Shorecrest’s 3-1 soccer victory over Shorewood vaults Scots into second place, drops T-birds to third

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

The Shorecrest boys’ soccer team defeated Shorewood, 3-1, Monday to vault the Scots over the Thunderbirds into second place in the Western Conference 3A South with Shorewood dropping to third.

That’s important because the top two teams in each Wesco division get to open the Northwest District 3A tournament Saturday with their first-round games at home.

Before the tournament starts, each team has one more conference game. Shorecrest takes a 9-3 Wesco 3A record (12-3 overall) into a Wednesday 7:30 p.m. match with Mountlake Terrace (3-8-1, 4-9-1) at Lynnwood High School, and Shorewood takes an 8-2-2, 9-3-3 record into a home game with Meadowdale (8-4. 9-5-1) at Shoreline Stadium at 7:30, while division leader Glacier Peak takes a 9-1-2 11-2-2 record into a home game with Everett (1-11, 1-13-1)

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

In the Monday match at Shoreline Stadium, Shorecrest opened the scoring on a 40-yard shot by Jack Neffner. Both teams had chances, but the half ended 1-0.

Shorewood came out with more pressure and possession, but Shorecrest capitalized on a defensive mistake, and Chris Iacolucci scored to make it 2-0.

Victory!
Photo by Geoff Vlcek

Right after the kickoff, Shorewood scored on a knuckler by Taj McChesney to make it 2-1.

Finally as Shorewood continued to press, Shorecrest countered and switched the ball wide, and Alex Day scored the third and final goal.

Kyle Crawford was in goal for Shorewood, while Christian Gribsvad played for Shorecrest.

JV game photo by Geoff Vlcek

The Shorecrest and Shorewood junior varsity teams played to a 1-1 tie.

Corrected 05-08-2014  10:20pm