Tuesday evening the Bulldogs traveled to South Dearborn for a match against the Knights winning 8-0.
Our Batesville boys were eager to make up for a recent loss and started out the match with strong momentum. 35:39 We opened up with our first goal coming from combination play between JJ Kuisel and Kent Meyers on the right wing. Kent lofted the ball across into the left side netting. 31:55 Eli Pierson received a through ball down right sideline and crossed into JJ Kuisel for a one touch finish. 29:08 Joey Gutzwiller made a move on his defender creating space for a nice cross into the middle and Eli Pierson volleyed the ball out of the air into the net. 24:08 Eli Pierson ran onto a loose ball from a defensive mistake and his first shot bounced off the keeper, but he followed up and made the second shot. 2:19 The ball was sent in and the Knights defense struggled to clear it when Willy Sherwood with a nice follow up shot to goal. 1:12 Ian Powers lobbed the ball long to JJ Kuisel, who chipped the ball up, hitting the cross bar, and bouncing down into the goal.
Second half continued, but rate of play slowed down. 13:42 in the second half JJ Kuisel dribbled in close to keeper and passed across to Eli Pierson for a one touch shot. The final goal of the match was at 11:27 when Ian Powers crossed to Willy for another one touch finish. The Bulldogs won their match 8-0 against the South Dearborn Knights.
Saturday Batesville traveled to Shelbyville for an invitational tournament. In the first match Batesville played Anderson. The Bulldogs struggled to find possession against Anderson’s defense. 6:47 Batesville made a defensive mistake which gave Anderson a square ball in the back and lead to a close shot on goal. The second half continued and Anderson found their second goal when the ball was sent wide right and dribbled down for a 1v1 against the keeper. Batesville lost 2-0. The next match of the day was canceled due to opponent backing out of the tournament.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Kyle Hunteman.