Wed. June 4 Mount Pearl -1 vs Holy Cross - 0 Game Report by Gord Dunphy

Gerald Connolly records his second straight shut-out

Gerald Connolly recorded his second straight shut-out to lead Mount Pearl to victory over Holy Cross who has gone winless in their first three games of the season. Holy Cross opened up the game on the attack but it was wasted opportunities by the two Holy Cross's strikers of John Hawco and Corey Moore that spelled the final result of the contest. For Mount Pearl it was a beautiful free direct shot, taken by veteran Andrew Moyst at the 7 minute mark, that carried Mount Pearl to victory. Holy Cross's goalkeeper Tyler Putt made a major blunder on the free shot as he set up the defensive wall deep into their territory and then placed himself behind it. This allowed Moyst, who is rated as one of the provinces top free-shot specialists, to shoot the ball beside the wall scoring into a wide open net, while the keeper just stood there watching. This was followed by Mount Pearl going into a defensive shell and they played the system to perfection. Their center back duo of Jon Kelly and Victor Dray paired themselves together very well and played together, frustrating Holy Cross's attack time and time again. If the ball did get through, it was Mount Pearls player of the game, Gerald Connolly who was there to answer the call.

The second half of the game saw Justin Peckford run miles but was denied by Holy Cross's defense, led by center back Jeremy Babstock. But late into the dying seconds of the game, Holy Cross were pressing and they came within a fraction of tying the games as the ball was hit right of the top of the crossbar as a wide open net faced the Holy Cross attacker.