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Grey’s effort from about 30 yards out found its way over the outstretched arms of Christopher Dock goalkeepHr AOyssD LHLsWHr wLWK RnOy 54 seconds left in the second half as the visiting Trojans girls soccer team earned a 2-1 non-league win over the Pioneers Tuesday afternoon.
“It felt really good,” she said. “Because I knew that we won on that goal, so it was nice.”
Grey had both goals for Wissahickon (1-1), breaking a scoreless tie close to 16 PLnuWHs DIWHr KDOIWLPH. Christopher Dock (0-1) would pull even with under fiYH PLnuWHs WR JR Rn D SKHD Neal goal, but Grey prevented overtime with her late heroics.
“They were dominating a lot of the game, but it was good to get those goals in for the team, because at the end we were working hard,” Grey said.
The Pioneers controlled most of the possession, but only Neal could convert
on the handful of scoring chances Dock had in the contest. Some were calmly saved by Trojans keeper Rachel Stone, while Mattasyn Shisler was twice denied by the goal frame.
“A lot of it was unlucky. And then a lot of it has to do with just working on our shots and getting our shot down,” Neal said. “Overall, I think we were in their end more, if not just as much as they were on our end. So I think the game, we easily could have won, we just needed to put it together.”
Despite the season-opening defeat, Dock coach Ray Hess was still positive about what he saw from the defending District One Class A champs.
“I thought we played well and I’m extremely happy with the way that we’re playing. So, and we can only get better,” he said. “We’re stringing some nice passes together, things like that. We got a lot of options with people, moving them front and back and all sorts of things. I got to see some of that today, even though we didn’t win.”
Wissahickon started its year last Friday with a 5-1 home loss to nuakertown, but the Trojans made some adjustments that Grey said wHUH bHQHfiFLDO LQ 7uHsGDy’s win.
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Wissahickon is back on WKH fiHOG 3:30 S.P. 7KuUsday for a Suburban One League American Conference matchup at Upper Dublin.
Christopher Dock begins Bicentennial Athletic League play 7 p.m. Friday on the road against New Hope-Solebury. Dock beat New Hope 2-1 in last season’s district final.
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“I knew my goal was just to get past the defenders,” Grey said. “It wasn’t a pass from there, it just going to have to be a shot.”
Neal collected the equalizer for Christopher Dock wLWK 4:11 OHIW, WDNLQJ D SDss from Olivia Seavy and beating Stone with a strike to the near post.
“It was a perfect pass,” Neal said. “Our whole strategy is trying to play it behind their defense, because we’re running on it gives us an advantage and it’s really nice when we’re able to do that. The speed of the ball was played really nicely.”
Before Grey’s gamewinner, Dock came close to pulling ahead, but Shisler was denied by the right post. The Dock sophomore also KLW WKH IUDPH LQ WKH fiUsW KDOI after getting behind the Wissahickon defense.