Kelseyville High School girls soccer team closes in on another perfect league season
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KELSEYVILLE >> Goals by Kylee Denham and Mikaela Rico staked Kelseyville to a 2-0 halftime led, and a pair of insurance goals by Hiliana Rico in the second half sealed the Knights’ 4-0 victory over the Middletown Mustangs in North Central League I girls soccer action Thursday in Kelseyville.
The Knights, who secured their second straight league championship on Tuesday, improved to 13-0 in the NCL I standings and 19-1-1 overall after winning for the 16th straight time. If Kelseyville prevails in its league finale Tuesday at Lower Lake, it will mark the second year in a row the Knights have gone undefeated.
“The Lady Knights had a great game tonight,” Kelseyville head coach Irma Rodriguez said. “A lot of credit goes to our defensive line of Lexxi Pantaleon, Ximena Herren, Brooke Poff, Dakotah Burton and Ana Gutierrez along with Dezi Anderson, Alexandra Garcia and Grace Hobbs, who came in and helped keep the defense strong. Ximena did a great job sweeping up balls that got through and stopping them before they could turn into dangerous scoring opportunities. There were a few times Middletown managed to get the ball behind us, but our girls recovered, caught back up, and shut down the attack.”
Added Rodriguez, “Goalie Andrea Jimenez also came up with some important saves to keep the Lady Mustangs off the scoreboard and help our defense earn the shutout.”
Kelseyville honored its seniors during the final home match of the regular season – Pantaleon, Hobbs, Denham, Vanessa Reyes, Mikaela Rico, Jacky Chavez and Lilly Rodriguez.
“It was a special night for our seniors, and getting the win made it even better,” Rodriguez said.
Kelseyville’s league finale Tuesday in Lower Lake starts at 6:15 p.m.
In other girls soccer action Thursday:
Clear Lake 2, Lower Lake 0
At Lakeport, Sellena Carbajal and Avery Perry scored for Clear Lake in its shutout win over Lower Lake.
It was the third meeting and Clear Lake’s second win against Lower Lake this season. The teams split their two league games.
“The team did amazing work right from the beginning and to the end,” Clear Lake head coach Gustavo Carbajal said. “I’m a very proud coach.”
Clear Lake is 7-4-2 in league play and 15-4-3 overall. Lower Lake drops to 8-3-1 in league and 12-6-2 overall.
The Cardinals host Fort Bragg on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. while Lower Lake is home against Kelseyville at 6:15 p.m.
Cloverdale 4, Upper Lake 1
At Cloverdale, Rylee Zimmerschied’s goal assisted by Grace Abreu was all the offense the Upper Lake Cougars could muster in a loss to the Cloverdale Eagles.
Cloverdale led 3-1 at halftime.
Upper Lake (3-9, 3-15) hosts Middletown on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m.
