17/10/15: Mendip travelled to Devizes on Saturday knowing they would have a physical encounter with the home team. Mendip began strongly and started to build patterns of play to test the Devizes defence. Ella Sage, player of the match, started brightly showing her speed and determination to chase every through ball. Hayley Young threaded through an excellent ball for Ella to calmly slip past the keeper to take a narrow lead. Mendip continued to test the Devizes defence with our fast attacking breaks from Jasmine Scott, on her debut for the 1’s, pairing well with Sage.
Half time saw a more disciplined Devizes putting more pressure on the Mendip defence. This was soaked up again and again by Cherilyn Carey and Grace Harding on the left, with keeper Oenone Bodman-Harris, also on her debut appearance for the 1’s, clearing her goal line well. But Devizes did managed to get a ball across the D and on this occasion a well positioned Devizes attacker tapped the ball in to equalise the game 1-1. Mendip responded with several attacking runs down the right from Sammy Chivers and April Callow but couldn’t find the back of the net. Near the final stages of the match Cherilyn Carey picked out a high positioned Ella Sage with an excellent long ball and yet again Ella slipped the ball past the keeper. Mendip needed to defend the lead for the final few minutes but a questionable umpiring decision awarded Devizes a short corner and this was the opportunity they needed to equalise the match 2-2.
Mendip remain unbeaten going into their 5th league match against Yeovil & Sherborne 2nd XI at Norton Hill School, 1.30pm pushback.
April Callow
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