Girls soccer team wins one, loses one

The Lady Outlaws soccer team shut out La Pine 9-0 on Monday, October 6, and two days later lost 2-0 to Marist.

Marin Allen scored a hat trick in the first half of Monday's game against La Pine and Mindy Marr scored twice to give the Outlaws a 5-0 advantage at the half.

Marr scored on a penalty kick at the 62-minute mark early in the second half to push the Outlaws to a 6-0 lead. Michelle Young and Breezy Tewalt followed with goals and Allen sealed the win with a goal at the 83-minute mark.

Allen finished the game with four goals, Marr with three and Young and Tewalt each contributed one. Young, Allen, Amity Calvin, Kelly Cole and Hattie Tehan each had one assist.

"The kids played well," said Coach Nik Goertzen. "I was afraid they'd let down but they didn't. Late in the first half I called off the dogs, made some adjustments and put kids in positions that they don't normally play."

Two days later Sisters lost 2-0 at Marist.

The Outlaws and the Spartans battled neck-and-neck until the final five minutes of the contest, when the Outlaws broke down on defense. Mindy Marr went down with an injury in the 85th minute, was unable to return to the game and momentum shifted to the Spartans.

Marist had an eight-foot breakaway and scored on a cross from the opposite side of the field with four minutes left on the clock. Two-and-a-half minutes later the Spartans scored again and took a 2-0 lead.

"After their (Marist's) first goal we went into shock mode and never recovered," said Goertzen. "We were deflated and had breakdowns all over the place. Our inexperience is costing us at critical moments of the game. Inconsistencies occur and we can't recover. We have to learn how to play solid soccer for 90 minutes, and I mean all 11 of us."

Sisters took 12 shots on goal and the Spartan keeper saved seven of them.

Goertzen was pleased with his team's effort despite the loss.

"The entire team played awesome soccer," said Goertzen. "We were right there the entire way until the last five minutes. We're still not 100 percent healthy and we're missing some kids, so to play a team like that was very exciting. We can still play better and when we're all back and healthy we're going to be tough to beat."

Sisters is currently ranked third in the state - out of more than 200 teams - for points scored in a season (43), and are sixth overall in goals allowed. The Outlaws are 5-2-1 in league and tied for second place with Cottage Grove. Sisters will travel to Junction City on Thursday, October 16.