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WA 2 @ Mouton 1

On a field showing even more bald spots than a 51 yo soccerdad's crown, West Ashley defeated home team Richland Northeast in a come from behind thriller that held everyone breathless to the end wondering if Alex Mouton could turn yet another ninja soccer move into a goal for the home team to send the game to overtime. WA brought out it's 2-5-3 defensive lineup only to see USC bound Alex Mouton score 4 minutes into the match, slipping past the WA defense and driving the ball past the WA keep with the skill of a black belted oriental hitman. WA responded at the 13th minute when Julie Bolt took a long pass and headed it between two defenders to herself, advancing the ball and moving beyond a final defender and RNE keep to score. 1-1 at the half.

The second half saw much more of the same with Mouton looking to receive a long ball or cross. #12 from RNE did her best to accomodate, but overall WA defender Danielle Jordan with better height and equal or better speed was able to offset the ninja threat from Mouton. In an inverted repeat of the first half, Bolt moved WA into the lead 4 minutes into the second half off a nice high assist from Alexis Brothers. The WA keep, Alechia Brothers, performed flawlessly in the second half blocking and controlling at least 2 dangerous shots from Mouton.

West Ashley, on the road, seeded third in their region, lives to face another opponent in their "Doin' it the Hard Way Tour '05". Hats off to Coach McNeely and the WA squad for solving the Mouton riddle. She is a great natural striker and should be a potent force in the SEC for USC next year.

lpaf

It really isn't that hard to be a ninja...

The second stop on West Ashley's "Doin' it the Hard Way Tour '05" has been announced. The # 3 Region 7 seed will continue its on the road journey Wednesday at 6:30pm in the beautiful confines of McKissick Field in Summerville. While the Wildcats struggled Monday night to control RNE's All Star forward, Alex Mouton, in route to a 2-1 victory, the Summerville Lady Greenwaves, undisputed Region 8 champs, rolled over Sumter 10 - 0. In an early season non-region game these two teams met in Summerville and played to pk's, with a WA victory resulting. Both their coaching staff and team have been looking forward to this lowcountry rematch and should be well prepared for the next stop on the "Doin' it the Hard Way Tour '05".

Great night for Julie Bolt and Alex Mouton. Nice to see that kind of talent entertaining the faithful in the same game.

Sounds like it was a thriller.

WA 1 @ Summerville 0 (OT)

West Ashley (Region 7, third place seed) continued its "Doing it the Hard Way Tour '05" tonight against the Green Wave of Summerville (Region 8 undisputed #1 seed) on McKissick Field and, once again, showed that they could and would do it the hard way. Summerville brought a credible, technically adept team to their home field and delighted the somewhat whiney home crowd ("She's out of the box again!!!") by pushing the visiting Wildcats to OT. WA presented its conservative defensive lineup at the start of the game and seemed to hold a slight edge throughout the scoreless first half, with an edge in quality shots on goal.

The Greenwave (what exactly is a Greenwave?) came out forcefully in the second half and played WA even for the first 20 minutes. Player of the game award clearly would be awarded to WA defender Danielle Jordan, for her control of the WA backfield, with kudos to Thomas, Purvis, Lee, Abbate and Gillespie for thier contributions. Regulation play ended 0-0, as it had in the first meeting of these two teams on a cold March night.

WA moved into overdrive in the OT periods, moving Jordan, Bolt and Lexis Brothers up top. 95% of the first 10 minute OT was played at a furious pace in or just in front of the Summerville box. 2 minutes into the second OT period Jenny Ann Jackson lofted a deep throw in toward the goal and Bolt headed it to the waiting feet of Jordan who placed a soft right footed (?) shot beyond the outstretched S'ville goalie's arms to the left corner of the net. WA then assumed a more defensive posture and ran the clock out for the victory, though Candace Jordan, Anna Gillespie, Jenny-Ann Jackson and Thompson were able to threaten the S'ville goal a time or two. West Ashley's keeper, the indomitable Alechia Brothers had a great game. Refereeing was even handed and very accurate, though they allowed more contact than I feel is warranted.

Congratulations to the West Ashley girls for keeping the dream alive on the "Doin' It the Hard Way Tour '05". Next stop rumored to be Wando...

lpaf

ps of sorts:

I've lived lowcountry HS soccer for the last 4 years. If I were given any choice of playoff possibilities for WA this year it would be what they are most likely now to face: Wando on Friday, and (God willing and the creeks don't rise) James Island next Tuesday. Let the "Doin' It the Hard Way Tour '05" bus roll on -- we kinda like the road games...

lpaf

YOu are defintely doing it the hard way. Congrats on the win.

Looking forward to a great game on Friday.

Thinking a little ahead of yourself are ya. Guess thats a good thing. But with the Summerville game, you make it seam as if the goal was scored beautifuly and tacticaly, oh no maddam. It was a "ugly" goal, but a goal none the less. And the whole doing in the hard way tour '05. thats the way its suppose to be, you dont want to win a championship unless you have earned it through every competive team. Kudos to summerville, Good luck west ashley, but got to go for the home team. Lets win Wando.

flick of luck, it happens. Go Wando.