Forward Emma McCall-Delgado contends for ball
in early minutes of Vikes' game at LCC Dec. 5.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
The La Jolla Vikings girls soccer team played a hard-fought game, featuring some new players, but fell in a valiant effort at La Costa Canyon, 2-0, Friday, Dec. 5.
Coach Kristin Jones' troops (now 1-1) gave up single goals in the first and second halves. A small contingent of parents and family traveled through heavy traffic at rush hour to support their players in a game with a start time of 5:15 p.m. against the Mavericks.
Among the newbies is Helen Lee, who played the entire game in goal. Helen took a year off from soccer at school last year to play for the La Jolla basketball team, then suffered a leg injury that has kept her sidelined from sports since last winter. Helen was keeper for the junior varsity two years ago.
Another newcomer is Nikki Collins, a freshman, who just finished her first year playing on the varsity field hockey team with her older sister Kelly.
The starting lineup for the La Jolla side, in addition to Lee and Collins, included Phoebe Riley, Emma McCall-Delgado, Sophia Rhodes, and Sophia Bourne; Maddie Lavelle and Olivia Riley; and Lillian Rafetto, Ana Corona, and Jessie Penner.
The first of LCC's goals came with 31:42 left in the opening period on a high bounder by Hayley Mayne that bounced over Lee's head into the net. It was her first goal of the season.
The second one, a left-footed boot from the left by Kallie Kampfl, again flew over Helen's outstretched arms, this time with 5:54 left in regulation time.
(Spelling of players' names provided by coaches; please let me know if there are spelling errors.)
Copyright 2014 Ed Piper
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