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Cape Women's Soccer is Back: Falmouth goes 3-0

Falmouth's stats for the first 2 weeks of the season. Next game Tuesday 6/23 vs Barnstable at CCCC.

Kathryn Ross takes the ball down the field. Below Jenna Rabesa scores.

6/11 - After Tuesday's game versus Sandwich was rained out, Falmouth came out eager to play their frist game versus Orleans (formerly the Lower Cape team). A lot of back and forth play and chances for both sides until about the 30th minute when Jenna Rabesa got a break right through Orleans' back four and placed the ball to the goalie's right side. Falmouth kept the momentum going through the reaminder of the half but couldn't put anymore shots away before halftime.

In the second half, about the 55th minute the ball trickled out on top of Orlean's 18 after some ping-pong type play in the box. The goalie was out so I booted it up and over her for our second goal of the night. Orleans had a few scary breaks down the center and flanks by the speedy "Mckenzie," but Abby was able to pull in all the shots taken and even a real nice corner that bent out of bounds and then curled back in just to land on her fingertips.

Rabesa got the third goal for the home team when Orleans' keeper came out to make a save, deflected the ball, popped it back out and Jenna launched a shot just up and over her to make it 3-0. Orleans, lacking any substitutions, began tiring. Shortly after a give and go right up the middle of the field to to the top of the box, Falmouth's Kathryn Rose placed a nice shot just passed the keeper into the right side of the net making it 4-0, which would stand until the final whistle.

6/16 - Falmouth, now 2-0, still plans to make up the rained out game at home with Sandwich. But in the meantime had a game slated  for today at Sandwich's Water District Fields. In the first half Falmouth keeper Abby Gove made an unbelievable diving save. She launched and just got her fingertips enough on the ball to push it past the far post and out for a corner kick which did not amount to much. After getting a run for their money up and down the field, Falmouth's first goal came about halfway through the 1st half when Kathryn Rose was awarded a direct kick after getting pummeled by three Sandwich defenders. Hala Coker took the kick and drilled a hard low shot past the keeper to make it 1-0. The first half was very much back and forth with a former Falmouthian, Ali Smrcina, being a threat down the flanks with overlapping passes. Falmouth forwards hit the cross bar at least three times in the half.

At halftime Coker still had the lone goal. But it didn't take Jenna Rabesa too long into the second half to get one. She ripped a shot after taking on a couple defenders to make it 2-0. After several more close shots and a few more crossbars and sidenets, Julie Lamson sent a beautiful ball through to Rabesa who placed it past the keeper for the 3-0 score that would stand despite some close calls.

6/18 - Undeafeted and unscored upon, Falmouth hosted defending league champs, Mashpee, at Trotting Park Fields. Mashpee would break Falmouth keeper's streak and score the first goal on her this season shortly into the 1st half when Falmouth's midfield and defense broke down. Since it was rainy and wet they found themselves hesitating, being overly cuatious not to miss-kick or make a mistake, especially on defense. Well it worked to their disadvantage on at least this play when Mashpee's speedy striker, "Monique," stole the ball from a Falmouth defender and made her way down the middle of the field to slide a shot to the back of the net. Despite several chances on the other end of the field, Falmouth came out empty handed in the 1st half.

Then just 8 minutes into the 2nd half, after getting knocked around by Mashpee's pushy back four, Tara Faria made her way through the crowded box to receive a nice pass laid off by Yvonna Rowinski. She took a shot and tied it up. Jenna Rabesa kept the momentum going by dribbling through a mass of blue shirts to rip a shot off and make it 2-1 just a few minutes later. Falmouth kept the pressure on and the ball in Mashpee's half, but the rivals were able to take full advantage when the ball escaped to Falmouth's end of hte pitch. A nice chip shot from the flank lofted up and over keeper Abby Gove's reach tying the game up yet again.

At about the 70th minute Rowinski was surrounded by blue, but wound up and blasted a low, hard shot past the Mashpee goaltender to make it 3-2. Despite the rain, the teams played on but Falmouth held onto the lead to beat the two-year defending champs.

Falmouth plays Barnstable next at McBaran Field off Old Falmouth Rd. in Marstons Mills at 6:15 pm on Tuesday 6/23.