VARSITY 2022: Women’s Hockey beat Hallam 6-0

Sheffield University Women Hockey played against Hallam Women Hockey at 5pm on the Aurora field. 

After an incredible and intense face-off, the University of Sheffield team won 6-0 against Hallam.

The supportive crowd was already hyped up due to the striking game the men’s team put on when the women’s team stepped onto the field.

Despite the evening approaching, energy was still running high on and off the pitch for what turned out to be a fast-paced, intense, and at times aggressively-played match.

Shortly after the game began, Uni of took the lead against Hallam after a well-worked corner.

Hallam put on the pressure and defended the penalty corner awarded to Uni of.

After a good passing move and finish, Uni of extended their lead to 2:0.

A Uni of player was released down the right and the resulting cross was turned in by a Hallam player to up the score to 3-0 and 4-0 after a wonderful passing move.

To the first interval, the score read 4-0 for Uni of after a dominant first half to take them in the lead.

Towards the end of the second half, Hallam sustained a bit of pressure with three penalty corners, but they didn’t manage to break down the Uni of defense, which grew even stronger when scoring the 5-0.

For the final result, Uni of adds another goal from a penalty corner to their impressive game report to 6-0.

The atmosphere at Hallam Sports Park was ecstatic and the Black and Gold chants from the University of Sheffield ranks grew louder every time their team scored.

Despite Hallam losing this game, it should be noted that the team made an excellent effort to catch up with the score at all times.

There is much more to look forward to in the upcoming days of Varsity and overall the women’s hockey game was undoubtedly well-played and revealed the dedication that each team puts into training and preparing for Varsity.

 

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