Lady Pioneers battle Siegel to scoreless tie
Thursday afternoon the Lady Pioneer soccer team traveled to Murfreesboro to take on Siegel. The Lady Stars and Warren County battled for 80 minutes with nothing to show for their efforts, as the game ended in a 0-0 tie.
Siegel started strong in the first half and controlled the first 12 minutes of the game with four shots at goal. But Lady Pioneer goalie Erin Wolford kept Siegel off the scoreboard. Warren County picked up the tempo of the game as its offense started to take control. The Lady Pioneers missed several opportunities to score just before the half, and went into the intermission with no points, but with momentum on their side.
Warren County built on that momentum in the second half with good defense and ball movement on offense. Warren County’s best chance to score came midway in the second half when a Lady Star defender took down Lady Pioneer Shea Martin in the box. Kirby Broom had to take the penalty kick but her shot sailed over the crossbar.
Warren County continued to control the game and fired several more shots but it wasn’t to be as the ball never found the back of the net. Siegel produced two shots late in the game but Wolford came up with the big saves to give the two teams a scoreless tie.
“We played much better today,” said head coach Keith Hamilton. “We controlled most of the game and that’s a big step for us. We had 12 shots at goal and held Siegel to six shots so overall our defense did their job and our offense did a much better job of attacking the net. The shots just didn’t find their way into the net.”
• In junior varsity action, the Lady Pioneers brought home a 1-0 win over Siegel’s junior varsity. Catherine Hill put the Lady Pioneers on top with a goal 18 minutes into the second half.
Lady Pioneer goalie April Burkett stopped the only Siegel attempt of the day to help preserve the win.
Warren County had 15 shots on the day, while Siegel had just one attempt.