All eyes are on Saturday, February 28th in San Antonio, the sight of the 2016 TAPPS State Championship. With 5 goals on the night, Nolan Catholic got closer to that date.
Actually, it wasn't until the 65th minute when the Lady Vikings got on the board as Katee Kimmey side-footed a Mikaela Gamboa cross into the far post. That goal proved to be the only goal needed to improve Nolan Catholic to 19-10-2 on the year and also Kimmey's third game-winning goal of the season.
Eight minutes later, Gamboa got a goal of her own off an assist from Hannah Allred. Allred then had the next 2 helpers to Megan Bettinger and Kate Kleiser.
Bettinger connected for the 18th time this season.
Selena Guzman put the icing on the cake with her 6th goal of the year as Klesier fed her the ball in the 78th minute. Klesier has an impressive 15 assists so far this year.
The first half left to little surprise as the Lady Vikings maintained a consistent attack for the opening half of play getting a goal called back and having a penalty kick saved.
LVS head coach, Jay Fitzgerald said, "We have a lot of young players on this team that were getting their first action in the post season and it took us a while to get our feet under us. I was impressed with the way we came out and the way we kept the foot on the pedal. We stayed patient the entire game, the game opened up, and we capitalized."
Next up for the Lady Vikings is Incarnate Word San Antonio this coming Saturday at Waco ISD. The kick off is set for 12:00pm.
This match will determine the TAPPS Regional Champion and the winner earns a spot at State in the Final Four which will take place in San Antonio the following weekend.
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