Varsity Girls Soccer Grab the Gold

By Joy Kiehl

Varsity girls soccer won 1st place in the Spike and Strike Tournament last weekend against a mixed Varsity/JV ISKL team and Uplands.

After a long Friday at school, our varsity soccer girls team was ready to show ISKL that we could beat them. We took vans to College General at 4pm to watch part of the varsity boys soccer game and then warm-up.

Kick-off started a few minutes after 5pm. We dominated the first half by being able to string together passes and keep possession of the ball. We managed to get an early goal. Later in the first half, Lauren Worten (8) scored a goal bringing the score to 2-0 for Dalat. In the second half, we experienced more defensive pressures as ISKL started to gain more possession. We, however, were able to keep a clean sheet against ISKL.

As the sun rose over the College General field the next morning, we waited for the referees to arrive so that we could begin our game against Uplands. In the first half of the game, we dominated the play. Our first goal was scored off a corner, and the second goal was shot by Kalia Brewster (10). In the second half, we once again had more defensive pressures; but we were able to score two more goals, which were both shot by Annabelle Teoh (12), giving us a 4-0 win.

In the last game of the tournament for the girls, we played against ISKL. It was a tough game since we only had three substitutes due to injuries. The first half of the game was mainly controlled by ISKL and their athleticism and experience, which allowed them to score a goal. However, a direct kick scored by Kalia Brewster (10) put us in a tie with ISKL. In the second half of the game, a shot was taken against ISKL but was deflected by a handball, which gave us a penalty kick. Kalia Brewster (10) scored, giving us a 2-1 lead. As the final whistle blew, the soccer girls were delighted that their hard work had paid off.

Dalat varsity player Dael Kim (11) said, “I think it was cool to see the improvement we made by winning against the team (ISKL) we lost to a week ago (during the ISKL trip). We worked hard, and I think it is a great way to end off our last 11 aside game of our first season.”