KFDM COOP Posted February 17, 2008 Report Posted February 17, 2008 Lady Dogs beat Lady Indians in shootout By Cody Pastorella The Port Arthur News NEDERLAND — Port Neches-Groves and Nederland's District 22-4A matchup in girl's soccer was moved up to a 3:30 start because of the scare of the bad weather to come on Friday night. The weather did come, but not before Nederland defeated the Lady Indians in a 2-1 shootout where the Lady Dogs scored three shootout goals to PN-G's one shootout goal to break the 1-1 tie and claim the victory. The Bulldog's fifth shooter, Tayler Carlson made the decisive goal when she looped a shot over PN-G goalie Breane Martin to give her team two more goals than PN-G earned in the shootout. With the goal advantage, the Lady Indians final shooter was not needed and Nederland improved to 10-3-1 overall and 7-1 in District 22-4A. The Lady Tribe, meanwhile falls to 8-5 overall and 6-2 in league play. PN-G took more shots on goal throughout the game but Nederland used the philosophy of one shot, one kill on Friday night. The Lady Dogs broke the 0-0 score when Lindsey Bombek netted a penalty kick with 33:44 to go in the second half. The Tribe fought back, however and continued to pour shots on Nederland's freshman goalie Bianca Garza, who was finally beaten when PN-G's Marisa Elam scored off a double reflection late in the second half to knot the game at 1-1. In that series alone, Garza had blocked two outstanding shots, including a penalty kick from PN-G's Victoria Williams. The Tribe fired off another shot but again Garza was there to deflect the ball away. This time, however, Garza couldn't recover and Elam sent the ball into the back of the net. "She was just great back there," said Julie Johnson of her freshman goalie. "She has such a great attitude, she works hard, she's a great athlete and that all showed tonight. We couldn't have won the game without her." In the shootout, both teams were blanked through the first two shooters but Nederland, who opened the shooting, scored first when Megan Melancon beat Martin. PN-G missed its third attempt and then Nederland's Jacie Bell scored to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 advantage in the shootout. The Lady Indians' Brittany Ansel responded, however and got past Garza to close the shootout gap to 2-1. But that was as close as the Tribe would come, as Carlson made her shot to bury the Indians. Nederland travels to West Orange-Stark or its next game, which comes Tuesday. PN-G stays at Prater Field to host Silsbee on Tuesday night for its next game.
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