A spirited home crowd watched the AV Girls Varsity Soccer win their second consecutive game over Clovis North by a score of 2-0 to remain undefeated on the season. On a very cold night, the Don’s defense stood was kept busy and turned back all Clovis scoring attempts on a very cold night. While the defense was keeping the Clovis North Broncos frustrated, the Don’s offense consistently pushed the ball forward making numerous attacking runs in an overall dominating performance. As with the opening game, Coaches Tim and Lisa used their deep bench to keep players fresh and energized.

In the first half, the Dons wasted no time in pressuring the Clovis defense making several early runs down the sides of the field with well-placed crossing balls. As with the game against Logan, Amador Valley struck early for their first goal. In the 6th minute, Sam Frost took the ball down the left side of the field and beat her defender to get into the edge of the 18-yard box. Once there, she sent a crossing ball to the top of the 6-yard box where a well-positioned Lorna Roberts put a foot onto it and past the Clovis goalkeeper. Clovis turned up the offensive effort following the Amador Valley early goal but each time the defense led by Allie Hunter, Summer Langsam, Julia Gonsman, Emily Mickelson, Jenyce Dutcher and Hanna Fleshman, was able to collectively snuff out the attempt and get the ball back to the midfield and forwards. The Dons best chance to add to their lead in the balance of the first half was a Katie Judson header over the top of the goal on a corner kick. Forwards Abbie Fried, Shanece Hunsaker and Sydney DeVor all had good runs but were unable to notch another goal. At halftime, Amador led Clovis 1-0.

The second half started in similar fashion to the first with Amador pushing on the offensive end. In the 50th minute, the Dons had a legitimate chance at their second goal as Alyssa Bardakos slid the ball through the Clovis back line just out of the reach of a charging Sammy Lai. The offensive push would continue for the next 10 minutes with good possession by Molly Murphy, Tori Sanchez and Kylie Racer. Then finally in the 60th minute, Amador doubled their lead when Sam Frost scored her first goal of the season on an unassisted shot. Collecting the ball at the side of the 18-yard box, she was able to turn her defender, spin around and crack a shot into the far post side netting. From there, the defense took over keeping the Broncos off the board. Goalkeeper Juliet Allen again played an integral part of the defense throughout the game with her vocal instructions and encouragement but otherwise wasn’t challenged much touching the ball only a half dozen times as Clovis had only 3 shots.

Next up for the Lady Dons is the first away game of the season against the formidable and reigning NCS champion Liberty on Monday night. Keep up the great play ladies!

Stats:

- Shots: AV 7, Clovis 3
- Saves: Allen (AV) 3, Clovis 5
- Offsides: AV 2, Clovis 3
- Corner Kicks: AV 3, Clovis 1
- Fouls: AV 9, Clovis 0
- Yellow Cards – None

Team pictures have been scheduled for Monday, December 19 . Order envelopes will be passed out in practice at the end of the week. Photos for Personal Ads in the Winter Program will also be taken at this time as well as the senior photo for the cover page.

Girls Soccer athletic registration participation is currently at 63%. This is a good start, but still creates a deficit to make up, if you have not done so, please pay your Athletic Registration. You can visit the School Activity Desk or pay online *Here. *

Girls Soccer Financial Scorecard: http://www.teampages.com/clubs/4157/pages/116610

Your ‘Athletic Registration’ does not cover all the costs necessary to run the program. Any short fall in Athletic Registration must be covered by the Teams fundraising amount and directly cuts into their ability to build their program. Let’s get this number above 90%.

All money collected for Athletic Registration will be paid directly to AVHS to cover Coaches and Transportation.

#yourgame, let’s support it.