Lady Junior Cyclones upend Providence
Published 11:10 pm Wednesday, September 8, 2021
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Camdyn Garland (8) gives the Jr. Lady Cyclones a 2-1 lead with ten minutes left to play, beating Providence keeper Caydee Hogan (17) with a top-shelf shot on a breakaway.
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders The Jr. Cyclones Isla Grindstaff (4) take a crossing pass from Camdyn Garland (8) and beat Providence Keeper Caydee Hogan (17) to the corner tying the match 1-1 early in the second half.
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders The Jr. Lady Cyclones Liahna Nave (9) drives a shot on goal early in the second period that goes just wide right of the net.
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders The Jr. Lady Cyclones Liahna Nave (9) shot on goal as time expired in the first half sails over the net, leaving the TA Dugger and Providence tied at 0-0 going into the break.
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders TA Dugger’s Isabella Lewis (7) goes for a header near the middle of the field.
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders The Jr. Cyclones Isla Grindstaff (4) splits three Providence defenders as she dribbles down the field early in the second half.
StarPhoto/Larry N. Souders Camdyn Garland (8) fires the ball across the goal box to a streaking Isla Grindstaff (4) who puts it in the net tying the score a 1-1 early in the second half. Garland get an assist on the goal.
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BY ALLEN LAMOUNTAIN
STAR CORRESPONDENT
On Tuesday evening at Citizens Bank Stadium, the T.A. Dugger girls soccer team took an early shot from Providence Academy but battled back for a 2-1 conference win.
The Cyclones (2-0 conference) fell behind early in the second half on a breakaway goal from Lady Knights captain Emma Honeycutt.
The Knights played the ball into the attacking end which split two TAD backline defenders and Honeycutt sped into the penalty area where she fired into the net past Cyclones goalkeeper Princess Russell for a 1-nil lead.
TAD dug deep and began to renew their aggressive attack and in the 43rd minute Isla Grindstaff scored the equalizer.
The Cyclones – now energized by the goal – put even more pressure on the Knights keeper Caydee Hogan and in the 50th minute, Camdyn Garland tallied the game-winner.
“Oh my God, I am stressed,” Lady Cyclones head coach Samantha Husbands said. “Izzy (Lewis) hit the post at least twice and any other game those could have gone in.
“I thought Princess came up big and made some pretty big saves and we had that one defensive mistake. I thought we stayed composed after we fell behind and we got better in the second half of looking for the pass and making better passes.”
Overall, TAD held an 11-4 shots on goal advantage with eighth-grader Isabella ‘Izzy’ Lewis having seven of them including hitting the far post on a corner kick that nearly scored and she had a high rising blast deflect off the crossbar.
“We did a good job possessing the ball,” Husbands said. “And taking the shots. Their goalkeeper was good, she made some tough saves. They weren’t able to combine passes and we had that one mistake, but I felt we played well.”
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T.A. Dugger 2-1
Providence 0 1 – 1
T.A.Dugger 0 2 – 2
Scoring summary
Second Half
P – Honeycutt (unassisted) 38:00
T – Grindstaff (assist Stanberry) 43:00
T – Garland (unassisted) 50:00
