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Wait till next year (again): Nolan Catholic falls in state-title rivalry

By TERRENCE THOMAS
Special to the Star-Telegram

SAN ANTONIO — This year was supposed to be different, Nolan Catholic’s Sarah Williamson said.

The heartaches that previous Nolan teams felt weren’t going to touch this team.

This was going to be the year the Vikings finally beat Dallas Ursuline Academy for the TAPPS Division I state girls soccer championship.

But as Williamson stood with her teammates Saturday at Mata Stadium, it was apparent little had changed — most notably, the result.

Sophie Campise scored two first-half goals, sending Ursuline past longtime nemesis Nolan 2-1. It was the eighth year in a row that Ursuline has beaten the Vikings in the state final.

“It’s definitely disappointing,” Williamson said. “It’s difficult because this year was the year. It was supposed to be different. ... We had all the ingredients. We just didn’t get what we wanted.”
Campise had a lot to do with that. With her team benefiting from a strong wind at its back, the Texas signee scored twice in the first 23 minutes.

She scored just 2:40 into the game, taking a pass from Emily Hoffend and putting a shot just under the crossbar.

In the 26th minute, she headed in another pass form Hoffend, staking Ursuline to a 2-0 advantage at halftime.

Nolan, though, pulled to 2-1 in the 65th minute when Morgan Ulliman put a low, line-drive shot inside the right post.

But the Vikings (21-8-1) couldn’t net the tying goal.