Sydney Watts posts a haul trick as Saints move to Final 4.

Game 17: State Quarter Finals (15-0-2)
24 May vs. Spring Hill at Saint Thomas Aquinas (8-0)



The last time a girl scored 33 goals in a season was in 1995 when Hall-of-Famer, Erin Grimley (Florida, MU) set the current school record with 34 goals in a season. Tonight, in the State Quarterfinals, no less, Sydney Watts bested her regular season glut with a haul trick—that's seven in one match.

Spring Hill, a 10-0 winner in their regional final, who return most of the team the Saints only beat 1-0 last year in postseason, surprisingly were really no match for the Saints tonight, especially with Watts in the zone.  Watts scored her first 4 in the first ten minutes of the match. But Saints defense, all over the field, held Spring Hill to one shot, and it was not on-goal, for the entire match.

Once again, every field player played in both halves. And once again we got the same hard-nosed play no matter who was in the match.

Across town Mill Valley edged St. James 2-1 to head to the final 4, and perhaps meet up with us for the title match if both of us are able to make it out of the semis.

The Saints will play Maize South at 5:00 Friday night in the semis, while Mill Valley with take on Goddard-Eisenhower with their own phenom in the 7:00 match.






First Half:

Saints: Shots: 14 (11) Corners: 3 (Marn, A. Hansen, O'Keefe)

38:15 Watts (Cabantac slips the perfect through-ball)

37:28 Watts (picks off the Spring Hill drop pass)

33:32 Watts (A. Hansen hits the through ball)

30:05 Watts (direct kick from 30)

14:11 Watts (Rylance chips it forward and as it comes off the defender's chest, Sydney collects the ball and dribbles into a shot)

11:34 Watts (Maggie lifts a nice cross to mid-post top at the 14 for a Watt's rip that is nicely saved by SH keeper, but Sydney wins the save to finish it)

Spring Hill

Shots: 0 Corners: 0

Second Half: 

Saints: Shots: 9 (6) Corners: 3 (A. Hansen, O'Keefe, Kante)

32:18 Watts (Scherzer hits the nice air-diagonal ball in with Sydney finding it off a defender to collect and puts it in)

6:16 Hansen (Kante t-s it perfectly past Holton's near post run for a wide-open A. Hansen)

Spring Hill

Shots 1 (0) Corners: 1

Woman of the Match: Sydney Watts

It was the seniors last match ever, at Saint Thomas Aquinas!





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