Engineering Leave FASS Feeling Green
Text: Colin Ng
The stage was set and the battle lines drawn as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering met for the Inter-Faculty Games floorball women’s final at the NUS Multi-Purpose Sports Hall on Sept. 20.
Engineering knew a win would make them the first champions to successfully defend their IFG floorball women’s trophy since Law achieved the feat in 2009.
Similarly, FASS went into the final aware that a win would see them reclaim the title they last won in 2011 as well as achieve a “perfect season,” having won all their previous matches this year.
When the final whistle was blown, it was Engineering who triumphed 3-1 to finish the season as champions.
Engineering captain Sharmane Ng was ecstatic after the victory. “I feel really great, and the sense of accomplishment is huge,” she said.
The first half was a cagey affair which ended goalless, largely due to the defensive tactics adopted by Engineering. “Our strategy was to focus on defence, which involved the forwards pressing high to act as the first line of defence,” Ng said.
The second half, however, was a different story as both teams adopted a mentality to attack the each other more, which quickly paid dividends for Engineering as their centre Alvina Lim soon scored.
Despite FASS scoring an equaliser, Ng quickly restored Engineering’s one goal advantage having dribbled and scored from the resulting face-off.
Engineering team manager Kevin Yu said Ng’s goal was a crucial point in the game which gave his team the belief that they could win. “I was afraid that our players might be demoralised after the equaliser, but once Sharmane scored, I knew it was our day,” Yu said.
The second goal subsequently forced FASS into committing players forward in search of an equaliser, leaving them exposed at the back.
Engineering then took advantage and scored a third goal via a swift counterattack, extinguishing any hopes of a comeback from FASS.
“Having won us 4-0 in the group stage, FASS probably felt compelled to attack even more, which left their defence slightly unprotected,” Yu said.
FASS team manager Low Wei Ling agreed and said their attacking strategy may have cost them. "On hindsight, we should have been less offensive and slightly more defensive instead,” Low said.
Low however, was gracious in defeat, and said Engineering had played well. “Lady Luck wasn’t with us, but I’m happy since everyone tried their best,” she said.
Despite the victory, Yu said he was not content to rest on his laurels and was already looking ahead to next year’s tournament.
Yu said, “I really hope we can win next year because if we do, we’ll be the first triple champions in women’s floorball IFG history.”
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The stage was set and the battle lines drawn as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering met for the Inter-Faculty Games floorball women’s final at the NUS Multi-Purpose Sports Hall on Sept. 20.
Engineering knew a win would make them the first champions to successfully defend their IFG floorball women’s trophy since Law achieved the feat in 2009.
Similarly, FASS went into the final aware that a win would see them reclaim the title they last won in 2011 as well as achieve a “perfect season,” having won all their previous matches this year.
When the final whistle was blown, it was Engineering who triumphed 3-1 to finish the season as champions.
Engineering captain Sharmane Ng was ecstatic after the victory. “I feel really great, and the sense of accomplishment is huge,” she said.
The first half was a cagey affair which ended goalless, largely due to the defensive tactics adopted by Engineering. “Our strategy was to focus on defence, which involved the forwards pressing high to act as the first line of defence,” Ng said.
The second half, however, was a different story as both teams adopted a mentality to attack the each other more, which quickly paid dividends for Engineering as their centre Alvina Lim soon scored.
Despite FASS scoring an equaliser, Ng quickly restored Engineering’s one goal advantage having dribbled and scored from the resulting face-off.
Engineering team manager Kevin Yu said Ng’s goal was a crucial point in the game which gave his team the belief that they could win. “I was afraid that our players might be demoralised after the equaliser, but once Sharmane scored, I knew it was our day,” Yu said.
The second goal subsequently forced FASS into committing players forward in search of an equaliser, leaving them exposed at the back.
Engineering then took advantage and scored a third goal via a swift counterattack, extinguishing any hopes of a comeback from FASS.
“Having won us 4-0 in the group stage, FASS probably felt compelled to attack even more, which left their defence slightly unprotected,” Yu said.
FASS team manager Low Wei Ling agreed and said their attacking strategy may have cost them. "On hindsight, we should have been less offensive and slightly more defensive instead,” Low said.
Low however, was gracious in defeat, and said Engineering had played well. “Lady Luck wasn’t with us, but I’m happy since everyone tried their best,” she said.
Despite the victory, Yu said he was not content to rest on his laurels and was already looking ahead to next year’s tournament.
Yu said, “I really hope we can win next year because if we do, we’ll be the first triple champions in women’s floorball IFG history.”
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