Hutchinson CC Sports Information
DODGE CITY – Sophomore Esther Karhayu scored two goals, including the eventual game winner with less than 14 minutes remaining, as the Hutchinson Community College women's soccer team won a wild Jayhawk West matchup at Dodge City on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium.
The Blue Dragons improve to 6-3-3 overall and the Jayhawk West this season. The Blue Dragons complete a season sweep of the Conquistadors (3-9).
Tied at 3-all, freshman defender Zara Lawless picked off a pass and delivered a long pass right on the foot of Karhayu, who split two Dodge City defenders and scored the go-ahead with 13:44 to play in regulation time.
Lani Dickinson scored an insurance goal a minute later to cap the highest scoring match of the season for Hutchinson in terms of combined goals scored.
The three goals allowed were the second-most goals Hutchinson has surrendered in a victory in program history. Western Wyoming scored three games in an 11-3 Hutch win and Dodge City had three goals in a 6-3 Dragon win. Both of those matches were in 2014.
Karhayu had her second multi-goal game in the last three games. Dickinson also scored a pair of goals and Lawless added two assists in the Hutchinson victory.
The Blue Dragons also won their first game after allowing the opposing team to score the first goal of the game.
Dodge City scored in the 18th minute when Dieu-Donne Nelson took a rebound off a shot that hit the cross bar and buried her shot for a 1-0 lead. Dodge City keeper Pricilla Gonzales made for huge saves in the first half to stymie the Blue Dragons
The Dragons finally got on the board with 8:10 to play in the first half. Lawless played a 55-yard pass that Karhayu chased down and she moved in to score from 15 yards out to even the match at 1-1 which wound up being the halftime scored.
The highest scoring half of the season started when Aimee Maher buried a direct free kick from just outside the 18-yard box into the right side of the goal for a 2-1 lead with 42:12 to play.
Dodge City tied the match at 2-all 1:19 later.
Dickinson scored her first of the game unassisted with 29:25 left to go. Again, Dodge City scored with 23:26 to go.
After Karhayu scored with 13:44 to play, the Dragons added an insurance goal with Dickinson's second goal of the game from a Chiara Stuenkel assist.
The Blue Dragons are scheduled to play at Garden City in a make-up contest on Sunday before opening the postseason next Tuesday at Coffeyville.