The Crested Butte Community School JV defender knew she’d been caught red-handed.
Probably literally, too; her right palm may have been stinging somewhat after she’d instinctively – albeit incorrectly – swatted down Ignacio’s attempt at chipping a pass overhead and deep into the visitors’ 18-yard box late in the first half of the teams’ encounter Friday afternoon.
But it wouldn’t matter as the JV Crested Butte girls soccer team easily defeated Ignacio’s varsity team 10-0.
In the 10 vs. 10 (agreed to by both coaches before kickoff) match, the hosting Bobcats looked to their own No. 10 to potentially get them on the scoreboard. Awarded a 30th-minute free kick just outside the aforementioned perimeter’s ‘elbow,’ 20 yards away from Titan goalkeeper Ella Davis’ right, sophomore Maliyah Martinez put a solid shot on target but was denied as freshman Davis tracked its trajectory all the way.
It would be the only save she needed to make.
CBCS, perhaps reawakened by the close call, promptly tacked on freshman Siri Wight’s 36th-minute goal plus freshman Jessica DeRoche’s in the 38th to expand its lead to 7-0 before halftime began at IHS Field. Senior Kate Duryea then knocked in a second-chance score in the 48th minute, and classmate Kaitlin Rasmussen split two defenders in the 57th to win a one-on-one skirmish with IHS junior goalie Bella Lorenzini.
The day ultimately belonged to Crested Butte. Playing in admittedly just her second match, junior Zoe Knox’s first-ever attempt at converting a penalty kick came up short and left of Lorenzini in the 62nd minute, but CBCS still would polish off a 10-0 road victory with time to spare when freshman Ruby McKeever completed a 75th-minute breakaway.
Freshman Kaylin Buckel had netted the Titans’ first two goals within the opening five minutes and Wight converted a seventh-minute rebound for a 3-0 advantage. Freshman Ellen Wimmet recorded Crested Butte’s fourth score via a 23rd-minute shot which glanced off Lorenzini’s gloves, then clanged off the keeper’s back post and across the goal line.
Junior Ainsley Stewart quickly converted a pass in the 21st from freshman Sidra Anderson into a strong 5-0 lead.
Unofficially, Lorenzini faced 25 shots on goal and totaled 15 saves in defeat. Ignacio (0-3 overall) will next travel to Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday with kickoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
