Do or Die

With their district 1 playoff hopes at stake, the Aces hosted Ridley this afternoon on the turf at Arnold Field. And with LM trying to get their offense in gear, the Raiders, having a down year so far, might just be what the doctor ordered.

It was senior day for the Aces, and it was one of those 11 seniors, who got the offense rolling. Just 5 minutes in Roee Baror nuked a 26 yard blast past the helpless Ridley keeper and it was 1-0 LM. Baror, playing out of center midfield, and having probably his best game of the season so far, showed great hustle all afternoon and a lot of fancy footwork. Despite dominating play the Aces were only up 1-0 at halftime.

Just 6 minutes into the 2nd half junior Ryan Tillman was pulled down in the box, and converted the resulting PK. Meanwhile the LM D continued to put a wall around keeper Sabastian Jenkins as there was very little action near the Aces' net. LM's 3rd goal was a beauty. A long corner kick found the head of sophmore Thomas Podrasky, who smartly headed it back into the middle to junior William Cypress, who found the back of the net. 3-0 Aces. LM was now confidently putting together 3-4 pass combinations as they penetrated the Raider defense. Senior Russell Peck ripped a 24 yarder that hit the crossbar as the Aces peppered the Ridley goal at will. With 12 minutes left junior Erez Potok-Holmes was sent thru on a clear breakaway and converted beautifully to give LM a 4-0 win. It was a total team win as every player was on their game and senior keeper Jacob Newschaffer shared the shutout with junior Sabastian Jenkins.

Next up the Aces travel to play a very good Radnor team on Thursday (3:45 PM), their last league game of the season.