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Girls Soccer - Lady Wildcats Cruise Past Brentwood
Westminster is headed into the District 6 championship game after cruising past Brentwood in the semi-final match by the score of 5-0 at host site John Burroughs.
It was a perfect day for soccer with sunny skies and temps in the 60s. The recent rains had no impact since the ladies were playing on the very nice artificial surface at Burroughs. Westminster took immediate control of the game which forced the Eagles to drop back 9 players for defensive purposes. The early pressure led to a quick goal. At 3:20, Lauren Probst had the highlight goal of the game when she took Christine Ehrmann’s laser beam corner kick and banged it home with an off her feet header for a 1-0 lead. It took nearly 20 minutes to score again but the time wasn’t without opportunities. Shots from Leah Beck, Liz Crowell, & Katie Haverstick were on target but stopped by an alert Eagles keeper. Watson Woodward added offensive pressure with a couple of blistering shots that most keepers would have missed. At 21:31, Kenzie Pfitzinger scored on a sweet cross from Liz which Kenzie buried into the left corner for a 2-0 lead. Kenzie added another at 24:27 when she received a pass at the 30 yd line. Kenzie looked up and saw no one challenging her so she turned and ripped a hard left shot that floated just over the outstretched keeper and into the net for a 3-0 lead. Continuing the fun, Lauren added her 2nd at 26:10 when she took a cross from Kenzie at the 18 and slipped an easy shot under the keeper for a commanding 4-0 lead which the team carried into halftime.
As the 2nd half got underway the team continued to control the play but the level of intensity seemed to have fallen off a bit. A big lead this early in the match can cause that to happen. Regardless, the teams continued to play and Brentwood was not ready to call it a day. The Eagles tried to test the defense with outside speed but was quickly stifled. Attempts to jam the ball through the middle were just as easily rejected. Defensively, the Wildcats gave up no shots on goal to Westminster keepers Calvin or Wiens. Lauren collected the hat trick at 20:49 when she gathered up a cross from Katie, turned, and fired a shot from 10 yds past the defenseless keeper for her 3rd goal of the game and an overwhelming 5-0 lead. Giving Brentwood no room to breathe, the Wildcats wrapped up the game quietly.
The victory puts the Wildcats in the District 6 championship game for the 2nd year in a row. The game against rival Clayton will be played at 4pm on Friday May 16th at John Burroughs. We know from today’s game that Clayton will bring out lots of support. The team hopes the entire Westminster community will rise to the challenge and come out in full force to overwhelm the Clayton fans and cheer the Wildcats to victory.
Game Stats:
Goals: Pfitzinger (2), Probst (3) Assists: Crowell, Ehrmann (2), Haverstick, Pfitzinger Shots: Beck, Crowell, Haverstick, Martinez (2), Moore, Pfitzinger (3), Probst (4), Sherman, Woodward (2) Game Winning Goal: Probst Shutout: Calvin & Wiens