Washington Girls Soccer

Wash girls pepper Senior for 5th win

DUBUQUE -- Four different Warriors scored goals and Washington blanked Dubuque Senior, 4-0, Thursday in girls soccer.

Maddi Hines scored a goal and had an assist for ninth-ranked Washington (5-1, 4-1).

Torri Carson, Katie Hammond and Sarah Keppler also scored goals.

Washington had 18 shots on goal, Senior managed just two.

CR Washington 4, Dubuque Senior 0

Goals: CRW -- Tori Carson, Maddi Hines, Katie Hammond, Sarah Keppler. Assists: CRW -- Hines, Olivia Altemeier, Annee Cooper

Warrior 'D' key to thrilling win

The Cedar Rapids Washington girls soccer team had some true Warriors in the back line Tuesday night at Kingston Stadium.

But none were bigger than goalie Sophia Malcolm, who shutout Class 2A top-ranked Xavier for a 1-0 victory.

“Our goalie played a heck of a game. She came up with some great saves and played well,” Washington Coach Chad Hollmer said.

“I would like to congratulate Washington tonight. They played a hard game and it was a good win for them,” Xavier Coach Doug Graham said.

Class 3A No. 9 Washington (4-1, 3-1 MVC) turned back 11 shots on goal and a number of other dangerous looking attacks from a high-powered Xavier offense.

Washington was bottled up on its counters for the majority of the game but was able to turn one long ball forward into what turned out to be the only goal of the game.  The Warriors’ Maddi Hines played a nice long ball through the aggressive Saints attack to find Tori Carson flying down the field.

“Offensively, we were trying to stay wide and get numbers forward,” Hollmer said. “With them being offensive it does leave gaps in the defense. If we can take advantage of that we will do it.”

Carson made one nice move to give herself a good look at goal and then drove the ball into the far corner of the net for an early Warrior goal.

“It always important to score the first goal,” Hollmer said. "As much as they are (known for) offense, I think we are an offensive force to be reckoned with, too.”

“It’s a great experience. It‘s unrealistic to think we are going to win every game,” Graham said of getting behind early in the game. “We try to take the positives from all of them. This is one we will be able use a lot to work on and get better for state.”

Xavier (5-1, 5-1) has won six straight state titles.

The rest of the game saw a furious attack from the Saints as they tried to level the score.

“We tried some different things tonight to see where our weapons come out of,” Graham said. “Our midfielders didn’t connect well with the forwards.”

“Message in the second half was to keep doing what we are doing. We had the lead so I won’t say sit in but stay compact and keep our shape,” Hollmer said. “We got a lot of good girls that take pride in that defensive work.”

The Warriors handled the offensive pressure and turned back attack after attack to get a thrilling victory.

“Xavier is a great team. It's great for our confidence,” Homer said. “I told them one game at a time. I don’t want this to be our best game. At the end of the year I want that last game to be our best game.”

Washington travels to Dubuque Senior on Friday for a makeup game. Xavier will look to get back on track Saturday at Iowa City High and Iowa City West.

“We take one game at a time,” Graham said. “We will just try to keep working on it and see how it goes.”

CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON 1, CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER 0
Goals: CRW – Tori Carson. Assists: CRW – Maddi Hines.

No. 9 Warriors nip North Scott in shootout

ELDRIDGE - The No. 9 Cedar Rapids Washington girls soccer team trimmed No. 14 North Scott, 1-0, in a second shootout Friday at North Scott.

Nobody scored during regulation, the first overtime or the second overtime. The first shootout ended in a 3-3 tie, and Washington (3-1) won in the second shootout on a successful shot by Sarah Keppler and a miss by North Scott (3-4).

Hines scores twice as Wash tops City High

Maddi Hines scored a pair of goals Thursday night as the ninth-ranked Washington girls soccer team blanked Iowa City High, 3-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kingston Stadium.

Lauren Goodlove scored the third goal for the Warriors. Hines and Carson collected assists in the contest.