McPHERSON, Kan. (CCCTigers.com) – Coach Macharia pulled a rabbit out of his hat for the Collegiate Cup game vs. McPherson College Tuesday Evening. Starting Forward Celina Vanhaezebrouck was moved to Goal Keeper and was a brick wall stopping all 10 shots that McPherson took, getting her 1st win at goal of the season leading the Tigers to a 1-0 win.
The 1st half saw the Tigers get hit with some injuries, which resulted in them playing at a 10-11 person disadvantage. This did not deter the Tigers from controlling the ball and attacking the goal, resulting in 4 corner kicks, and near goal late in the 1st half, as Kaye Harrison just missed. This set the tone of how the Tigers would attack the 2nd half, as Kaye Harrison would get another chance at Goal, later in the game. In a 12 minute stretch the Bulldogs would get 6 shots at goal all saved by Vanhaezebrouck. A steal by Sophia Cook, led to Baylee Smith directing traffic down the field with a great lead back to Cook, who looked like she was going to shoot, and delivered a beautiful pass to Kaye Harrison who scored the goal, to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead, which would be the deciding goal as the Tigers improved their record to 3-3 on the season, and the Bulldogs fell to 0-4.
The Tigers do not have much time to celebrate the huge win as they will be traveling to play 2 games this weekend. They will play Briar Cliff on Friday with a noon kickoff, which can be seen on the GPAC Network, and Mount Marty on Saturday with a 3pm kickoff, and that game can be seen on the Mount Marty Sports Network.
