by Chris Naquin
DigitalSports Richmond
The Mills Godwin Eagles scored three first half goals against the Deep Run Wildcats to claim the girls soccer Central Region title in Friday night’s championship game at Atlee High School.
Eagles senior forward Annemarie Cole scored two goals in just ten minutes and also provided an assist for Godwin in the victory.
Mills Godwin wasted no time getting onto the score board as the first goal came just five minutes into play.
Sophomore midfielder Marie Krider chased a ball down the
sideline and delivered a cross to Cole who was able to control the ball
and turn to fire a shot into the net.
“It was a good win. We knew they were going to come out hard since we
beat them twice before and they wanted revenge,” Cole said. “We wanted
to get a goal early and Marie Krider was able to deliver a nice cross
to me and I was able to hit it into the back of the net.”
The second goal from Cole came just ten minutes later when she once
again found herself behind the Deep Run defense and put the ball into
the back of the net giving the Eagles a comfortable 2-0 lead.
Godwin freshman midfielder Ellen Upton scored the third and final goal of the game for the Eagles with seven minutes left to play in the half.
Upton got onto the end of a beautiful corner kick by Cole and headed
the ball into the goal.
Down 3-0 at halftime Deep Run did not give up.
In the second half, Deep Run sophomore forward Rachel Powers made some excellent runs up top for the Wildcats, coming dangerously close to scoring several times.
In the end, Godwin’s defense held strong and kept the match a shutout.
Deep Run 0 0 – 0
Mills Godwin 3 0 – 3
MG: Cole 2, Upton
Records: Deep Run 10-3-2; Mills Godwin 12-1-0
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