Behind big games from Avery Williams and Chloe Howard, the Greenfield School girls soccer team came up with a well-earned, 4-1 victory over NCISAA 2-A/3-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference foe Epiphany at Forbes Field on Thursday.
The Knights, who improved to 4-3 on the season and started CPIC play 1-0, took a 2-0 halftime score before adding a pair of goals in the second half.
“I’m happy to have gotten a positive result against Buddy Carroll’s The Epiphany School,” emailed Greenfield head coach Randol Mendoza. “His teams are always highly motivated and organized. Tonight was no different. We were able to get goals at the beginning of each half but it proved difficult to break down due to their talented center back and goalkeeper, who had 13 saves tonight.”
Howard scored a pair of goals for Greenfield, while Williams notched a goal and two assists. Darcy Dean also scored for Greenfield, with an assist from Sydney Coolbaugh.
The Williams-Howard connection was ready to roll right out of the gate, with Howard scoring off assists from Williams in the first and seventh minutes of the game for the Knights’ 2-0 halftime lead.
Dean made it 3-0 just one minute into the second half, and Williams capped off the scoring with a right-footed shot from 6 yards out with three minutes left to play.
The Knights outshot Epiphany 17-4, and Jeallen Holland made four saves in goal.
“Our team chemistry continues to grow,” Mendoza said. “The partnership between Avery, Chloe and Darcy is getting more and more fluid with each game. TES presented challenges throughout the game, but our back line managed to hold them to only one goal.”
The Knights will look to make it a sweep of the Falcons with a trip to New Bern on Tuesday.
The Knights, who improved to 4-3 on the season and started CPIC play 1-0, took a 2-0 halftime score before adding a pair of goals in the second half.
“I’m happy to have gotten a positive result against Buddy Carroll’s The Epiphany School,” emailed Greenfield head coach Randol Mendoza. “His teams are always highly motivated and organized. Tonight was no different. We were able to get goals at the beginning of each half but it proved difficult to break down due to their talented center back and goalkeeper, who had 13 saves tonight.”
Howard scored a pair of goals for Greenfield, while Williams notched a goal and two assists. Darcy Dean also scored for Greenfield, with an assist from Sydney Coolbaugh.
The Williams-Howard connection was ready to roll right out of the gate, with Howard scoring off assists from Williams in the first and seventh minutes of the game for the Knights’ 2-0 halftime lead.
Dean made it 3-0 just one minute into the second half, and Williams capped off the scoring with a right-footed shot from 6 yards out with three minutes left to play.
The Knights outshot Epiphany 17-4, and Jeallen Holland made four saves in goal.
“Our team chemistry continues to grow,” Mendoza said. “The partnership between Avery, Chloe and Darcy is getting more and more fluid with each game. TES presented challenges throughout the game, but our back line managed to hold them to only one goal.”
The Knights will look to make it a sweep of the Falcons with a trip to New Bern on Tuesday.
