accidentally kicked the ball out of bounds on the baseline, giving Georgetown a corner kick. The kick resulted in a shot just wide right by the Hoyas, as it careened into the outside of the net.
JMU escaped into halftime with a 1-0 lead, but was disappointed with its play in the first half. Credit for JMU’s first half struggles was given to Georgetown’s play.
“In the first half, they took it to us,” sophomore forward Jessica Remmes said. “Once we got some subs in and changed our formation we definitely brought it right back and I think we controlled most of the second half and the last 15 minutes of the first half.”
JMU got on the scoreboard again in the 68th minute when Megan Deaver shot off of her own rebound after a shot that bounced off GU’s goalkeeper. Remmes delivered the outlet pass into the box, and Deaver powered her way to her first career goal from four yards out.
In the 71st minute, Remmes drilled a ball over the left crossbar, almost scoring Madison’s third goal. Five minutes later, Georgetown responded with their own shot wide left, as JMU goalkeeper Missy Reimert dived in that direction.
It was a very physical game and jumping for loose balls facilitated numerous collisions between players. Collisions turned into fouls and the intensity only rose when Georgetown midfielder Sara Jordan scored in the 80th minute.
Coach Lombardo offered his opinion: “We try to be a little bit more of a possession type of team and they were bigger than us. They were just out-jumping us for the ball and we didn’t do a good job of winning the second ball.”
JMU used 17 players in the contest and three of seven substitutes were freshmen. Madison has a young team but returns all-conference veterans Annie Lowry, Kimmy Germain and Teri Maykoski and will shoot for two more wins at home Friday and Sunday before traveling to Penn State Sep. 14.
“Everybody’s important - and we don’t care what year you are,” Lombardo said. “Our freshmen are really stepping up.”
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