By: BHS Sports Staff
September 12, 2024
Last Thursday, the Lady Canes soccer team hosted the Wellington Dukes. To this point in the season, the girls were 0-4, but they had confidence coming into this game as the Dukes were coming off of a 16-1 loss to the Oberlin Phoenix. Going winless last year and struggling out of the gates this year, this matchup was the perfect night to rack up a long-awaited victory.
The Hurricanes maintained possession early on, and with some great defense, it seemed like it would stay that way for the remainder of the game. Sure enough, Brooklyn struck first in the 12th minute with a goal from junior Lauren Atanacio.
The Lady Canes continued to add on when senior Isabella Lottig scored a goal just five minutes after the initial goal, making the score 2-0. They maintained the pressure with many shots on goal, while senior goalkeeper Ayvah Chin did her job on the defensive side with a couple of nice saves on the other end.
Atanacio later scored her second goal of the evening in the 31st minute to extend Brooklyn’s lead to 3-0, which is how the first half concluded.
To begin the second half, the Hurricanes kept it rolling as in the fourth minute of the second half, Atanacio scored her third goal of the game, giving her the infamous hat trick. The Canes were up big, 4-0.
Just five minutes later, junior Kayla Flanagan joined the scoring parade with a goal of her own to make it 5-0.
The Lady Canes continued to play great defense throughout the second half, led by juniors Olivia Blechschmid and Emily Chicharro and senior Rayanna Cogburn.
It seemed like this one was set in stone, but the Hurricanes had a little bit of scoring left in them as Lottig scored her second goal of the game in the 28th minute, while Cogburn scored in minute 34.
As time expired, the Hurricanes earned and secured their first win since the 2022-2023 season.
Final Score: Brooklyn 7, Wellington 0
With this win, the Lady Canes moved to 1-4, and Wellington dropped to 0-2.
Since this victory, the Lady Canes dropped two games against VASJ and Brookside, but they will be back in action tonight as they travel to Wickliffe for a 7:00 start.
In other Fall sports, the boys soccer team (0-6) is looking for their first victory of the season and will travel to Columbia tonight at 7:00.
The football team (1-2) will head to Fairview tomorrow evening to take on the Warriors. Kickoff is at 7:00.
Lastly, the girls volleyball team (0-7) is at home tonight taking on Trinity for a 6:00 start. They will also host a doubleheader on Saturday with the first game at 11:00 against Cleveland Central Catholic High School and the second game at 1:00 against Rhodes.
Good luck to all Fall teams. Go Canes!
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