DIII Section Championship Recap
It was a cold and rainy evening last Tuesday, the Lady Falcons played #1 Vista Del Lago at Cosumnes River College for the D3 Championship. Splitting the regular season matchup and sharing the league title, this game would determine the ultimate champion. Christian Brothers took an early 1-0 lead in the first half from a great cross from Baily Rakela (’25) that was hit in by a Vista defender. The Falcons defense was stellar, holding Vista scoreless for just about the entire game. It was not until the referee awarded a free kick (from about 25 yards out) to Vista in the last minute after time had expired, that they were able to put in the equalizer tying the game at 1-1. Vista and Santa Clara bound senior Alex Klos launched the free kick just over the outstretched hands of CB’s goalkeeper Grace Bettencourt (’23). The game then went in to two 10 minute overtime periods with neither team managing to close out the game. Next up would be penalty kicks. CB matched Vista goal for goal in penalty kicks but eventually would lose 8-7. Penalty kicks were made by Brooklyn Horst (’23), Devin Greer (’24), Dana Greer (’24), Grace Cloete (’22) Genevieve Muskopf (’24), Eliana Pellegri (’22) and Kristin Lee (’22). The Lady Falcons played their hearts out in over 100 minutes out on the pitch in grueling conditions. It was a great overall game but unfortunately our quest to bring home a blue banner will have to wait another year. There is still much to look forward to, as the season is not over yet. The team will play a Norcal Championship game on Tuesday at home vs. Redwood (Larkspur) at 5:00PM. Come out and support your Lady Falcons!
Bracket - https://www.cifstate.org/sports/soccer/NorCal_brkts_2022/gd2
tickets - https://gofan.co/app/events/563452?schoolId=CA7906