Girls’ Varsity
Soccer
Mustangs Finally
Beat Tigers, 5-2;
Head to States
as Regional Champs
(May 31, 2003)
With only 10 minutes separating
her Mustangs from a fourth consecutive defeat to arch rival Brentsville,
sophomore Rachel Sweeney slammed her own rebound into the net to tie the
Tigers 1-1 and send the game into overtime and Mason then won the Region
B championship 5-2 on penalty kicks on its home field last night.
The Mustangs will now play Friday,
June 6, in the state semifinals in their attempt to defend their state
title. Mason will play the winner of the Region C semis, and if victorious
stand a good chance to meet Brentsville for the fifth time this year in
the finals on Saturday. "Clearly, our Bull Run district has the class of
single A schools in soccer," said athletic director Tom Horn."
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In the overtime,
Mason senior goalie Megan Wilhelm blocked a penalty kick in a performance
that her teammate Becky Roa described as "awesome."
Mason freshman Jessica Oxley was
up first for the overtime kicks and scored. Then the first Brentsville
kicker hit the crossbar. When freshman Jessica Porzel scored on the second
kick, it started looking good for Mason, especially when Wilhelm, who prides
herself on her one-on-one defense, blocked the Tigers’ second attempt by
Brentsville’s best player, #14, who had scored a goal in the first half.
Then junior Alison Penland made
the overtime score 3-0, but Brentsville’s kicker made it 3-1. Sweeney then
scored her second goal of the game and essentially won the championship.
Senior Becky Roa, scheduled up fifth, never had to kick.
The Tigers actually dominated
the first half, constantly keeping the Mustangs out o their side. "During
the halftime, Coach Cliff told us it was very close and that if we played
to our potential, we could come back," said Roa.
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George Mason principal
Bob Snee congratulates goalie
Megan Wilhelm whose block of the Tigers’s best player’s
kick in overtime helped clinch the Region B championship.
(Photo by Andrea Genovese Soares) |
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A joyful varsity soccer team celebrates
after their intense,
5-2 overtime victory over Brentsville secured the
Region B
championship and send the girls to Radford this Friady
to
defend their state title. (Photo by Andrea Genovese
Soares) |
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