Girls soccer team loses two in a row

The Lady Outlaws soccer team lost 5-4 in a hard fought battle at North Marion on Wednesday, September 25.

Sisters found themselves down 1-0 early in the game when an attempted save by Keeper Kira Durand deflected off her leg and the ball slid into the net.

Within five minutes Krista Pagano crossed the ball to Rose Slavkovsky, who at 30 feet out booted the ball in to score and tie the match at 1-1.

The game remained tied until Slavkovsky centered the ball to Pagano inside the goal box. Pagano drilled the ball into the left corner to gain the lead for Sisters at 2-1.

The Huskies were able to tie the match toward the end of the first half off a deflection right at the net.

Sisters scored a goal early in the second half when Pagano scored from the corner of the goal box, off an assist from Minique Yost. The Outlaws regained the lead 3-2.

Midway through the second half the Huskies scored three goals within eight minutes. The goals came off a penalty shot, a head butt at the net, and an indirect kick, which soared over the top of Durand's head.

The three quick goals seemed to take the wind out of the Sisters team, and gave the Huskies a 5-3 lead.

In the last minutes of the game the Outlaws put strong pressure on the Huskies. Pagano, unassisted, knocked in another goal and pulled Sisters to within one, at 5-4.

Time ran out before the Outlaws could tie.

Coach Lee Bellahdid felt the girls played hard, but as a team are still weak on the defensive end.

"Our forwards also need to finish their shots," he said. "We're getting plenty of opportunities, but are just not capitalizing on them."

Bellahdid praised Emily Clasen for her play.

"Emily really held their left forward and did a great job marking up on her," he said. "She prevented her from scoring several goals."

Earlier in the week, on Monday, the Outlaws lost the league opener 4-0 at home against Western Mennonite.

"I felt like we gave the game away," Bellahdid said. "We didn't play hard and unfortunately I only had one sub. Our defense has been slow and as a result we gave up goals."