Winning After MidKnight
For the
Middletown High School Knights Varsity Girl’s Soccer team it was only a matter
of if and not when the Knights would put things together as a whole and play a
solid game for the full 80 minutes resulting in a win.
It didn’t
come at the Urbana Tournament as the Knights played well in parts but not strong
enough overall in a 3-0 loss to the Broadneck High School Bruins and a 1-1 draw
against the Westminster High School Owls.
But, it
finally clicked for the Knights in their game against the Brunswick High School
Railroaders on Tuesday September 6th.
And, when it
clicked, it clicked all at once for the Knights as they easily dispatched the
Railroaders by a score of 3-0 in their first Central Maryland Conference game
of the season.
The Knights
had for their first two games played good soccer at times. That was evidenced
by the fact that the Knights only allowed three goals in their game against
Broadneck, a team that is widely considered an offensive juggernaut.
It was also
seen in the fact that in a game against the Westminster Owls that didn’t matter
for anything except pride and to get warmed up for the season the Knights
battled for 80 minutes to get a tie with Westminster, but just couldn’t get the
large scale results that they had hoped for.
The Brunswick
game was when things came together for the Knights as they managed to open the
floodgates once one goal went in.
The one goal
that opened the floodgates came from Middletown junior Madison Michael at the
midway point of the first half as Michael would find herself alone with just
the keeper in front of her and do what Middletown had been waiting to do all
season.
Put the ball
in the back of the net to give the Knights the lead.
It was a
breath of fresh air for the Knights and from there the offense came pouring and
pouring in as two more goals from Maddy Bedri and Lindsey Brant would help the
Knights get over the hump.
Getting over
that hump proved crucial as the Knights picked up their first win of the season
after delivering a full 80 minutes of play.
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