Mariners power past Windjammers in regular season finale
Oceanside seniors and coach, from left to right, Zoe Proctor, Shale Peters, Molly Mellor, Danielle Bedard, Lily Feltus, coach Joanna Hall, Phoebe Ferriaolo, Casey Carroll, Emma Davis, Hannah Plourde and Erika Tardif, pose before the start of their final regular season home game. With the win 2-0 over Camden Hills Tuesday the Mariners are playoff bound, heading to Nokomis of Newport for a prelim game, date and time TBA. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside captain Casey Carroll runs through the arch of sticks as the school and team honored the seniors before Tuesday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside senior Erika Tardiff receives a flower from Oceanside Principal Tom Forti. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Non-senior varsity and junior varsity girls make up the field hockey stick arch for the seniors they are honoring before Tuesday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Molly Mellor, center, races ahead of Camden Hills Eva Ritchie, right, and Chelsea Hunter during Tuesday's game in Rockland. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Emma Davis gets all of this ball as she drives it up field. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Camden Hills Megan LeGage gets a stick in the way of Oceanside's Phoebe Ferriaolo. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Isabella Garver, front, drives the ball as teammate Jackie Thorbjornson looks on behind her. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Camden Hills Meg Dowd, left, races after Hannah Plourde as she works the ball up the field. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Jackie Thorbjornson is all smiles as she carries the puck back after hitting what would be the game winner for the Mariners. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Amanda Hoppe moves to the ball to help defend the goal during Tuesday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside seniors and coach, from left to right, Zoe Proctor, Shale Peters, Molly Mellor, Danielle Bedard, Lily Feltus, coach Joanna Hall, Phoebe Ferriaolo, Casey Carroll, Emma Davis, Hannah Plourde and Erika Tardif, pose before the start of their final regular season home game. With the win 2-0 over Camden Hills Tuesday the Mariners are playoff bound, heading to Nokomis of Newport for a prelim game, date and time TBA. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside captain Casey Carroll runs through the arch of sticks as the school and team honored the seniors before Tuesday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside senior Erika Tardiff receives a flower from Oceanside Principal Tom Forti. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Non-senior varsity and junior varsity girls make up the field hockey stick arch for the seniors they are honoring before Tuesday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Molly Mellor, center, races ahead of Camden Hills Eva Ritchie, right, and Chelsea Hunter during Tuesday's game in Rockland. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Emma Davis gets all of this ball as she drives it up field. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Camden Hills Megan LeGage gets a stick in the way of Oceanside's Phoebe Ferriaolo. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Isabella Garver, front, drives the ball as teammate Jackie Thorbjornson looks on behind her. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Camden Hills Meg Dowd, left, races after Hannah Plourde as she works the ball up the field. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Jackie Thorbjornson is all smiles as she carries the puck back after hitting what would be the game winner for the Mariners. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Oceanside's Amanda Hoppe moves to the ball to help defend the goal during Tuesday's game. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
ROCKLAND – The Oceanside Mariners field hockey team hosted Camden Hills Tuesday, in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference match up playing to a 2-0 Oceanside win.
With the win Oceanside finishes the regular season 8-4-2 and in 7th place in the Eastern Class B Heal Point standings. The Mariners will travel to Nokomis of Newport for a prelim game. The Mariners and Warriors played Sept. 13 tying 1-1 in double overtime. Camden Hills finishes the season 4-9-1 and will miss the post season.
"It was nice to see our seniors come away with a win, but it was not without emotions," said Oceanside coach Joanna Hall. "This was the last home game for a group of seniors that started with me as freshmen my first year coaching here. Many of them have been starting varsity since their freshman year. We took our lumps that first year, but these girls have a lot of heart and dedication and have worked hard to turn this program into one that can compete with anyone in the conference. It has really been a privilege to coach them."
During the first half of play Tuesday, the Mariners put pressure on the Windjammers from the opening whistle to the beginning of the half time break. Camden Hills goalie Zia Sulick who faced over 20 shots in the game, turned every shot in the first half away leaving the two teams at a 0-0 stalemate.
At the 22:31 mark in the second half, Mariner Jackie Thorbjornson took a sweet pass from Phoebe Ferriaolo and deposited the ball in the far corner giving Oceanside a 1-0 lead.
Ten minutes later at 12:30 Molly Mellor scored when the ball she shot deflected off a defender and into the net. The shot was assisted by Thorbjornson on a penalty corner.
Try as they might, the Mariners were shut down the rest of the way, but was also able to hold the Camden Hills offense hostage to capture the win.
Zoe Proctor had one save on one shot from the Windjammers. Camden Hills goalie Sulick despite the loss was outstanding in goal with a bounty of saves that kept the Mariners from running away with this game.
"We put the pressure on Camden Hills, but their defense turned in a strong performance," said coach Hall. "Goalie Zia Sulick had a number of impressive saves to keep them in the game."
Camden Hills held the edge in penalty corners 5-3.
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PenBayPilot sports reporter /photographer Ron Hawkes can be reached at ronhawkes@penbaypilot.com; or by phone at 207-956-0079 (home office) 975-2311 (cell)
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