The JV and varsity matched 2-0 shutout victories on Monday night at TCA. Despite a very windy night, the Lady Vikings were able to score in all four halves of soccer between the JV and Varsity teams. Avery Boley was solid all night keeping the Lady Trojans off the board while Anna Keller got the JV on the board in the 8th minute of play. Tatiana Rosario secured the victory taking a pass from Rachel Firestone, icing the game with her 59th minute goal to move the JV to 2-2-1 in district play with the TAPPS Playoffs just 2 weeks away. The top 4 teams will advance to play in the Final Four on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Doskocil Stadium hosted by Nolan Catholic.
The varsity took after the JV with a 2-0 win of their own. Hannah Allred scored her 18th goal of the season off an assist from Katee Kimmey in the 26th minute. Allred placed her shot off the crossbar from 25 yards out leaving any goalkeeper with pretty much no chance to pick it out of the corner. The Lady Vikings continued to put pressure on TCA with a strong wind behind them but couldn't manage to finish off the game until Emily Keoughan and Selena Guzman combined in the 70th minute of play. Guzman chased down a clearance deep in the TCA end dropping the ball to Keoughan who took it to goal. Guzman peeled around, while Keoughan smashed a ball off the goalkeeper, finishing off the play by slotting the rebound home for a 2-0 lead.
"TCA put us under a lot of pressure as expected but we just were not going to give up a goal and on the other end of it, our 2 goals were what we are all about, " said LVS head coach, Jay Fitzgerald.
The Lady Vikings outshot TCA 8-2 but there was a lot of activity in front on both goals with free kicks, corners, mis-clearances, and just straight up good goalkeeping from both keepers. Relentless effort, persistence, and tenacity kept the Lady Trojans off the board. GK, Briana Salinas cleaned up the box for the varsity in the team effort moving the Lady Vikings to 7-4-0 in district play.
Returning home on Thursday night, the Lady Vikings will host Bishop Lynch with the JV kicking off at 6:00pm and the Varsity at 7:45pm. Our #lvsLIVE broadcast presented by @NCHSmedia will feature the varsity match. Link to join us LIVE will be posted on our twitter @nolansoccer.
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