By Sandi Wilcke
Christian Learning
It’s hard to explain -- 7-0 and 7-0 again.
The Christian Learning girls varsity soccer team defeated International School 7-0 Monday – the same score by which they had defeated the Cambridge Knights in their previous game.
This group of teenage girls is clearly in a position to fight for supremacy in the SCISL. A key test will come Tuesday (Sept. 11) when the Eagles will face Co-operative, which is also unbeaten, on the Eagles’ field.
It should prove to be an entertaining competition. The Jaguars are three-time league champions, but the Eagles will be seeking to swoop into their territory and wrest the crown from their claws.
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Balanced scoring is making the Eagles even more of a threat this year. Four Eagle players scored yesterday. Daniela Brooks, who is currently the league scoring leader, knocked in two goals Monday, as did Alejandra Valencia. Co-captain Jennifer Lau, Laura Lindahl, and Sabrina Hallock each scored a goal.
The game looked like an even contest at first, and the Eagles led only 1-0 more than halfway through the first half. The first goal had been scored by Valencia. But then the Eagles began to break through the International defense. By halftime the score stood at 4-0 after goals by Lau, Brooks, and Valencia again.
Lindahl and Hallock scored in the early part of the second half, after which Brooks brought the total to the magic 7 with her second goal.
The Lady Griffins did not give up, and continued to go after the ball, often seeming to out hustle the Eagles. The Griffins put on a stronger offensive effort than Cambridge. Against the Knights, Eagle goalie Whitney Belovicz only had to touch the ball once. Against International, Belovicz handled the ball almost 20 times.
However, no shot got by her and she recorded her second shutout.
PHOTO: Eagle foward Daniela Brooks (10) heads downfield.
Jonatan Muñoz, International School
