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| Shelby Klotz celebrates her second period goal (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
"We just want to pick up where we left off against Hastings last Friday night," he said.
Unfortunately, that didn't happened as the Tigers turned in what Holmes termed a "lackluster" performance in a 5-2 loss to the Rockets.
The visitors struck early, scoring the first period's only goal from long range on a shot that soared over Tiger goalie Molly Singewald's shoulder.
A costly turnover in front of the Farmington goal produced the second JM score just 31 seconds into the second period and five minutes later the Rockets made it 3-0 on a rebound shot from point-blank range.
The Tigers got on the board late in the second period when Maddi Oines hit Shelby Klotz with a perfect pass at center ice and and the speedy junior took it the rest of the way, beating the Rochester goalie on nice individual move.
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| Ellie Moser scored her second goal in as many games (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
"On the one hand, we have some girls who were playing their first game of the year at home and they may have been a little tight," Holmes said. "But we made some defensive mistakes we can't afford to make and expect to win...If learning from your mistakes is a positive thing, then we should learned a lot tonight."
The Rockets outshot the Tigers by a 33-24 margin. Singewald finished with 28 saves in the losing effort.
Farmington gets back on the Schmitz-Maki ice Saturday night when it plays host to Irondale, a state tournament entry last winter.
"We played our best game of the season ( a 1-1 tie) when they came here last year," Holmes said. "We're hoping to play that well again."
