Women Triumph Over Exeter

10/11/2010

Cambridge won 15-6

This wednesday the lacrosse girls found themselves in Devon to take on the strong Exeter University 1st team. This was the first real challenge the Blues had come up against this season and they rose to it, beating down the fiesty, fake-tanned, peroxide blonde Exeter players 15-6.

The game started messily with a significant number of referee calls going against us and both teams receiving yellow cards for dirty play. By half time however, Cambridge had lifted their game to notch up a score of 7-3; last years captain Ellie Walshe having proved that size doesn't matter by netting several classy goals.

Exeter came out for the second half fighting and the checks were coming hard and fast, Cambridge's temporary loss of possession and some strong drives from the only Exeter girl capable of a press-up led to the score gap closing.

Some great saves from Cambridge goalie Roshni 'Best-in-show' and a great shot deflection by Gen Gotla's thumb prevented Exeter getting the upper hand and a penalty sucessfully put away by Cambridge 'it-girl' and Tab fashion star Check Warner raised the score further.

Bus driver, photographer and head cheerleader Karl Davis remarked he was 'proud to be supporting the Cambridge lacrosse ladies' and is now well versed in all the Cambridge gossip from picking up on bus journey banter- 'having seen the girls with sticks in hand on the pitch- I would advise any Cambridge boys not to mess with them.'

By Laura Plant