Marlow 1s vs Eastbourne

It was an early start for Marlow as they travelled to Eastbourne however they were rewarded with sunshine instead of the torrential rain they left behind at home.
Marlow started slowly and were forced to defend for the first ten minutes as passes were not connecting. Marlow started to pick up after ten minutes and showed their pace and skill. Fifteen minutes in the Reds earned a penalty corner which Grace Kisbee scored on the post to give Marlow the lead. Marlow continued to pressure the Eastbourne keeper who made some fantastic double saves to deny Marlow attacker Keira Foster. Eastbourne were also quick on the break but some very calm defence from Jo Cox saw that the home side were unable to score. Some great attacking play by Jen Martin culminated in many more penalty corners for the visitors but Marlow were unable to convert any of their chances.
The second half saw Eastbourne fight harder with more defending for Dibs Haisman and her team of defenders to organise. Some fantastic goal line saves from Nat Riches enabled Marlow to keep a clean sheet. There were additional chances for Marlow with the Eastbourne keeper saving a rocket from Jen Martin at a penalty corner and saving a penalty stroke!
Marlow were happy to take the three points and were proud of the way they finished the game despite only having 9 players on the pitch due to cards in the last 10 minutes of the game!
MOM - Jen Martin for an awesome defensive performance.
DOD - Grace Kisbee for not hearing the whistle and thinking she had scored another goal!