It was a 4-0 Senior Night victory for Greensburg Girls Soccer Tuesday as the Pirates shut out South Ripley.
GCHS coach Ryan Morlan noted the match started with Greensburg recognizing their seniors (shown the picture): #1 Kayla Haycock, #2 Kylie Hostetler, #7 Emily Million, #9 Elana Andrades, #10 Scotlynn Reinhold, #14 Lillian Wheatley, #27 captain Mykenzi Morlan and #50 captain Ella Lowe were well supported and represented by family and loved ones.
With a large supporting crowd, the majority of the starting field was this year’s seniors continued Morlan. Several minutes of the first half fell off the clock before junior captain Macy Smith settled an assist from Haycock to get the Pirates started for the night. The Greensburg defense kept the ball on the attacking side for the majority of the first half. This allowed junior Natalie Kalinowski to settle an assist from Smith to put the Pirates up 2-0 into the half.
About five minutes into the second half, Macy Smith dribbled past the Raiders defense and scored her second goal of the game. Smith took seven shots in the match. Haycock also took seven shots with the last, an assist from Kalinowski, settling in the net to bring the Pirates score to 4-0.
Other Greensburg shots including both Kalinowski and Morlan with four then one each by captain Emilee Ernstes and Hostetler.
Lowe stopped 11 shots on goal from South Ripley. She led her defense which included: Andredes, Millian, Wheatly, Reinhold, Genevieve Smith, Shelby Able and Angela Cates. Without the stops and passing from the defensive line, none of Greensburg’s scoring opportunities would have presented themselves.
We thank coach Morlan for the information and the photo.