Friendship downs Lady Broncos: Second-half rally comes up short for Boyd girls
The Boyd Lady Bronco soccer team finished the week at an even .500 after falling to a tough Friendship Christian squad 7-3 at home Thursday.
The first half was all Friendship, as Caitlin Zimmerman scored their first goal with 10 minutes off the clock. Five minutes later Jessika Tantisook scored the visitors’ second goal to take a 2-0 lead.
With five minutes left in the first half Kati Sutton drove the ball down and fired a shot that just missed wide right for the Lady Broncos. Amber Hodge came up with two big saves back to back with just under three minutes left to play in the half. Zimmerman took the ball downfield and worked her way in between the Bronco defenders and scored her second goal to give FC a 3-0 lead at the break.
In the second half Boyd got its offense going as they drove and passed the ball downfield with good teamwork. Boyd got on the board with three goals in the second half. Sutton, Megan Hamblen and Mary Reynolds scored one goal each for the Lady Broncos, but Friendship continued to play aggressively on offense and added four goals in the second half to seal the win.
“Friendship had several returning players from last year and Zimmerman is an excellent player,” said Boyd coach Teresa Sutton. “Our team did not have the speed Friendship had, and they also had good foot skills.
“All in all I was very proud of the Lady Broncos, we never gave up and we put ourselves back in the game in the second half. Friendship is a very physical team and we will have to learn to be more aggressive and work on our speed.”
For the Lady Broncos, Sutton and Hamblen had five shots each on goal and Reynolds had three attempts. Goalkeeper Amber Hodge had 12 saves and Tabitha King had five. Boyd is now 1-1 on the season and will go on the road Tuesday to take on Livingston Academy at 5 p.m.