Girls soccer splits on the soccer pitch

The Lady Outlaws soccer squad fell 3-1 at Creswell on Monday, September 9, but at home two days later they edged out Pleasant Hill 1-0.

On Monday, Creswell scored off a corner kick in the first half of Monday’s match-up and the Outlaws entered the half down 0-1. Just two minutes into the second half Tallis Grummer won the ball in the midfield and played the ball to Zoee Bafford. Bafford dribbled the ball down to the corner and cut it back to beat her defender with a shot to the upper left corner for the score. The Lady Bulldogs followed with two additional goals, and Sisters took the loss.

Shae Wyland had an amazing defensive game for the Outlaws. Coach Makena Zorza said, “Shae had some great clearances from the back out to our midfield. She was also able to win a lot of foot races with their offense to recover for us in the back. She seemed to always be at the right place at the right time.”

Kennedy Davis (freshman), who is starting at the keeper position, had some great saves in goal. 

On Wednesday, the Outlaws scored their lone goal against the Billies in the 21st minute of the game.  Mia Rosas won the ball in the midfield and found Emma Symonds outside of the 18. Symonds one-touched it to Ella Davis, who took a touch and sent the ball on the ground to the back of the net past the keeper. Of the game Zorza said, “ We connected passes very well in the first half of the game, but had to defend multiple counter attacks in the second. Our defense had to work a lot, especially in the second half to react to the counter attacks. Davis again had some great saves in goal and our defense also had some great stops in the back, mainly from Shae Wyland, Ella Eby, and Nona Smith.”

The Lady Outlaws were scheduled to play at Siuslaw on Tuesday, September 17. They will wrap up their week on Saturday, September 21, with away games against Redmond and Culver.