Washington Girls Soccer

Washington girls notch 5th extra-time soccer win

WATERLOO -- Washington won its fifth extra-time game of the season Saturday, beating Cedar Falls 1-0 in a shootout that gave the fifth-ranked Warriors their second win of the day.

Washington (11-2, 10-1 MVC) beat Waterloo West, 2-0, Saturday morning. C.J. Cooper and Tori Carson scored goals. Cooper and Sarah Keppler had assists.

Washington is 5-1 in extra-time games, including a 4-1 mark in shootouts.

Cedar Falls also lost a 1-0 shootout to Jefferson on Saturday.

West hands Warrior girls 1st MVC loss

The fifth-ranked Washington girls soccer team dropped a heart breaker to No. 4 Iowa City West on Thursday night at Kingston Stadium.

After 100 minutes couldn’t separate the two teams, the Women of Troy (10-1, 8-1 MVC) prevailed in penalty kicks 4-2 to take the 1-0 victory.

It is the first time this season that Washington (9-2) lost in overtime, going 3-0 in penalty kicks going into Thursday night's game. Luck finally caught up to them.

“We got really lucky is what it comes down to,” Morgan Bjornsen said of the previous PK victories. “When it is a PK shootout it is 50-50 for both teams. We just got really lucky and this game we didn’t.”

But despite the poor outcome for the Warriors, the team is still pleased with the way they played through regulation and overtime.

“We can’t feel too bad,” Washington Coach Sean McCoy said. "We sat in and defended and we knew that was going to be the way it went. We were going to coincide possession, let them have it for 75 percent of the game and be okay with it as long as we were organized and I thought we were really organized.”

The game was hotly contested throughout as both teams showed a lot of hustle and played a largely clean physical game.

“It was pretty physical,” Bjornsen said. “Both teams were going at it pretty hard. Both teams wanted it, you could tell. Both teams dominated at points in the game. It was a good game.”

It was exactly what McCoy was hoping to see out of his team against such a formidable opponent.

“This is the kind of effort you have to have to beat strong teams,” he said. “You can’t fault the kids for working extremely hard.”

The Warriors will not have much time to reflect on this game as the game against West kicked off a streach of four games in five days for Washington.

“We are all bummed out,” Bjornsen said. “We are not happy losing, this would have been a really big win for us, but we can’t let it get us down. We have two games (Saturday) then we have a game on Monday again. We can’t let it get to us, we have to keep our energy up.”

Washington girls stay unbeaten in MVC soccer

IOWA CITY - The Washington girls soccer team remained undefeated in Mississippi Valley Conference games Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Iowa City High in overtime.

Annee Cooper and Lauren Goodlove scored the goals for the No. 8 Warriors (9-1, 8-0). Anna Fisher collected an assist and Sophi Malcolm starred in goal.

Washington is the only undefeated team in the MVC. Iowa City High fell to 1-11-1, 1-8.

Warrior girls remain unbeaten in MVC play

Washington remained unbeaten in Mississippi Valley Conference play Thursday night with a 1-0 shootout victory over Jefferson at Kingston Stadium.

Washington (8-1, 7-0 MVC) is the only unbeaten team in league play. The Warriors are ranked eighth in Class 3A and have won three games in shootouts, all against MVC foes.

Jefferson, ranked 12th in 3A, dropped to 4-6, 3-4.