In a steady rain, the Catawba Ridge girls’ soccer team ran through Lancaster 11-0 Friday night.
The Copperheads had nine different players score as Sarah Sexton and Kayla Fonseca led the way scoring two goals each.
Catawba Ridge wasted no time in scoring despite the rain as they controlled possession the majority of the night. Sexton scored her first goal just three minutes into the game as the Copperheads set the pace and never took their foot off the gas.
“We are still working on a couple of things,” said Catawba Ridge head coach Brandon Schmidt. “That is one thing we worked on like how they would do with crosses and they preformed excellent. They did exactly what we were asking.”
Fonseca scored at the nine-minute mark off a header and then two minutes later Sexton scored off a corner kick to put Catawba Ridge up 3-0.
For the next four minutes, the Copperheads would score every two minutes to extend their lead. Adrienne Cooper scored at the 13-minute mark and then Lizzy Sexton would score at the 15-minute mark.
Kylie Mahna added a Copperhead goal in the 24th minute, and in the 28th minute Ella Gringrich would score for Catawba Ridge to put them up 7-0. That score was maintained heading into the locker room.
With the rain picking up, the second half was shortened by 20 minutes, yet Catawba Ridge was still able to put four balls into the back of the net.
Fonseca scored her second goal of the game to open the second half about 40 seconds into play. In the 45th minute, Phoebe Serkin scored to make it 9-0.
The scoring slowed for the next 10 minutes before Ashley Blake scored for the Copperheads and then Kaelyn Severance followed in the final two minutes of the game to close things out.
The win puts the Copperheads at 3-0 in Region 3-4A and 6-3 overall on the season. They next play Tuesday, March 21 as they head to Indian Land.
March 17 Roundup
Fort Mill
The Fort Mill soccer teams ran over Rock Hill both picking up wins. The boys team won 7-0 to get their first Region 3-5A win on the season and are now 1-1 in the region improving to 4-6-1 overall. The Fort Mill girls won 10-0 and are also 1-1 in the region. The Lady Jackets improved to 5-4-1 overall on the season.
Nation Ford
The Nation Ford soccer teams split with Blythewood on the road as the varsity boys won 2-0 to improve to 2-0 on the season in Region 3-5A play and 8-3 overall, while the Lady Falcons fell 2-1 and are now 0-3 in region play and 5-5 overall on the season.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
