Regional Finals: Game 18, @ STA vs. SM South

Regional Finals: Game 18, @ STA vs. SM South

The Saints 17th Regional Title in 20 attempts came quickly as the girls played about as well as they can play in that first half against a solid SM South team.  Despite missing 3 point blank goals in the opening 4 minutes, we did go on to put 5 on the board before half.

And it was a story of constant attack and creativity on the offensive side of the ball. BWhite named Kutey and Pyle as co-BWhite Players of the Match.  They played marvelously off each other and within the flow that our center midfielders created.

We took 18 shots in the first half to South's 2, and we generated 6 corner kicks.  This was an important half for us after the long layoff with the bye against a team that had knocked off both BV North and Olathe East and that was coming off a 9-0 blanking of Topeka West.

We know what awaits us on Tuesday, a rematch of last year's state quarterfinal against BV Southwest.  The winner gets blown to McPherson for the final four.  It will be quite a match.

STATS:

First Half: Saints  Shots: 18 (11) Corners: 6

28:18 Kutey (Kern's inverted T creates a Disidore shot and a Pyle touch before the bury)
25:59 Pyle (Dizzy finds her through over the top)
16:32 Kutey (This slick pass from Pyle to Kutey demonstrates the duo at their best)
15:15 Pyle (Sweeney remarkably keeps this ball in play and diagonally forward to Pyle. Watch Pyle change gears. Wow!)
2:28 Sweeney (Pyle slides the ball to Sweeney back post)

Raiders: Shots: 3 (2) Corners: 0
South Cashes

Second Half:  Saints: 6 (3) Corners: 5

Corners Created (Kutey 5, Kern 2, Sweeney, Pyle Bourquin, Riggs)
Shots: (Kutey 6, Pyle 3, Kwap 3, Sweeney 3, Riggs 2, Disidore, Meyers 2, Kern, Reynolds, Riggs, Bourquin)