Monday at Pottle Field on the campus of Hermon High School, Caribou scored five first half goals and cruised to a 5-1 win over Hermon in the Hawks season opening game. The Vikings improved to 3-0-1 with the victory.
Ginny Kieffer put the Vikings on the board 1:22 into the game to stun the young Hawks. Jenna Selander made it 2-0 Caribou when she scored off a Jamie Martin assist with 14:27 left in the half. Olivia Sleeper kept the offense rolling when she scored an unassisted goal at the 13:52 mark to give the Vikings a 3-0 lead.
Caribou's Meredith Sleeper (right) battles with Hermon's Kaitlin Saulter for possession of the ball during the second half of Monday's game in Hermon. Caribou won the game 5-1. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Caribou’s final two goals of the half came inside the two minute mark. Meredith Sleeper scored with 1:46 remaining on a Paige Small assist, and Meredith Sleeper made it 5-0 just 24 seconds later on an assist by Martin.
The Vikings took advantage of the Hawks mistakes, and dominated play through the majority of the opening half.
Caribou's Jamie Martin controls the ball during the first half. Photo by Skip Hawkes
In the second half, Hermon came out much more aggressive on offensive and seemed more relaxed on defense as they shut down the Vikings offense and matched up well through the entire half.
Kelsey Small got Hermon on the board when she scored with 33:40 still remaining in the game. That goal would be all that Hermon could manage despite picking up most of their game shots in the final half.
Caribou had 24 shots in the game, and Hermon had 15 shots. Morgan Swan stopped six shots for Caribou, while Sara Bishop stopped six shots for Hermon.
Hermon goalkeeper Sara Bishop wraps up the ball before Caribou's Olivia Sleeper can get to it. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Caribou (3-0-1) 5 – 0 – - 5
Hermon (0-1) 0 – 1 – - 1
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