Festival results for MD/DC teams
Nine clubs from Maryland/DC took teams to the National Hockey Festival last week and while just one won its pool, several did very well, finishing in the middle or top half of their pools. (Click team name for official US Field Hockey results.)
U19 clubs
The Baltimore Blitz struggled in the M Pool, scoring but one goal and losing all six of its games.
At the other extreme was Club Applebee USA of Baltimore, which won the N Pool with five wins and a tie.
In Pool H, the Jackals from Rockville finished third in what might be called the Tie Pool. Jackals had three ties (along with two wins and only one loss) and everybody in the pool had at least two ties, with one team with four. No team could muster more than three wins.
The Shore team of Easton finished next to last in the J Pool, even though it had the same record as the last-place finisher. The difference was the goal-differential. Shore surprisingly scored almost as many goals as it allowed — 13 to 14 — but there weren’t enough goals at the right time and the team finished with one win and five losses. The last-place team also went 1-5, but scored only 4 and gave up 23.
Southeast Storm came oh-so-close to winning the Q Pool, finishing second despite not losing a game. The difference? Two ties, while the first place squad had one loss — to Southeast — but no ties.
Over in the E Pool, SPark from Millersville finished fourth in a very tough pool, which included perennial powerhouse and eventual pool winner Sutter’s Brigade. SPark finished with three wins and losses but struggled to score, registering only seven goals in their six games. All three of the team’s losses were shutouts.
Spitfire from Howard County scored 12 goals and gave up 12 goals and thus predictably finished in the middle of Pool R with two wins, three losses and a tie. Spitfire lost to the eventual winner by only one goal but also gave the last place team its only win.
U16 Clubs
Capitol Pegasus was shut out of three games in the ZZ Pool, and scored shutouts in two of its three wins. In fact only one game the group played in was NOT a shutout.
TNT of Cockeysville lost its only game in the YY Pool to the eventual champion and by only one goal. The group finished second with a five win, one loss record. The team gave up only three goals the entire tournament.