Vikings Go 1-2 at ‘Zizzer Classic’ in West Plains

April 19th, 2008 by Florez Leave a reply »

The Vikings faced Moberly Friday night and lost 2-1 in overtime. After Moberly scored about fifteen minutes into the second half, freshmen striker Kelsey Loderhose found the back of the net for the equalizer. The match went to overtime, and sophomore striker Shelby Stewart put a great long shot off of the far post that almost won the game for the Vikings. Near the end of the first overtime a Moberly player was able to put a well placed shot into corner of the net for the win.

The second match of the tournament found the Vikings playing Waynesville on Saturday morning. After keeping it a close match by playing defensively in the first half, the Vikings were down 0-1 at the break. In the second half, Parkview got a bit more aggressive offensively. The Vikings, however, were unable to get a goal, and ended up losing the game 3-0.

The final game of the day for Parkview was against the home team, West Plains. The Vikings, who lost to West Plains three times last year, won the match 3-1, with two goals from sophomore midfielder Jessica Maerz, and one from freshmen Kelsey Loderhose. Maerz got the only goal of the first half, unassisted, on a nice shot that beat the keeper over the top from about twenty-five yards out. After Loderhose got a goal in the second half on a nice pass from Maerz and a great finish into the corner, West Plains nailed a shot from the mark to make the score 2-1 Parkview. Late in the match, Parkview was award a penalty shot of their own, and Maerz followed up her own miss off the keeper’s hands, putting it in the back of the net to make the final score 3-1 Parkview.

More information on the rest of the tournament can be found at sgfsoccer.com.

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