Yet another wild night of action in the GSL. The day started with North Central making a big comeback to earn its first win in a shootout and finished with a late-running shootout decision between the top two sides that fell in favor of Gonzaga Prep.
In between that Cheney bounced back from Monday's defeat with a Mansfield-to-Miller hat-trick in a thumping of Lewis & Clark, Ridgeline topped Ferris and Mt Spokane made it a northside sweep at Central Valley, following up Mead's 2-0 road win Monday with the exact same result against the Bears in the valley.
And if that final result seems odd... well, it is. In doing a bit of research, back-to-back losses is extremely rare for CV, especially by more than one goal. Going back through 2010, they had only lost back-to-back on five occasions and three of them included a shootout decision (2019, 2015 playoffs and 2010 season openers). In the 2016 playoffs they fell to Hanford (3-2) and Prep (5-0) back-to-back with the only regular season instance over the previous 11 seasons coming in 2011 against Prep (2-1) and Mead (1-0 in overtime) at the close of the league campaign.
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Wednesday, October 13
GSL 4A/3A
University 2-2 (1-2 SO) North Central
The Titans grabbed the lead in the opening seconds and pushed it to two, but the Wolfpack clawed their way back into the contest and would ultimately prevail in a shootout to earn their first league win of the season.
UHI: Mary Gubler 1
UHI: Isabella Longo (Elisha Buege) 43
NC: Emily Todd 46
NC: Maya Turnbull (Kate Luther) 57
GK - NC: Abby Liezen 12; UHI: Aubree Carpenter 2
PHOTOS: https://inwpics.smugmug.com/HighSchoolSoccer/HS-Girls/W--University-v-North-Central-20/
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-QXa0-Wu5w
Ridgeline 3-1 Ferris
RID: Kate Hunter (Lily Pesnell) 10
RID: Natalie Thompson (Kelsie Dryden) 40
RID: Ramona Robinson (Lily Pesnell) 50
FER: Cadence Peroff (Megan Whitman) 79
GK - RID: Brooke Ashworth 6; FER: Mikaela Grzelak 3 & Abbie Scott 2
Mt Spokane 2-0 Central Valley
MS: Kylie Stiles (Bre Koscielski) 37
MS: Sierra Asay (Cami Hattenburg) 76
GK - MS: Alyssah Hill 3; CV: Isobelle O'Reilly 5
Lewis & Clark 1-4 Cheney
LC: Caeli Dornay (pen) 6
CHE: Alex Miller (Jenna Mansfield) 12
CHE: Alex Miller (Jenna Mansfield) 56
CHE: Alex Miller (Jenna Mansfield) 67
CHE: Grace Hammermeister (pen) 76
GK - CHE: Sydney Reagan 12; LC: Charis Bayley 8
Gonzaga Prep 0-0 (4-2 SO) Mead
The showdown between the top two sides was a stingy one as their were limited chances on the night. The few that the Bullpups did produce, however, were denied by Mercedes Cullen in another excellent outing before she was knocked out of the game in a scary collision to the head during one of those denials. Though medical staff on hand took precautions and sent her off in an ambulance, INWsn is happy to report she was home resting by night's end. After the lengthy delay of roughly a half-hour midway through the second half the intensity picked up where it left off, though no deciding tally was forthcoming. A big stop on the opening shot of the shootout from Peyton Dixon gave the Bullpups the initial advantage that held through to the end as they locked things up in the fourth round 4-2.
GK - GP: Mia Lewis (40min) 2 & Peyton Dixon (50min) 3; Mercedes Cullen (56min) 6 & Mia Speir (34min) 3
PHOTOS: https://inwpics.smugmug.com/HighSchoolSoccer/HS-Girls/W--Gonzaga-Prep-v-Mead-2021-1013
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e86jjk7B9AM
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