Lady Cyclones take shortened contest over Sullivan East
Published 10:54 am Friday, September 13, 2024
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Elizabethton's Vella Nave (4) scores from 15 yards out to give the Lady Cyclones a 1-0 lead at the 26:26 mark of the first half.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Elizabethton's Vella Nave (4) nets her second goal from point-blank range, going bottom shelf past Sullivan East keeper Sarah Doss (00) with 14 minutes left in the first half.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Elizabethton's Izzy Lewis (7) delivers the Lady Cyclones' fifth goal of the night on a penalty kick, sending it over Sullivan East defenders and into the top left corner of the net with less than a minute left in the first half.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Lady Cyclones senior Hallie Powell (20) slips past Sullivan East's Kaelyn Chase (11) and scores the Lady Cyclones' third goal of the first half.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Lady Patriots head coach Michael Husband (left) looks on as Paisley Patrick (14) is attended to by her parents and the training staff of both Elizabethton and Sullivan East. Patrick collided with Lady Cyclones keeper Abbie Krawczyk (22) as time expired in the first half. Patrick was taken off the field on a stretcher and transported to the hospital for treatment.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Lady Cyclone seniors Aubrey Meier (6), Hallie Powell (20), Savannah Smith (10), and Lily Baker (5) smile on Senior Night.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Elizabethton's Izzy Lewis (7) drives past the Lady Patriots' Emma Nagel (17) and fires the Lady Cyclones' fourth goal of the evening into the net with 3:23 left in the first half on Senior Night.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders The Lady Cyclones huddle up before the Senior Night matchup against the Sullivan East Lady Patriots at Citizens Bank Stadium on Thursday evening.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Lady Cyclones team captain Camdyn Garland (8) dribbles past Sullivan East’s Paisley Patrick (14) near midfield in the opening seconds of Senior Night.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Lady Cyclones team captain Camdyn Garland (8) and Sullivan East's Anna Nagel (6) get tangled as Garland drives the ball down the sideline early in the first half. The Lady Patriots' Cadence Cross (5) also defends on the play.
Star Correspondent/Larry N. Souders Elizabethton’s Izzy Lewis (7) drives a corner kick toward Sullivan East’s net midway through the first half.
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Star Correspondent
The 1-2A conference girls’ soccer match between Elizabethton and Sullivan East came to an early end at the half when Lady Patriots midfielder Paisley Patrick suffered a broken right leg in a collision with Lady Cyclones goalkeeper Abbie Krawcyzk.
The play occurred as time ran out in the first half. Patrick pounced on a loose ball in the Cyclones’ penalty area and drove toward the ball as Krawcyzk dove forward to block the shot.
Patrick flipped head over heels in the collision and lay on the field for quite some time as trainer Justin Smith, her parents, and others tended to her until paramedics arrived. The situation escalated when Sullivan East parents reportedly told Lady Patriots head coach Michael Husbands to pull his players from the field, expressing concerns that officials had lost control of the match.
“It was 100 percent not Abbie’s fault,” Lady Cyclones head coach Lauren Meier said. “It was no cheap shot, just two players making an aggressive play. Both teams played physical, but there were no cheap shots taken.”
Despite Coach Meier’s protests, Krawcyzk was shown a red card, meaning she was ejected from the game and will have to sit out the next two EHS matches. Husbands then led his team off the field, and the match was halted with EHS (6-3, 3-1 conference) holding a 5-0 advantage.
However, the incident did not overshadow Senior Night, during which the four Cyclone seniors — Lily Baker, Aubrey Meier, Savannah Smith, and Hallie Powell — were honored.
EHS got on the scoreboard in the 14th minute on a shot from freshman Vella Nave, who fired the ball into the East net past goalkeeper Cheyenne Peaks for a 1-0 lead. In the 26th minute, the Cyclones pulled off an end-to-end rush with Lewis flying down the home sideline. Ten feet from the end line, she sent a crossing pass to Nave, who finished the play with her second goal of the match.
“It was a beautiful play,” Meier said. “It’s great when you see a result like that from a good play. We really passed the ball well tonight.”
In the 35th minute, Powell fired a shot from an angle that snuck past Peaks for a 3-0 Cyclone advantage. Lewis scored on a left-footed shot in the 37th minute and capped off the scoring by dropping a floating shot off a free kick from outside the penalty area that sailed high into the Patriots’ goal.
EHS 5, Sullivan East 0
Scoring Summary:
First Half
E – Nave (unassisted), 14:00
E – Nave (assist Lewis), 26:00
E – Powell (unassisted), 35:00
E – Lewis (unassisted), 37:00
E – Lewis (unassisted), 39:00
