Hutchinson Vale 1   :    Hibs U 15s 0

Played at Drumbrae Leisure Centre, Edinburgh on 28 January 2006

A drizzly Saturday saw Hibs U15 Girls kick-off against Hutchinson Vale. Hibs were quickly on the attack with some good play from Gillian and Rebecca in the centre spreading the ball to the wings.  Hibs failed to capitalise on their advantage and it was Hutchie who came closest after 5 minutes after disarray in the Hibs defense.  Good runs from Gemma on the left kept up the pressure with new recruit Emma settling in well in the attack. Bryoni almost opened the scoring on 15 minutes after good work by Rebecca. Charlotte saved a certain goal just after with a goal line tackle to deny the Hutchie forward. Hibs almost took the lead as Gillian was denied after being put through by Gemma.  Coral hit the bar directly from the resultant corner with a tremendous in-swinger.  Emma also forced a good save from the keeper as Hibs upped the pace. The game remained goalless at half-time. Hibs were quickly on the attack in the second half with a good run from Laura S.  Melia also came on and played in some excellent balls to assist the Hibs attack. The now infrequent Hutchie attacks were being mopped up by Hibs defense of Ashley, Danni (on for Charlotte ) and Coral.

Rosie was introduced into the midfield with Gillian moving to wide right and this change seemed to give some impetus to the Hibs line-up.  They were unlucky not to score in a surging run forward with both Laura S and Gillian coming close after being put through by Rosie. Hibs fell to the sucker punch however when Hutchie scored on the break eight minutes from time when Sarah rifled a great shot high into the net on the counter attack. Hibs came close to equalising in the dying minutes but could not break down the Hutchie defense who held on for a 1-0 victory.