Published: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Snohomish soccer team stunned in double overtime
SNOHOMISH — The Snohomish girls soccer team had its back to the wall a few times this season and always found a way to prevail.
On Saturday, the Panthers ran out of second chances.
In a thrilling, hard-fought, but ultimately heartbreaking outcome for the Panthers, they battled into the second overtime before losing to Skyview of Vancouver 1-0 in a Class 4A state quarterfinal game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Skyview forward Sheaffer Skadsen, a talented junior who expects to play for the University of Arizona in two years, banged in the winning goal off a corner kick just 2:41 before the game went to penalty kicks. The result sends Skyview on to the state semifinals and ends Snohomish's season with a 15-6 overall record.
“I'm very proud of (the team),” Snohomish coach April VanAssche said. “As far as effort goes, they left it out there. They fought until the end.
“We had a couple of opportunities (to win) in overtime,” she said, “but they got the last one.”
Both teams had good chances to score in regulation time, but neither squad was able to put the ball in the net. The Panthers had a great opportunity in the early minutes, but Skyview goalkeeper Hannah Johnson deflected a shot with a leaping, one-handed save.
Late in the first half, Snohomish's Annie Hund had a close-in shot from just left of the goal, but Johnson again stood her ground to make the save.
At the other end, Skadsen nearly put Skyview on top about 25 minutes into the game by getting her foot on a loose ball in front of the Snohomish goal. The shot hit the right post and bounced back, where it was smothered by Panthers goalkeeper Melissa Dreves.
Skyview pushed the action early in the second half and Dreves was called on to make some tough saves right in front of the net. Later in the second half, Snohomish took the momentum and managed some good chances, but was also denied.
After regulation ended scoreless, the game moved into the first five-minute overtime period and then to the second. And midway through the second OT, Skyview finally broke the scoring drought.
It came on a corner kick by senior forward Brittany Wilson, who sent the ball over the knot of players at the front post and just beyond the leaping reach of Dreves. It landed near the far post and Skadsen was there to boot in the winning goal.
“She was in the right place at the right time and she did her job,” VanAssche said of Skadsen. “There were a lot of corner kicks in this game, for us and for them, and there were close shots that could've gone in. But it hurts when it's a golden goal at the end and you don't have a chance to come back after that.”
“I thought we played well,” said Snohomish senior midfielder Courtney Brown. “We just couldn't finish. It sucks to go out this way, but … we tried our best.”
Reaching the state quarterfinals seemed like a long shot for the Panthers a few weeks ago. Snohomish closed its regular season with losses to Stanwood, Marysville-Pilchuck and Lake Stevens, and entered the district tournament with something less than a full head of steam.
But the Panthers ran off four straight postseason wins, including a dramatic 4-3 victory over Kamiak on Nov. 1 that saw Snohomish rally from a two-goal deficit with two minutes to play in regulation before winning in a shootout.
The Panthers then beat Lake Stevens 1-0 in a shootout for the district title, and opened the state tournament with a 2-1 win over Curtis.
“We had a lot of opportunities, especially in the last part of our season, where other teams may have given up, but these guys didn't,” VanAssche said. “They kept fighting and they didn't give in.
“They kept believing in their hearts,” she said, “and they kept giving the effort on the field.”
On Saturday, the Panthers ran out of second chances.
In a thrilling, hard-fought, but ultimately heartbreaking outcome for the Panthers, they battled into the second overtime before losing to Skyview of Vancouver 1-0 in a Class 4A state quarterfinal game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Skyview forward Sheaffer Skadsen, a talented junior who expects to play for the University of Arizona in two years, banged in the winning goal off a corner kick just 2:41 before the game went to penalty kicks. The result sends Skyview on to the state semifinals and ends Snohomish's season with a 15-6 overall record.
“I'm very proud of (the team),” Snohomish coach April VanAssche said. “As far as effort goes, they left it out there. They fought until the end.
“We had a couple of opportunities (to win) in overtime,” she said, “but they got the last one.”
Both teams had good chances to score in regulation time, but neither squad was able to put the ball in the net. The Panthers had a great opportunity in the early minutes, but Skyview goalkeeper Hannah Johnson deflected a shot with a leaping, one-handed save.
Late in the first half, Snohomish's Annie Hund had a close-in shot from just left of the goal, but Johnson again stood her ground to make the save.
At the other end, Skadsen nearly put Skyview on top about 25 minutes into the game by getting her foot on a loose ball in front of the Snohomish goal. The shot hit the right post and bounced back, where it was smothered by Panthers goalkeeper Melissa Dreves.
Skyview pushed the action early in the second half and Dreves was called on to make some tough saves right in front of the net. Later in the second half, Snohomish took the momentum and managed some good chances, but was also denied.
After regulation ended scoreless, the game moved into the first five-minute overtime period and then to the second. And midway through the second OT, Skyview finally broke the scoring drought.
It came on a corner kick by senior forward Brittany Wilson, who sent the ball over the knot of players at the front post and just beyond the leaping reach of Dreves. It landed near the far post and Skadsen was there to boot in the winning goal.
“She was in the right place at the right time and she did her job,” VanAssche said of Skadsen. “There were a lot of corner kicks in this game, for us and for them, and there were close shots that could've gone in. But it hurts when it's a golden goal at the end and you don't have a chance to come back after that.”
“I thought we played well,” said Snohomish senior midfielder Courtney Brown. “We just couldn't finish. It sucks to go out this way, but … we tried our best.”
Reaching the state quarterfinals seemed like a long shot for the Panthers a few weeks ago. Snohomish closed its regular season with losses to Stanwood, Marysville-Pilchuck and Lake Stevens, and entered the district tournament with something less than a full head of steam.
But the Panthers ran off four straight postseason wins, including a dramatic 4-3 victory over Kamiak on Nov. 1 that saw Snohomish rally from a two-goal deficit with two minutes to play in regulation before winning in a shootout.
The Panthers then beat Lake Stevens 1-0 in a shootout for the district title, and opened the state tournament with a 2-1 win over Curtis.
“We had a lot of opportunities, especially in the last part of our season, where other teams may have given up, but these guys didn't,” VanAssche said. “They kept fighting and they didn't give in.
“They kept believing in their hearts,” she said, “and they kept giving the effort on the field.”
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