SEASIDE SLIPS PAST ASTORIA
Laura Romine's goal in the 79th minute of play broke a 1-all tie and gave the Seaside Seagulls a 2-1 girls soccer win over the Astoria Lady Fishermen Tuesday night.
The Gulls (5-2) led 1-0 until the 57th minute, when a long distance free kick by Astoria's Kristina Wilson got loose in a crowd of players in Seaside's penalty box and was nudged into the goal. Hannah Alley was the closest Astoria player to the ball.
The Gulls dominated possession for the most part and had a 14-5 edge in shots, including numerous opportunities in the final minutes before Romine's game-winner.
"I was really excited about our offensive play," said Seaside head coach Dave Rouse. "Sarah and Laura and Marla and Selah...they just did a tremendous job. They kept fighting and fighting until we got that goal."
Sarah Weber found Romine in the box and the senior forward played the ball to the right of the goal before sending a strong diagonal shot back toward the far post for the deciding goal.
Astoria goalkeeper Elizabeth "Bug" Coggins, a sophomore in her first year of soccer, made four saves in the first half, three of the spectacular variety.
"Bug had just a phenomenal game," said Astoria head coach Jim Flint. "She's demonstrating why she's our starting goalkeeper on varsity. She kept us in the game."
The Gulls did score on their first shot attempt in the fifth minute of play, when Patricia Doyle played a ball back from the goal line to Selah Meyer, who lofted a perfect shot from 25-yards out on the right side into the upper left-hand corner out of the reach of Coggins.
"I want Selah to do that more often," said Rouse. "She has a great shot. We need to be able to pull some shots from outside."
Seaside outshot Astoria 6-2 in the first half with five of the shots on goal. Astoria's two shots were high quality: a free kick off the crossbar by Wilson in the 16th minute and a throughball run up the middle in the 37th minute with sophomore Melissa Law forcing Seaside's sophomore keeper Becca Lent to the ground to make a save. The Gull defenders appeared to be concerned about keeping Astoria's Charlene Harber off the ball, allowing Law to sneak in the back door and get a shot off.
"We have to look at those kinds of things and mark up," said Rouse. "There were a couple of things we tried to adjust today and the girls didn't really catch on to as well as I want. But we're going to work on it because we're going to see other teams like this."
Law also made a saving tackle in the second half, preventing Romine from getting a free run at the goal by closing from behind to tip the ball away from the Gulls' senior forward.
Just one minute before the deciding goal, Gull freshman April Cockroft broke free unimpeded up the middle on a pass over the top but her first touch on the ball was long, allowing Coggins to come up and stop the play.
Astoria's Wilson, a tall junior midfielder, was their best offensive weapon on set pieces with the speedy sophomore forward Harber sidelined much of the match. A Wilson corner kick in the 8th minute bounced twice across the Seaside goal mouth untouched less than six feet in front of the goal, but nobody from Astoria could get a foot on it. Another corner kick in the second half nearly went directly into Seaside's goal, as Lent bobbled the ball before it was finally controlled.
Wilson's free kick off the bar in the 16th minute was precipitated by a foul, as Harber was taken down from behind on a run up the right sideline by Gull defender Brittany Cave. Harber remained down for more than a minute before walking off under her own power and did not return until end of the half, then sat out the first twenty minutes of the second half.
"I think you're going to see a lot of classic Seaside-Astoria games," said Gulls head coach Dave Rouse, "and we're probably not going to win them all. But we're going to try."
The Lady Fishermen, now 2-3 overall, host Scappoose on Thursday in a doubleheader. The girls varsity game starts at 4:00 p.m. with the boys varsity starting at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be played at the lower field at the LCYSA Complex. Seaside travels to Rainier for a 4:15 p.m. game Thursday.
In other District 1 girls soccer action...Scappoose's Emily McCoy recorded a hat trick as the Indians blanked Rainier 5-0, Catlin Gabel picked up its first win of the year with a 2-0 win over Yamhill-Carlton and O.E.S. topped Valley Catholic 2-1 in the first meeting of the teams expected to contend for the district title.
The Gulls (5-2) led 1-0 until the 57th minute, when a long distance free kick by Astoria's Kristina Wilson got loose in a crowd of players in Seaside's penalty box and was nudged into the goal. Hannah Alley was the closest Astoria player to the ball.
The Gulls dominated possession for the most part and had a 14-5 edge in shots, including numerous opportunities in the final minutes before Romine's game-winner.
"I was really excited about our offensive play," said Seaside head coach Dave Rouse. "Sarah and Laura and Marla and Selah...they just did a tremendous job. They kept fighting and fighting until we got that goal."
Sarah Weber found Romine in the box and the senior forward played the ball to the right of the goal before sending a strong diagonal shot back toward the far post for the deciding goal.
Astoria goalkeeper Elizabeth "Bug" Coggins, a sophomore in her first year of soccer, made four saves in the first half, three of the spectacular variety.
"Bug had just a phenomenal game," said Astoria head coach Jim Flint. "She's demonstrating why she's our starting goalkeeper on varsity. She kept us in the game."
The Gulls did score on their first shot attempt in the fifth minute of play, when Patricia Doyle played a ball back from the goal line to Selah Meyer, who lofted a perfect shot from 25-yards out on the right side into the upper left-hand corner out of the reach of Coggins.
"I want Selah to do that more often," said Rouse. "She has a great shot. We need to be able to pull some shots from outside."
Seaside outshot Astoria 6-2 in the first half with five of the shots on goal. Astoria's two shots were high quality: a free kick off the crossbar by Wilson in the 16th minute and a throughball run up the middle in the 37th minute with sophomore Melissa Law forcing Seaside's sophomore keeper Becca Lent to the ground to make a save. The Gull defenders appeared to be concerned about keeping Astoria's Charlene Harber off the ball, allowing Law to sneak in the back door and get a shot off.
"We have to look at those kinds of things and mark up," said Rouse. "There were a couple of things we tried to adjust today and the girls didn't really catch on to as well as I want. But we're going to work on it because we're going to see other teams like this."
Law also made a saving tackle in the second half, preventing Romine from getting a free run at the goal by closing from behind to tip the ball away from the Gulls' senior forward.
Just one minute before the deciding goal, Gull freshman April Cockroft broke free unimpeded up the middle on a pass over the top but her first touch on the ball was long, allowing Coggins to come up and stop the play.
Astoria's Wilson, a tall junior midfielder, was their best offensive weapon on set pieces with the speedy sophomore forward Harber sidelined much of the match. A Wilson corner kick in the 8th minute bounced twice across the Seaside goal mouth untouched less than six feet in front of the goal, but nobody from Astoria could get a foot on it. Another corner kick in the second half nearly went directly into Seaside's goal, as Lent bobbled the ball before it was finally controlled.
Wilson's free kick off the bar in the 16th minute was precipitated by a foul, as Harber was taken down from behind on a run up the right sideline by Gull defender Brittany Cave. Harber remained down for more than a minute before walking off under her own power and did not return until end of the half, then sat out the first twenty minutes of the second half.
"I think you're going to see a lot of classic Seaside-Astoria games," said Gulls head coach Dave Rouse, "and we're probably not going to win them all. But we're going to try."
The Lady Fishermen, now 2-3 overall, host Scappoose on Thursday in a doubleheader. The girls varsity game starts at 4:00 p.m. with the boys varsity starting at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be played at the lower field at the LCYSA Complex. Seaside travels to Rainier for a 4:15 p.m. game Thursday.
In other District 1 girls soccer action...Scappoose's Emily McCoy recorded a hat trick as the Indians blanked Rainier 5-0, Catlin Gabel picked up its first win of the year with a 2-0 win over Yamhill-Carlton and O.E.S. topped Valley Catholic 2-1 in the first meeting of the teams expected to contend for the district title.
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