The girls played a very exciting and intense game tonight against Auburn. Auburn was the State Runner Up last year and is a team that is very well coached by the SWVA Rush Director, Adam Richie. He actually has coached a handful of our players sometime during their soccer career. Auburn got on the board 1st when one of their players was taken down right outside the penalty area. On the restart the Auburn player put one in to go up 1-0. The Cavaliers would even things up when Auburn had a misplay in the defensive 3rd of the field and Karmen Smith placed a very nice pass to Ashlyn Newman who then placed a nice shot on frame that beat the Auburn keeper. With the score 1-1 the two teams traded back and worth chances on goal but nothing found the back of the net. Halftime score 1-1!!!
2nd Half was about the same with both teams having chances to put their team in front. Auburn controlled the play more in the 2nd half than the 1st. The Cavaliers defense anchored by the 1st year Keeper Lindsey Gardner and Seniors Natalie Harris and Adrianna Hernandez kept the Cavaliers in the game. The opposing coach even mentioned Lindsey and how well she moves in the box. She played phenomenal and he was very impressed with her. After 80 Minutes of regulation and 10 minutes of overtime the score stayed 1-1 for the Cavaliers 1st tie of the season. The Cavaliers are now 4-1-1 on the season and they become Road Warriors the next 5 games. Next week they start off the road stand with James River where the two teams played a classic last year 6-5 with the Lady Cavaliers coming out with a win.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 