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6 Goals; 6 Different Players

The Lady Vikings move to the top of the standings with a victory over Bishop Dunne Monday night at Doskocil Stadium. Six different players found the back of the net in the 6-0 result. Maygan Ditucci highlights the group with the game winner at the 19 minute mark and later added 3 assists. Makenzie Koch, Elizabeth Cottrell, Emily Grider, Emily Baker, and Annie Smithey all scored moving the Lady Vikings to 6-1-0 in district play with 18 points. Baker scored her first goal of the season off a corner kick from Grider - the first goal to come off a corner all year.

The first half of district play comes to an end and starting next week the Lady Vikings will begin the 2nd half with a home match against Faith Christian at home on Tuesday, December 1st at 6:30pm.

Season Statistics to Date (Team)...
Goals: Nolan 21 - Opponent 2
Shots: Nolan 143 - Opponent 43
Shots on Goal: Nolan 103 - Opponent 26
Corner Kicks: Nolan 31 - Opponents 11
Fouls: Nolan 28 - Opponents 22
Saves: Nolan 24 - Opponents 82
Shutouts: Nolan 5 - Opponents 1
Goals Against: Nolan 0.28 - Opponents 3.00
Goals For: Nolan 3.00 - Opponents 0.28

The Lady Vikings will head back to California for the Tri-Valley Classic where some of the best teams in the country come to play representing schools from California, Nevada, Hawaii, and of course, Texas.

The Lady Vikings have a long history with the event as they attended every year of the event except for last year. The Tri-Valley Classic began in 2002 after it used to be just a 4-team round robin showcase hosted by Carondelet Catholic. See article on first year of event - CLICK HERE.

Nolan Catholic looks forward to the trip again: they are slated to play the following nationally respected teams…

Acalanes (NCS DFAL)
*2009 record (13-6-4)
*Lost in the second round in NCS Championship.
*4-0 in 2008 TVC Silver
Berean Christian (NCS DVAL)
*2009 record (13-8-2)
*Lost in second round in NCS Championship.
*1-2-1 in 2008 TVC Gold
Bishop O'Dowd (NCS HAAL)
*2009 record (14-4-4)
*Finalist in NCS Championship.
*1-3 in 2008 TVC Invitational
Francis Parker (SDS Coastal South)
*2009 record (14-3-5)
*Finalist in SDS D4 Championship

The Tri-Valley Classic will be held in Walnut Creek, CA, Dec. 20-22, 2009. For more information on the event CLICK HERE

Hats Off to Grider

The Lady Vikings stay even at the top of the table with the help of a Hat Trick by Emily Grider, her first hat trick of her high school career. Nolan avenged last years loss to John Paul with goals in the 9th, 10th, 22nd, and 29th minutes for a 4-0 victory at John Paul II High School Athletic Complex in Plano.

Grider also added an assist to Annie Smithey, who got her first goal of the season. Katlynn Koch had 2 helpers, as did Haley Spotts and Smithey.

The Lady Vikings improve to 5-1 and have outscored opponents 15-2 in those 6 matches. Goalkeeper's McKenzie Sauerwein and Alissa Reed combined for the shutout.

The JV remain unbeaten with a 4-0 win over John Paul as well and move to 3-0-1.

Lady Vikings Continue to Roll

Emily Grider get another one, while Makenzie Koch scores her first goal of the season as the Lady Vikings roll to a 2-0 win over Plano Prestonwood at Doskocil Stadium. Koch took a pass from Annie Smithey with her back to goal, spun the first defender and scored from the top of the 18 in the 3rd minute. In the 13th minute, Grider scored her 6th goal of the year in 5 games.

The Lady Vikings took 30 shots, 22 of those were on goal, hit the bar 4 times and keep the ball very well. Annie Smithey and Alex Rios got their first points of the season with 1 assist each.

Nolan will head to John Paul on Wednesday for a 7:30pm kick-off. The JV will open the night at 6:00pm.

JV Competes at Varsity Tournament

The Lady Vikings JV team will participate in the Liberty Christian Varsity Tournament starting on Thursday. The same tournament that they made it to the semi-finals the year before.

2009 Schedule...
10:05am vs Oakridge Field #2
12:15pm vs FW Christian Field #2

Friday - 11/20
9:00am vs Tomball Field #1
11:10am vs Tyler Field #1

Saturday - 11/21
9:30am Semi-Finals TBA
1:30pm Championship Field #1

Home & Away for the Lady Vikings

The Lady Vikings host Plano Prestonwood on Monday night at 6:30pm at Doskocil Stadium and then travel to John Paul on Wednesday night for a 7:30pm match. The JV will play the first match at 6:00pm on Wednesday. The Lady Vikings split with John Paul II last year and defeated Prestonwood by a combined score of 14-0. Prestonwood defeated Lynch earlier this year in OT, 2-1, but fell to Ursuline 2-0, Faith 3-1, and TCA 5-2. John Paul on the other hand lost to TCA and defeated Faith, Lynch, and Dunne.

Lady Vikings Too Much for TCA

The Lady Vikings moved to 3-1-0 on the season with a convincing 2-0 win over TCA on Friday night - both goals were scored by Emily Grider. Alex Perez and Makenzie Koch added helpers on the night. The JV had an impressive night as they defeated the Lady Trojans 5-0 earlier on that night.

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State Champs: Do it Again to LVS

One of the all time quality matches was played this past Wednesday evening - Nolan...Ursuline.... who is it going to be this time?? Ursuline is ranked number #3 in the Nation by ESPN and they proved that they know how to win but it took all 79:15 minutes of the game for the first goal to be scored and it was Ursuline's, Natalie Huggins that scored the game-winner for the Lady Bears.

The game was a back and forth affair that saw many chances from both teams pushed aside by quality goalkeeping and defending.

The play was mostley in the midfield.

Lady Viking, Emily Grider hit the bar and Emily Baker missed off the rebound; Katlynn Koch saw her chance go over the bar from about 12 out.

Ursuline also had several attempts at goal but Nolan GK, Mckenzie Sauerwein was up to the task.

Ursuline improved to 3-0-0 and Nolan dropped to 2-1.

Up next for the Lady Vikings is TCA as the Trojans come to town on Friday for a 7:30pm kick-off. The JV will kick-off at 6:00pm. The varsity tilt will be broadcast LIVE on JATO TV - CLICK HERE FOR LINK.

LVS Opens at Home: Lone Goal is Enough

Emily Grider gets the only goal of the evening for the Lady Vikings and it proves to be enough as Nolan improves to 2-0 and Bishop Lynch drops to 0-3. The Lady Vikings inconsistency was sandwiched but quality soccer - the first 5 minutes and last 10 minutes was all the Lady Vikings needed to stay unbeaten in district play. The Lady Friars were very organized defensively and sat most fo their team behind the ball. The Vikings struggled to unlock them defensively but toward the end of the game they got into a good rythme and were able to come out with a good result.

Up next for the Lady Vikes...Ursuline comes to town on Wednesday night for an 8:00pm kick-off. Both the Lady Bears and Lady Vikings share a 2-0-0 district record.

Busy Week for LVS: Home Opener

Lady Vikings Soccer sees action 3 out of the next 5 days starting on Monday versus Bishop Lynch at 8:00pm at Doskocil Stadium. Ursuline comes to town on Wednesday and TCA visits Fort Worth on Friday as well. Nolan Catholic brings their 1-0-0 record into Mondays match as Lynch is 0-2-0 with opening week loses to Plano Prestonwood and Ursuline.

New this season for select matches, fans not able to attend, can follow all the action LIVE on JATO TV brought to you by JATO Media. Play-by-play analyst Chris Blake will call the matches. Log-in information and broadcast schedule coming soon.

Video Highlights: Game 1 @ Faith Christian

Opening Night: LVS Strikes 6 Times

The Lady Vikings get on the board early but a scrappy and organized Faith Christian didn't make it easy for the Vikes. The Koch sisters combine early as Katlynn scores her first career goal on an assist from big sis, Makenzie. Just 5 minutes later big sis playes little sis in behind and she gets taken down in the box and puts the Lady Vikings up 2-0 on her 2nd goal of the evening.
The score remained 2-0 through the half as Faith continued to put the Vikings under tons of pressure and had a couple good chances. Emily Grider played on both sides of the field and up front and was too much for Faith as she added 2 goals of her own.

Faith cut the Vikings lead to 4-1 with about 10 to play but the Lady Vikings answered immediately with 2 more goals - Lindsay Murray and Elizabeth Cottrell added the first goals of their young high school careers.

Up next for the Lady Vikings is the home opener against Bishop Lynch on Monday, November 9th at 8:00pm at Doskocil Stadium. The JV will play before at 6:30pm.