Exeter 7  Belmont Hill School 5
As expected, Exeter and Belmont Hill tangled in their usual close and hard fought contest. After a low scoring first half that had Belmont with a 2-1 lead, Exeter played a dominating 3rd quarter by outscoring Belmont 5-0. Offensively, Exeter was led by Alan Eberstein (2 goals and 2 assists) and Casey D'Annalfo (2 goals). However it was the outstanding goalie play of Jeff Miller that truly turned the game around for Exeter, and thus is deserving of the game ball award. Jeff finished the day with 12 saves, but many of them were from close range and quite extraordinary. Jeff also was key in Exeter successfully clearing the ball from our defensive end so well. Also having outstanding games were the entire defensive unit of Ben Gage, Seth Coburn, Matt Perdoni, and Gabe Wood. They limited Belmont to a total of 3 goals before they were replaced in the 4th quarter. Once again, Wyatt Golding did a super job by taking all the faceoffs, winning most of them, and gobbling up ground balls all over the field. The attack unit accounted for 6 of Exeter's 7 goals with Colin Thune notching his 2nd of the season, and prep Tom Petty scoring his first career goal. It was a great 2nd half comeback after a sluggish 1st half, so players and coaches were pleased with the day's efforts.
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Team

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Game Total

Exeter

1
0
5
1
7

Belmont Hill

0
2
0
3
5

Game Ball Winner - Jeff Miller

Game Scoring - Goals - Eberstein (2), D'Annalfo (2), Thune, Monroe, Petty

                           Assists - Eberstein (2), Nurick

Saves/Shots on Goal - 12/17