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Off to a Great Start: First Varsity Soccer Games @ ISKL

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By Michelle Morrow

This past weekend, while Dalat was hosting the Island Invitational for volleyball on September 8th and 9th, the guys' and girls’ varsity soccer teams headed down to Kuala Lumpur to face our rivals at ISKL on back-to-back days. 

The girls won their first game 2-1, with goals scored by Soniya Peters (10) and Kyra Brewster (11). Unfortunately, their second game the following day ended in a 0-1 loss against ISKL. When asked to reflect on the weekend’s games, one of the varsity girls’ captains, Alexia Nyul (12), said, “The games went great! It was a really good playing experience for my team to learn what we need to work on together. Apart from the body aches the next days, it was a really good time!” The girls had a fantastic time playing in ISKL and are ready and excited to go back and face them again in a couple of weeks. 

On the other hand, the varsity guys didn’t find quite as much success as the girls in their first match, which ended in a 2-0 defeat. According to Kyle Tang (12), it was the team’s first time playing on a large field, “so we weren’t aware of the fitness and power of our passes.” The next day, however, the boys were able to turn it around with a 1-1 draw in overtime. Amos Koay (12) had an impressive throw-in near the goalie box in front of the goal, setting it up perfectly for Kyle to shoot and score a last-second goal and end the game in a tie with ISKL. 

Josiah Andrews (12), one of the two captains for the guy’s varsity team, commented on his team’s performance and the trip, saying, “Overall, I’m pretty happy with how the trip went for our team. There were a lot of bright and not-so-bright moments. All of those we will use going forward to help us prepare for our title defense [as undefeated ACSC champs] in October.” 

Best of luck to the guys preparing for ACSC in Chiang Mai and the girls during their first soccer season.


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