August 22, 2020
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After a week into the season, the Lady Saints Soccer team sports a 1-0 conference record with an overall 1-1 start.
On Tuesday, August 18th the Lady Saints played host to Thurman Francis Middle School, a soccer powerhouse from Smyrna. At half time the Lady Saints found themselves behind 1-0. During the second half, possession went back and forth, and finally, Lady Saint Katherine Knowles scored to tie 1-1. Shortly after, Thurman Francis added another goal to make it 2-1. The Lady Saints had hoped to tie the match again but last-second goal by the visitors made the final score 3-1. The Junior Varsity team also fought hard but lost 3-0.
On Thursday, August 20th, the Lady Saints had their first away game against conference foe Upperman. The Lady Saints didn’t take long to get started as they scored 4 goals in the first 10 minutes of the contest. Defensive mids Zoe Keys, Hailee Merriman, and Larissa Mooneyham helped keep the ball on the offensive third of the field as the Lady Saints added 5 more goals in the second half enroute to a 9-0 victory.
The goal-scoring didn’t stop there as the JV team cruised to a 3-0 victory.
Varsity:
Goals: Katherine Knowles (3), Tatum Young (3), Addison Miller (2), Emily Robinson (1)
JV:
Goals: Yoselyn Garcia (2), Elizabeth Sanchez (1)
The Lady Saints are on the road again as they travel to Jackson County on Monday, August 24th. The next home game will also be 8th-grade night set for Thursday, August 27th where the Lady Saints will take on the Avery Trace Raiders. Ceremonies start at 5 pm with kickoff at 5:30 PM.