Fast start fuels Trojans
Two quick goals spark Trojans in win over Plymouth Whitemarsh
LOWER GWYNEDD » The Wissahickon girls soccer team wasted no time against Plymouth Whitemarsh Tuesday afternoon.
The Trojans scored the game’s first goal in the fifth minute and doubled their lead in the 12th to kick-start a 4-1 Suburban One League Liberty Division win over the Colonials at Wissahickon High School.
“You look at PW’s scores,” Wiss head coach Chris McDaniels said, “they kind of picked up where they left off last year which is not allowing very many goals. I think you have to give us credit for creating a bunch of offense against a team that is defensively pretty well organized. Today we managed to put together some good passing in the attacking third and create more chances than they’ve seen this year. We were pretty good today.”
Lucy Greenstein got the scoring started less than five minutes into the game. She found the ball inside the box and her left-footed volley found the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.
Kylie Friedman scored the first of her two goals just over seven minutes later. Emma Baker set up
Friedman to double the Trojans (3-1-1, 2-1-1 SOL Liberty) lead and give them a little wiggle room.
“Putting in the first two is what starts it,” Friedman said. “They got one in the first half, then we came back stronger in the second half.”
Later in the first half, Natalie Ryan made it 3-0 Wissahickon. McDaniels knows how dangerous she can be on free kicks and she delivered from just outside the box. From 20 yards out she found the bottom left corner to give her side a three-goal lead.
The Colonials (1-2, 1-2 SOL Liberty) grabbed some momentum