Varsity Soccer vs. Altavista High School

Hargrave 5 – Altavista 1

With a well-played 5-1 victory over Alta Vista High School on Tuesday the Hargrave Soccer Team moved to a 3-2 overall record on the season.

The Tigers came out from the opening kick-off with a presence as if they had something to prove. Immediately, the Tigers created a scoring opportunity in the opening minute, and continued this high-tempo offensive pressure throughout the match. Although, despite several good opportunities that finished in a scoreless result the Tigers would not be denied when, in the 23rd minute, Midfielder Austin Newman made it a 1-0 score.

Though, AVHS would draw even minutes later with a goal of their own off of a failed clearence. With the score tied at 1-1 the Tigers would soon begin to take over. Through superb defensive play, and strong ball-pressure the Tigers were able to turn on the offensive pressure against their opponent’s defense. The result were four unanswered goals to close out the game 5-1. Two of the goals came in the final ten minutes of the first half from Senior Philippe Armand, and Junior Paul Spakauskas. Spakauskas then recorded his second of the game six minutes into the second half followed by a goal with less than eight minutes remaining in the game from Freshman Dong Myung Eun to close out the game.

Game Statistics:

Scoring Summary:

Time Team Goal Scorer/(Assists)

23’ HMA Austin Newman (Tumi Demuren)

27’ AVHS James Harris (unassisted)

30’ HMA Philippe Armand (Dong Myung Eun)

35’ HMA Paul Spakauskas (unassisted)

46’ HMA Paul Spakauskas (Tony Cain)

72’ HMA Dong Myung Eun (Stephanie Rand)

Shots Summary:

HMA, 26 AVHS, 7

Saves Summary:

HMA, 5 AVHS, 10

Corner Kicks:

HMA, 5 AVHS, 1

Fouls Committed:

HMA, 8 AVHS, 2

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