Edmonds stuns Shoreline Women's Soccer in final minute of Monday's game

Edmonds Ashley Desharnais #13 scores for ECC in the final minute of the game on 11/7/2011.
Photo by Wilson Tsoi

By Douglas W. Palmer, SCC Director of Athletics and Recreation/Wellness

In a match that had overtime written all over it, the Edmonds Community College Lady Tritons stunned Shoreline CC in the final minute of regulation to score and win the "Play-In" game to the NWAACC Soccer Playoffs at the Shoreline Stadium.

In a match that had chances for both teams to score early on, the final minutes seemed to be heading to overtime as neither team could mount much pressure, but ECC had a solid shot on goal, deflected away by SCC goal-keeper Lauren Schoonover, but an unmarked ECC player, was in perfect position to put the deflection away and did.

SCC’s Taylyr Mclean battles for the ball.
Photo by Wilson Tsoi

SCC had less than 1 minute to tie it and could not muster any offense against a stacked Edmonds defense.

SCC finished the season 8-7-5 and 4th in the NWAACC Northern Region in the first season for Head Coach Aaron Howe. This will be the first time 7 years the Lady Dolphins have not qualified for postseason play. SCC had forced the “Play-In” game on Saturday by beating Edmonds 2-1 on their campus home field. SCC and ECC finished 1-1-1 for the season against each other. Edmonds advances to play the Community College of Spokane on Wednesday in Spokane at 1:00 pm in the first round of the NWAACC Women’s Soccer Playoffs. ECC is 13-7-3 overall.