Match Report – Bath Home Coming into the new season and with the intake of some exceptional freshers, the Mens Blues side lined up at the Rosenblatt Fortress for their season opener against newly promoted Bath University.
The opposition were clearly nervous and started off tentative, allowing the Blues to go 2-0 up within the first 2 minutes with excellent goals from senior superstar Seh Woon Neo and incoming fresher Pietro Ferrero. It was not long before Bath clawed it back to 2-2, before the quarter ended with the Blues 3-2 up after a rocket penalty from Neo. The second quarter was initially closely contested with Bath quickly equalizing. However, a focused Oxford side slotted in three goals in rapid succession thanks to Neo, Ferrero and last season’s top goal scorer, Dr Richard O’Halloran, before Bath capitalized on a slip in concentration and ended the half 6-4.
The third quarter saw a similar picture being painted, with goals from O’Halloran, Ferrero and Neo seeing Oxford maintain their 2 goal lead at 9-7, before a fourth quarter display of excellence seeing the side reach a final score of 12-9.
The game saw 3 goal-scorers from the Dark Blues: Neo (6), Ferrero (4) and O’Halloran (2), with the Major King award for the most majors also being awarded to Ferrero (2)
The opposition were clearly nervous and started off tentative, allowing the Blues to go 2-0 up within the first 2 minutes with excellent goals from senior superstar Seh Woon Neo and incoming fresher Pietro Ferrero. It was not long before Bath clawed it back to 2-2, before the quarter ended with the Blues 3-2 up after a rocket penalty from Neo. The second quarter was initially closely contested with Bath quickly equalizing. However, a focused Oxford side slotted in three goals in rapid succession thanks to Neo, Ferrero and last season’s top goal scorer, Dr Richard O’Halloran, before Bath capitalized on a slip in concentration and ended the half 6-4.
The third quarter saw a similar picture being painted, with goals from O’Halloran, Ferrero and Neo seeing Oxford maintain their 2 goal lead at 9-7, before a fourth quarter display of excellence seeing the side reach a final score of 12-9.
The game saw 3 goal-scorers from the Dark Blues: Neo (6), Ferrero (4) and O’Halloran (2), with the Major King award for the most majors also being awarded to Ferrero (2)
