CCS wins battle of state-ranked teams
Posted Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:30 am
CCS wins battle of state-ranked teams
Community Christian found a familiar combination useful in repelling the advances of Halifax Academy in a battle of girls soccer teams ranked in the top five of the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association private school 1-A poll Monday night.
The Lady Cyclones gave up the first goal before battling for a 6-3 victory. Senior Hailey Dail netted a hat trick (three goals) with two coming on assists from junior Morgan Lane, who scored a pair of goals herself with Dail providing the assists on both.
“We were just very fortunate we were able to put more in the back of the net,” head coach Rhine Sharp of No. 5 CCS said of No. 2 Halifax Academy. “They’re a very quick team and they know how to put the ball in the net.”
The Lady Cyclones (13-2), after giving up a 12th-minute goal to the Lady Vikings (11-2), got on the scoreboard in the 25th minute when Dail finished Lane’s pass. In the 36th minute, CCS took the lead for keeps when seventh-grader Olivia Walker blocked a clear attempt that rebounded into the goal just after Lane’s shot was stopped.
“That seemed to be the goal that kind of took the wind out of their sails a little bit,” Sharp said.
Following a pass from Dail, Lane chipped in a shot over the Lady Vikings goalkeeper’s head just a minute later but Halifax scored just before halftime to cut the margin to 3-2.
Lane scored again off a Dail pass in the 66th minute and Halifax answered again. The 4-3 lead stood until the last four minutes when Dail scored in quick succession on passes from Lane and Olivia Bullard for her 33rd and 34th goals of the year.
Sharp said seniors Jordan London and Eulyssa Giddings, along with Anna Jackson and Bullard played “really solid games” in the back.
CCS will hold its Senior Night game Tuesday at home against Greenfield.
Posted Tuesday, April 26, 2016 1:30 am
CCS wins battle of state-ranked teams
Community Christian found a familiar combination useful in repelling the advances of Halifax Academy in a battle of girls soccer teams ranked in the top five of the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association private school 1-A poll Monday night.
The Lady Cyclones gave up the first goal before battling for a 6-3 victory. Senior Hailey Dail netted a hat trick (three goals) with two coming on assists from junior Morgan Lane, who scored a pair of goals herself with Dail providing the assists on both.
“We were just very fortunate we were able to put more in the back of the net,” head coach Rhine Sharp of No. 5 CCS said of No. 2 Halifax Academy. “They’re a very quick team and they know how to put the ball in the net.”
The Lady Cyclones (13-2), after giving up a 12th-minute goal to the Lady Vikings (11-2), got on the scoreboard in the 25th minute when Dail finished Lane’s pass. In the 36th minute, CCS took the lead for keeps when seventh-grader Olivia Walker blocked a clear attempt that rebounded into the goal just after Lane’s shot was stopped.
“That seemed to be the goal that kind of took the wind out of their sails a little bit,” Sharp said.
Following a pass from Dail, Lane chipped in a shot over the Lady Vikings goalkeeper’s head just a minute later but Halifax scored just before halftime to cut the margin to 3-2.
Lane scored again off a Dail pass in the 66th minute and Halifax answered again. The 4-3 lead stood until the last four minutes when Dail scored in quick succession on passes from Lane and Olivia Bullard for her 33rd and 34th goals of the year.
Sharp said seniors Jordan London and Eulyssa Giddings, along with Anna Jackson and Bullard played “really solid games” in the back.
CCS will hold its Senior Night game Tuesday at home against Greenfield.
