Cyclones Claw Their Way To A Tie

CYCLONES CELEBRATE DANIELLE'S GAME TYING GOAL

Trainling 2-1 midway through the 2nd half and with the injuries mounting the Cyclones willed themselves to hard fought tie Sunday Night at Field of Injuries Dreams. The Cyclones held a fragile 1-0 lead at halftime on Alexa's 2nd goal of the season. It was a fantastic finish, after the keeper punched away one shot Anna Lin headed the ball back inside the 6 yard box where Alexa nodded it past the keeper. The lead looked fragile since the Tigers speedy forwards kept up a constant threat. No less than 2 outstanding stops by Deniz keeping them off the board.

                                            DENIZ PERFORMS 1st HALF HEROICS

Despite the awareness of the speedy Tiger fowards, Massapequa was able to breakthrough twice early in the 2nd half to grab a 2-1 lead. Already thin on defense with Ravid  home nursing a bad ankle the Cyclones suffered a tremendous scare when Kiera went down on the turf clutching "good" knee. With Anna on frayed ankle ligaments and Dana limping up and down the field the Cyclones pushed back. Following a save on an Alexa shot, Danielle buried the rebound to knot the game at 2.
Despite the injuries the Cyclones had the better of play down the stretch but couldn't find the game winner in what turned out to be a great match. As they have through the 1st 3 games this season and even more this week, the Cyclones have benefitted greatly from their newest players Jennifer, Alyssa & Vicki.

THANKS TO LON FOR THE OUTSTANDING PICTURES

Cyclones vs Tigers Preview

Cyclone Notes…Last week’s 2-0 shutout win over Woodhaven was the 150th official outdoor game including league, cup and tournament matches in team history. With her 20th victory (in 75 games) as keeper Deniz passes Jamie Reich (19 wins in 106 games) to become the Cyclones all-time wins leader accomplishing the feat in 29 fewer games. The shutout was the Cyclones 30th ever. Dana’s goal was her 76th. Alexa scored her 22nd to surpass Jamie and become the teams 3rd leading all time goal scorer. In a statistical surprise, it was the 1st time that both Dana and Alexa have scored in the same game. Alexa is on a hot streak with 5 goals in her last 7 games. Statistics aside last week’s performance was a dominant one a credit to every player on the roster.

Tomorrow’s game vs the Massapequa Tigers in Massapequa is a home game for the Cyclones. It is the first meeting of the 2 teams. The Tigers won their opener against Big Apple (another newly formed team) 6-2 and tied RVC 2-2 last week. The Cyclones are 0 & 2 against Massapequa having lost to the now defunct Mass Fire back in U-10.

Sept 24th- This Day in Cyclones History. In 2005 the Cyclones had to pull back after dominating the Manhasset Stars 5-0. Emily Strack led with 2 goals, Jamie added 1 and current Cyclones Anna Lin & Lisa Rosenstein scored their 1st goals as Cyclones.

Week 2 Preview Cyclones vs Wildkatz

The Cyclones are on the road in Queens this Sunday at 11:50 AM to face the expansion Woodhaven Wildkatz. This will be the Cyclones 3rd game played inside New York City limits. They are 0 & 2 in the previous games including a 4-0 defeat in Brooklyn last spring when the Cyclones played without several key players against the Silver Lake Cyclones of Staten Island. This will be the home opener for the Wildkatz who lost their first ever travel game last week at RVC 5-0. For the Cyclones Sunday's loss to Plainedge was their 6th straight dating back to May 8th. It was the 36th time the Cyclones were shutout in 109 league games, the Cyclones have shutout their opponents 19 times in that span.

Cyclones Pay Tribute on 9/11

Along with the rest of the LIJSL the Cyclones paid tribute to the victims and their families on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies with a moment of silence prior to the season opener against the Plainedge Magic.

Fall 2011 Season Schedule

Spring 2010 Season In Review

The Cyclones truly resembled their namesake this past fall season. Oh no…not the weather Cyclone, but the Coney Island rollercoaster Cyclone. It was truly a season of tremendous ups and downs as the ladies were faced with their most challenging schedule of league games and Cup matches as well.

In true LIJSL fashion the Cyclones were given a horrible draw for the Waldbaums Cup 1st round match. The opponent was one time Division 1 Stony Brook Dominators who had somehow played themselves down to the minor bracket. Adding insult to injury it would be a road game. To their credit the Cyclones kept the Dominators from dominating keeping the game scoreless for the 1st 20 minutes. The Dominators eventually broke through 6 times before the Cyclone coaches decided to rescue Deniz from the net. The ladies kept battling when Alexa would force a Penalty Kick. Looking to reward Deniz for the onslaught that she had been subjected to the coaches decided to let her take the PK attempting to score her 1st league goal ever. Deniz obliged and blasted the ball into the left corner passed the helpless keeper for the Cyclone lone goal. Her celebration alone was enough to put a smile on the faces of the entire Cyclone family past the final whistle.

It would be 2 more losses before the Cyclones would get their 1st “W” of the season, besting the rival Cheshire Cats 3-0. To be fair that cats were missing their fair share of claws playing 3 players down until the Cyclones began eliminating players as the goals went in.

It was a 2 game winning streak as the Cyclones celebrated one of their best victories ever a 6-1 win. It was a magical day that saw both Alexa & Danielle score hat tricks. One of Danielle’s goals was off a header a team first.
As the season progressed there were no more wins to be found as the Cyclones finished the fall with a 2 win & 7 loss record.

There were plenty of milestones reached during the season…
- Dana, Jordan, Anna L, Lisa, Alexa & Jenna played in their 200th games as Cyclones
- Jordan & Alexa became the 4th & 5th Cyclones to reach the 20 goal plateau for their career
- Alexa & Danielle became the 1st 2 players to score hat tricks in the same game
- Deniz scored her 1st league and outdoor goal
- Deniz tied Jamie for the Cyclone lead in wins by a keeper at 19, in half the games
- Dana scored her 75th goal
- The Cyclones scored in 6 consecutive games for the 3rd time ever and 1st time in 3 ½ year.

Team Leaders

Most Goals Scored (Season)
4- Danielle & Alexa
2- Dana & Anna Lin
1- Deniz & Jordan

Top 5 Goal Scorers (Career)
75- Dana
21- Alexa
20- Jordan
16- Anna Lin
14- Marissa