The Unknown Field Hockey Observer 10

The Unknown Field Hockey Observer
10-22-05

The Unknown

Wilmington Christian 3
Mt Pleasant 0

WCS, with a recently reconfigured line up, dominated on the Slip ‘n’ Slide with goals from Megan Grier, Katie Love and Camille Walker. Ms Love must have webbed feet; she was outstanding on the right flank, winning possession and advancing the ball all afternoon.

The resurgent Warriors are proven closers. Last year they only lost one of their final eight games and in 2003 they finished by winning five of the last six. However, this year they started from too far back, 2-6-1 after their Turf Bowl debacle vs. William Penn, and the opposition is simply too strong, they finish with Cape, Sanford and St Mark’s.

The Mounties haven’t put one in the Warriors cage since 2002 when they were on the short end of a 3-2 score. Mount, tournament certainties a few weeks ago, looked like tournament wannabes yesterday. After a string of three defeats, their games with Middletown and Concord have assumed considerable importance.

Tournament Speculations

There is still a lot of hockey to be played but, if form holds, the tournament field, at least 14 of the 16, can be identified, if not seeded. Unless they stumble twice down the homestretch, Tower Hill will be the #1 seed with CR, Sanford and Delmar rounding out the top four. The second group of four will include St Mark’s, Cape and two BHC teams, Concord and Brandywine. The third foursome should have Sussex Tech and three BHC teams, William Penn, Mt Pleasant and Middletown.

Padua and Charter, the likely BHA champions, will be in the fourth grouping. That leaves only two spots open for the six contending teams – Archmere, Dover, Friends, Indian River, Tatnall and Seaford. If I had to pick the lucky two, I would choose Friends and Indian River.

1) Tower Hill
2) Caesar Rodney
3) Sanford
4) Delmar
5) St Mark’s
6) Cape Henlopen
7) Concord
8) Brandywine
9) William Penn
10) Sussex Tech
11) Mt Pleasant
12) Middletown
13) Friends
14) Indian River
15) Padua
16) Charter

	TOURNAMENT RANKINGS
	October 22, 2005

	Team	W	L	T	T#
1)	TOWER HILL	11	0	1	4.7694
2)	CAESAR RODNEY	11	0	0	4.5132
3)	DELMAR	12	1	0	4.3703
4)	CAPE HENLOPEN	10	1	0	4.0746
5)	SANFORD	9	2	1	4.0175
6)	BRANDYWINE	10	2	0	3.9780
7)	WILLIAM PENN	11	2	0	3.8898
8)	ST MARK'S	8	2	1	3.8156
9)	PADUA	9	1	0	3.7440
10)	SUSSEX TECH	8	3	0	3.7181
11)	FRIENDS	6	3	1	3.7066
12)	CONCORD	7	3	0	3.5789
13)	MT PLEASANT	9	3	0	3.5581
14)	SEAFORD	8	5	0	3.4964
15)	MIDDLETOWN	9	3	0	3.4799
16)	TATNALL	5	5	0	3.3556
17)	ARCHMERE	6	5	1	3.2301
18)	DOVER	6	5	0	3.1765
19)	INDIAN RIVER	6	4	1	3.1604
20)	CHARTER	6	5	0	3.0779



	INDIVIDUAL SCORING
	October 22, 2005


	PLAYER	TEAM	GOALS	ASSISTS	POINTS
1)	Tricia Dean	WP	22	8	52
2)	Brooke Tadlock	MTWN	19	13	51
3)	Dana Jamison	AI	19	1	39
4)	Alyssa Pietrobono	CSW	13	12	38
5)	Randi Goodman	MT	17	3	37
6)	Katie McMahon	DELM	15	2	32
7)	Jaimie Brittingham	CR	14	1	29
8)	Alicia Crumley	DELC	13	3	29
9)	Bethany Pavlik	ST	12	3	27
10)	Alana Coppol	B	11	4	26
11)	Amy Williams	B	11	4	26
12)	Blythe Mackie	WP	11	4	26
13)	Mallory Talbot	CAPE	11	3	25
14)	Erica Crile	MTWN	12	0	24
15)	Caitlin McCarthy	ST	12	0	24
16)	Liz DeMatteis	ST M	11	1	23
17)	Ali Shoch	B	8	7	23
18)	Amanda Deloy	CAPE	7	8	22
19)	Kelly Fox	CON	9	3	21
20)	Brittanie Booker	MT	4	13	21
21)	Lauren Correll	ST	8	4	20
22)	Brit Hamm	DELC	8	4	20
23)	Katie Love	WCS	9	1	19
24)	Alexis Esbitt	SAN	7	5	19
25)	Sarah Walker	PA	8	2	18
26)	Hali Ramey	DELM	8	1	17
27)	Paris Waterman	SAN	7	3	17
28)	Kimmy Schlezes	CON	7	3	17
29)	Kelsie Ward	CR	7	3	17
30)	Brooke Sheppard	WFS	7	3	17
31)	Amanda Jett	MTWN	6	5	17
32)	Alison Bloodsworth	DELM	6	5	17
33)	Katelyn Falgowski	ST M	6	5	17
34)	Brittany Harrison	WP	5	7	17
35)	Ali Ambrose	IR	8	0	16
36)	Luminita Hamilton	CC	6	4	16
37)	Laura Olenderski	CAPE	6	4	16
38)	Tara McQueen	DELC	6	4	16
39)	Alli Williams	WP	4	8	16

	WITH MANY GAMES UNREPORTED!

	STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

	As of October 21, 2005

		SOS			SOS
	TEAM	Overall		TEAM	Played-to-Date
1)	TOWER HILL	1.9235	1)	TOWER HILL	1.9237
2)	ST ANDREW'S	1.8684	2)	TATNALL	1.8947
3)	TATNALL	1.8492	3)	WOODBRIDGE	1.8537
4)	CARAVEL	1.8176	4)	DELMARVA CHRISTIAN	1.8400
5)	WILM FRIENDS	1.8034	5)	SANFORD	1.7752
6)	SANFORD	1.6786	6)	CARAVEL	1.7200
7)	ARCHMERE	1.6575	7)	ARCHMERE	1.7174
8)	WILM CHRISTIAN	1.6480	8)	CONCORD	1.7083
9)	SEAFORD	1.6444	9)	WILM FRIENDS	1.7027
10)	LAKE FOREST	1.6243	10)	ST THOMAS MORE	1.6735
11)	MCKEAN	1.6056	11)	CHRISTIANA	1.6719
12)	DELMAR	1.6022	12)	DELMAR	1.6593
13)	RED LION	1.5922	13)	ST ANDREW'S	1.6437
14)	WOODBRIDGE	1.5858	14)	ST MARK'S	1.6393
15)	SMYRNA	1.5611	15)	MCKEAN	1.6296
16)	DELMARVA CHRISTIAN	1.5503	16)	CAESAR RODNEY	1.6240
17)	NEWARK	1.5495	17)	RED LION	1.6190
18)	MILFORD	1.5460	18)	DICKINSON	1.6142
19)	LAUREL	1.5375	19)	GLASGOW	1.6121
20)	ST MARK'S	1.5345	20)	SEAFORD	1.6081
21)	DOVER	1.5326	21)	MILFORD	1.5962
22)	SUSSEX TECH	1.5284	22)	CHARTER	1.5954
23)	POLYTECH	1.5056	23)	POLYTECH	1.5890
24)	CAESAR RODNEY	1.5054	24)	SUSSEX CENT	1.5873
25)	SUSSEX CENT	1.5000	25)	INDIAN RIVER	1.5669
26)	BRANDYWINE	1.4944	26)	SMYRNA	1.5385
27)	CONCORD	1.4866	27)	LAUREL	1.5108
28)	A I DUPONT	1.4749	28)	LAKE FOREST	1.5000
29)	ST THOMAS MORE	1.4709	29)	NEWARK	1.4909
30)	CHRISTIANA	1.4693	30)	SUSSEX TECH	1.4661
31)	CHARTER	1.4649	31)	WILM CHRISTIAN	1.4634
32)	GLASGOW	1.4615	32)	URSULINE	1.3917
33)	URSULINE	1.4545	33)	DOVER	1.3459
34)	DICKINSON	1.4520	34)	DELCASTLE	1.3221
35)	INDIAN RIVER	1.4231	35)	BRANDYWINE	1.3041
36)	ST ELIZABETH	1.4000	36)	WILLIAM PENN	1.3041
37)	WILLIAM PENN	1.3571	37)	A I DUPONT