Siegel stops soccer squad
Offense continued to be a problem for the Lady Pioneer soccer team Thursday night as Warren County took on the Lady Stars of Siegel.
Siegel entered the contest 5-0 in district action showed why they sit atop the District 7-AAA standings by downing the Lady Pioneers 7-0.
Siegel didn’t waste anytime in scoring as Kim Conrad struck first blood just two minutes into the contest with Brittney Winn getting the assist.
The Lady Stars quickness and ball handling skills proved to be too much for the young Lady Pioneer squad to contend with. Siegel control the entire first half as Warren County cleared the ball down field just one time. Winn put Siegel out in front 2-0 at the 20:04 mark and Paige Prescott scored Siegel’s third goal with 2:34 left in the half.
Warren County never made any offensive attack as the Lady Stars defense held the Lady Pioneers without any shot attempts in the first half.
With one minute left in the half, Maggie Trollinger made it a 4-0 game as she found an unguarded net, for a comfortable half-time lead. Siegel out shot the Lady Pioneers 17-0 in the period.
Second half action saw the Lady Stars continue to dominate the tempo of the game. Once again almost two minutes in Siegel scored when Katie Phillips with an assist from Anna Grace Gerhart.
At the 17:47 mark Trollinger scored her second goal of the game to put the Lady Stars out in front 6-0. Six minutes later Emily Jameson got in on the scoring action to put Siegel out in front 7-0.
Warren County’s first shot at goal came at the 6:37 mark when Alex Mullican shot came up short. The Lady Pioneers managed just two more shots in the final minutes of the contest as the Warren County was shutout once again.
“Siegel is a very strong team and we just don’t have the experience right now to get any type of offense established,” said coach Keith Hamilton.
“We are still having too many mental breakdowns on defense. We’re not keeping our shape and not doing a very good job of cutting down the passing lanes. We just have to keep working hard and correcting these things in practice.”