Shorecrest Soccer drops final, 3-0

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

By Frank Workman

When the Shorecrest Scots hosted the Squalicum Storm Saturday night at Shoreline Stadium, with its big blue and white 'S' at midfield, it figured that the letter for the night would be 'S'.

Sadly for the Scots, the S seemed to stand for 'settling for second', as the Storm won the District One 2A girls soccer championship game, 3-0.

The game marked a meeting of champions, as both the Storm and the Scots won their regular season league championships - the Storm going 11-0-1 in the Northwest Conference and the Scots 11-1 in WESCO.

Sarah Hulbert for Squalicum, the top-ranked team in the state, scored from long range midway in the first half.

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

Ten minutes into the second half, senior Julia DeVere launched a long lazy looper that handcuffed Scots goalkeeper, Kate Wiper, for the Storm's second goal.

Three minutes later the Scots' Emily Hicks hit the crossbar but couldn't get the bounce that would have cut the lead in half.

The Storm netted its final goal on the game's last play to make the final score 3-0.

"We made mistakes, mistakes we can't make against top-notch competition.  We have to own our mistakes, clean them up, and just play better," said Scots coach Mindy Dalziel.  "We only allowed four shots, but three of them went in."

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

The Scots open State Tournament play next week at home.  Their opponent and date/time of game will be made known early in the week.