Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College women's soccer team snagged perhaps one of the its biggest wins of the season Wednesday night at the Salthawk Sports Complex.
Striking quick in each half and letting the defense and goalkeeping to the rest, the 19th-ranked Blue Dragons upset the No. 12 Barton Cougars 2-0 in the first of two regular-season meetings.
Hutchinson earned its 10th win of the season, now at 10-2 overall, 7-2 in the Jayhawk West (21 points). The Dragons snap Barton's eight-game winning streak and moved into a tie for first place in the Jayhawk West with the Cougars.
The Blue Dragons' win over the No. 12 Cougars ends a four-game stretch for the Hutchinson against ranked opponents. The Blue Dragons won 3 of those 4 games with victories over 17 Cowley, No. 15 Barton and No. 12 Coffeyville.
The Blue Dragons took an early lead in the sixth minute when sophomore Aimee Maher turned at midfield and delivered a pass to freshman Adriana Delgado for a one-on-one opportunity with Barton goalkeeper Nia Baker. Delgado slid a pass to a streaking Hadlie Lowe for the opening goal.
Lowe's second goal of the game came just 20 seconds in to the second half as freshman Jayda Wyatt zipped a pass to Lowe who beat Baker to the ball and put the ball into a wide-open net for a 2-0 lead with 44:40 to play in the second half.
Hutchinson's defense did the rest to complete the victory.
The Blue Dragons were out-shot 28-3, including 19-1 in the second half.
The back line of sophomores Zara Lawless, Lexi Jack Ella-Mae Miller and freshman Kendra Brungardt limited the quality scoring chances of the nation's leading scorer Nina Norshee, who had only four total shots and one shot on goal.
With Lawless and Jack marked up on Norshee, Miller and Brungardt got help from midfielders Maher, Julia DeSouza, Cambri Moore and Emma Scholl keeping the ball out of prime scoring areas.
Sophomore goalkeeper Madison Quarles recorded her third shutout of the season and improved to 5-0 as the starter in net. Quarles had a career-high nine saves, including a kick-save late in the second half on a scramble in front.
As a team, the Blue Dragons have shut out five opponents this season.
With two goals on Wednesday, Lowe tied Pearl Slattery for 10th place on the Blue Dragon career goals list with 29 goals. Lowe has 11 goals for the season. She also garnered her fourth game-winning goal of the season and 12th career game winner, which is second most in Blue Dragon history.
The Blue Dragons are now 19-5-4 all-time against Barton, including 9-2-2 at the Salthawk Sports Complex.