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GIRLS SOCCER: Carthage falls 1-0 at home to Springfield Central

By:
Brock Sisney

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers had several opportunities to score throughout the match, especially during the final 10 minutes of regulation, but they could not break through and net that first goal against Springfield Central sophomore goalkeeper Addie Green and took a 1-0 loss on Wednesday evening at David Haffner Stadium.

Carthage coach Taylor Beck focused on the Tigers’ effort over the final 10 minutes and how it could impact their season moving forward.

“I’ve said it all in the interviews,” Beck said. “They have grit. They just have to be able to give it to me for 80 minutes of the game and not 10.

“Their keeper was good. She was tall and she was all over the place. At halftime, I told them to keep it low and I feel like in the second half we tried keeping it low, but she’s a good keeper and it was hard to get it past her. Unfortunately, we couldn’t.”

Carthage senior forward Daniela Marquez, freshman forward Ashtyn Cross and senior Kianna Yates all just missed connecting on goals.

For example, with 4 minutes and 15 seconds remaining in regulation, Marquez nearly took advantage of Green being slightly out of position and looped a ball over Green’s head that went tantalizingly wide of the goal.

Green made a save earlier against Marquez and denied Cross a potential follow-up shot, and Yates later had a potential shot on goal blocked.

The Tigers’ defense kept Central from adding on to a 1-0 lead the Bulldogs took in the first half on a goal by junior Cate Casanova.

“I commend our keepers and our back line,” Beck said. “We’re a young team, so I was moving everybody in and out. A lot of people, a lot of kids, played positions they’ve never played before tonight and that just shows me that they care. They don’t give me any back talk, they just say ‘Alright, whatever you say Coach.’ I appreciate that from them. If they continue that and we have versatile players, we’ll go far.”

Carthage dropped to 1-2 overall so far early in the season and the Tigers’ 1-0 loss Wednesday follows a 4-3 overtime loss at home Tuesday against Springdale (Ark.) Har-Ber.

“I told them these games definitely matter, but this is practice for when we get to the big games,” Beck said. “Obviously, our conference games we’re looking forward to and then we’ve never made it past the first round of districts. They’re determined to make it past the first round and playing close games like these will help us. That was a good team, so I’m proud of them for holding them 1-0.”

The Tigers return to action Friday on the road against Glendale, the returning state runner-up in Class 3.

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