9/10 GSOC: Dixie rallies to edge NCC

By John Lachmann
Kypostsports@yahoo.com

Sophomore striker Lauren Nemeroff scored both Dixie Heights goals in a nine-minute span as the Colonels edged Newport Central Catholic, 2-1 on Monday.

Dixie Heights trailed, 1-0 in the second half before Nemeroff tied the score with 21 minutes left in regulation. She gave the Colonels the lead with 12 minutes left in the match.

Sophomore striker Lauren Zimmerman netted the Thoroughbreds’ goal.

Dixie Heights has won six straight matches, and the Colonels handed NewCath just its second loss of the season.

HALFTIME: NewCath, 1-0. GOALS: DH—Nemeroff 2. NCC—Zimmerman. RECORDS: Dixie Heights 7-1, NewCath 5-2-1.

CAMPBELL COUNTY 3, HOLY CROSS 1 – The Indians scored four minutes into the match, but the Camels answered with a pair of goals two minutes apart later in the first half.

Campbell County junior midfielder Lauren Macke tied the score at the 32-minute matk, and senior midfielder Taylor Robinson gave the Camels the lead in the 34th minute.

Junior forward Natalie Visse iced the match with Campbell County’s third goal 10 minutes into the second half.

HALFTIME: 2-1. GOALS: CC—Macke, Robinson, Visse. HC—Moran. RECORDS: Campbell County 7-3-1, Holy Cross 1-5-1.

BOONE COUNTY 3, COOPER 0 – Freshmen midfielder Paige Mersmann and forward Skylar Lehmkuhl netted first-half goals to pace the Rebels.

Mersmann opened the scoring 3:25 into the match, and Lehmkuhl found the net in the 25th minute to extend Boone County’s lead to two.

Sophomore midfielder Maeghan Knox iced the match by scoring with 12 minutes remaining in regulation.

Rebels junior sweeper Jessica Estes helped hold Cooper to just five shots on goal, and senior Lindsay Henges made all five saves to record her first shutout of the season.

HALFTIME: 2-0. GOALS: BC—Lehmkuhl, Knox, Mersmann. SHUTOUT: Henges (5 saves). RECORDS: Boone County 4-6-1, Cooper 4-3-1.

ST. HENRY 1, CINCINNATI MOUNT NOTRE DAME 1 – Sophomore midfielder Kirsten Bartlett scored the Crusaders’ lone goal.

Bartlett took a pass from senior forward Libby Leedom and fired a shot that deflected off a defender over the goalkeeper’s head in the 47th minute.

Mount Notre Dame salvaged the tie by scoring with 6:30 remaining in the match.

HALFTIME: 0-0. GOALS: SH—Bartlett. MND—Garrison. RECORDS: St. Henry 5-2-2, Mount Notre Dame 5-1-2.

RYLE 2, CONNER 1, PKs – Junior Jill Davenport scored the decisive penalty kick to lift the Raiders.

Ryle made all five of its penalty kicks, and Raiders senior goalkeeper Christina Muenchen stopped one of the Cougars’ shots.

Conner took the lead late in the first half on a goal by senior outside midfielder Bellina Fiorelli, but 14 minutes into the second half sophomore forward Emily Anderson connected to tie the score.

HALFTIME: Conner, 1-0. GOALS: C—Fiorelli. R—Anderson. RECORDS: Ryle 5-3-1, Conner 3-6-1.

NOTRE DAME 1, LOUISVILLE SACRED HEART 0, PKs – Senior goalkeeper Olivia Voskuhl made two saves in penalty kicks, and the Pandas scored on all four of their attempts in the first round of the Lexington Catholic Cup.

Seniors forward Ellie Eckerle, striker Katy Zembrodt and midfielder Erica Meier all converted for Notre Dame, and junior midfielder Maddie Tierney scored the clinching PK.

Voskuhl also made four saves in regulation to pick up her third straight shutout.

HALFTIME: 0-0. SHUTOUTS: ND—Voskuhl (4 saves), SH—Peabody and Taylor (5 saves). RECORDS: Notre Dame 9-2-1, Sacred Heart 4-4-3.

SCOTT 2, VILLA MADONNA 0 – Senior forward Vivian Sowder and sophomore forward Shea Stivers scored for the Eagles.

Sowder put Scott ahead with 10 minutes left in the first half, and freshman forward Hannah Walters and junior midfielder Dulci Gurley picked up assists.

Stivers extended the Eagles’ lead with 10 minutes remaining in regulation on a penalty kick.

Sophomore Kristen Hedger stopped six shots to earn her second shutout of the year.

HALFTIME: 1-0. GOALS: S—Sowder, Gurley. SHUTOUT: Hedger (6 saves). RECORDS: Scott 4-6-1, Villa Madonna 3-6-1.

BROSSART 9, CALVARY CHRISTIAN 0 – Freshman forward Lauren Cookendorfer scored two goals and added an assist for the Mustangs.

Brossart has won five of its last six matches, and has allowed just one goal in that span.

HALFTIME: 6-0. GOALS: B—Cookendorfer 2, Stadtmiller, Ziegler, Hasl, Greely, Ledonne, Linebach, own goal. SHUTOUT: Futscher (0 saves). RECORDS: Brossart 5-4, Calvary Christian 1-3-2.

BEECHWOOD 10, DAYTON 1 – Junior striker Emily Pawsat recorded her first three-goal match of the season to key the Tigers’ win.

Senior stopper Lauren Ruedebusch added two goals for Beechwood.

HALFTIME: 5-1. GOALS: B—Pawsat 3, Ruedebusch 2, Schilling, Burns, Dosker, Schmitt, Steenken. D—Schowalter. RECORDS: Beechwood 2-3, Dayton 0-5.