ND vs Highlands Saturday

Notre Dame 6, Newport Central Catholic 0:

Lady Bred Head Coach Kevin Turnick said NewCath needed to slow down the Panda offensive attack.

That didn’t happen as Notre Dame outshot NewCath, 28-4 including 22-3 on goal in the semifinal route out of its 4-4-2 (defender-forward-midfielder) attack. Meg Martin recorded 14 saves for the Lady Breds to keep the game from getting worse and Courtney Hansel had three for the Pandas. The Lady Breds also ran a 4-4-2 scheme.

Despite the lopsided score, Martin and the NewCath defense kept Notre Dame off the scoreboard until 16:44 remained in the first half. Martin had a huge stop on a Notre Dame shot then rebound about six minutes into the game.

It took about a dozen shots for the Pandas to score when Taylor Watts scored. Notre Dame led 2-0 at halftime when Carlee Clemmons scored on a pass from Maddie Tierney with 13:35 remaining.

The Pandas pulled away with four goals in the second half. Zoe Stovik, Carissa Dyer, Mandy Arnzen and Megan Berberich scored the goals for Notre Dame.

“It’s good to see we’re scoring in a variety of ways and a lot of people are stepping up to contribute because that’s what it takes in the postseason,” McSorley said. “Defensively, we knew they had offensive threats. We knew who to watch and I felt like our girls did a really good job of keeping composed and focused. When the defense is composed, it flows in with the offense.”

The Lady Breds (13-4-4) still won the All “A” State and Ashland Invitational championships. They graduate Sam Bunzel, Amanda Schabell, Chandler Cain, Caroline Kinnett, Allie Otten and MacKenzie Freeman.

 

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