Shorewood takes first soccer loss Thursday before Saturday victory

The Shorewood girls’ soccer team took its first loss Wednesday before a Saturday victory.

The Thunderbirds first loss came by a 3-1 score at the hands of a home Meadowdale team.

The loss gave Shorewood a 1-1 Western Conference 3A record before Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Holy Names of Seattle gave the Thunderbirds a 4-1 overall record.

The T-birds’ loss to Meadowdale came on what Shorewood coach Bill Wilkins called a “wonderful night for a game.”

Meadowdale scored 20 seconds into the game. Four minutes later, the Chiefs scored again for a 2-0 halftime lead.

In the second half, Shorewood picked up the intensity and missed a shot off the crossbar 2 minutes into the half. At the 50th minute Zoe Vincini finished a shot on a pass from Lisa Jensen. Shorewood had another shot off the post that nearly tied the game.

At the 67th minute, Meadowdale made the score 3-1.

Ashley Garay, Ariel Garay and Brianna Huntamer shared goal-keeping duties for Shorewood.

The Saturday victory over Holy Names was Shorewood’s final non-conference game, with 11 Wesco 3A regular-season games to play. Wilkins said that it came on a nice afternoon to play a game.

Shorewood scored in the 18th minute on a goal that started on a corner kick by Mikayla Morgan, was deflected by Carrie Jensen and finished by Lisa Jensen. At the 32nd minute Salyna McDonald scored her first goal of the season by dribbling down the right side and finding the net from a few yards out to bring the halftime score to 2-0.

Former Shorewood and Shorecrest coach Teddy Mitalas spoke to his Holy Names team at the half and Holy Names came out fired up. The Cougars scored in the first ten minutes of the half.

The game went back and forth until Melissa London crossed a free kick into the box that was headed in by Lisa Jensen for her second goal and the final tally of the match to bring the final score to 3-0.

Shorewood had Ariel Garay in goal.

The Thunderbirds next play Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7pm at Glacier Peak. Junior varsity teams from the two schools meet at 5pm.

Through five games, Vincini leads the Shorewood varsity with five goals and one assist for 11 points.