| Girls Open Season with Win
March 17, 2008. On this cold, windy evening, South Lyon hosted Walled Lake Western in the season opening game for both teams. Play was concentrated early in the middle of the pitch, with very few chances being created by either team. Play opened up midway through the first half, with Walled Lake creating several chances from long range which were easily saved by the South Lyon keeper. Walled Lake's defense was up to every challenge from South Lyon, until the 30th minute when Freshman Courtney Harrison collected the ball at midfield and found space towards goal before threading a ball through to on running Sophomore Kortney Koenig who slotted a shot near post past the Warrior keeper. The half ended with South Lyon keeping Walled Lake from mounting any serious challenges. Walled Lake turned up the pressure with the wind to their backs to start the second half, creating several good scoring chances with balls over the top of South Lyon's defense. However, South Lyon was up to the challenge, keeping Walled Lake off the scoreboard, although needing to turn back several last minute opportunities through the fine play of their veteran backfield and Senior keeper Katie Williams, who earned the clead sheet with 12 saves on the night. South Lyon is now 1-0.
South Lyon JV 1, Walled Lake Western JV 2 |
| Girls Blank Walled Lake Central
March 31, 2008. South Lyon traveled to Walled Lake Central on a rainy Monday, and scored two second half goals to win 2-0. The first half was back and forth with both teams narrowly missing their scoring chances. The second half started the same way until with 20 minutes left, Junior Whitley Nichols passed a corner kick to Sophmore Leah Mcgee. Mcgee then found Sophmore Jenna Virant who fired a 25 yard shot into the upper corner of the goal to make it 1-0 Lions. The Lions D stood tall as Senior Keeper Katie Williams made 11 saves for her 2nd shutout of the year. Junior Amanda Thomas slotted a 40 yard pass to Junior Megan Morad who scored to make it 2-0 with two minutes left in the game. South Lyon is now 2-0 on the season and will play Northville at home on Friday.
South Lyon JV 1, Walled Lake Central JV 1 |
| Girls Bring Home a Title
April 12, 2008. The Lady Lions Soccer Team travled north of Flint to Montrose on a rainy Saturday and came away with three victories and the overall championship in the 1st annual Montrose Soccer Tournament. In the first game, the Lions defeated Davison Faith Baptist 5-0 with 5 different players scoring the goals. Seniors Lauren Eckler and Mary Dedakis and Juniors Erin Hawkins, Megan Morad, and Eva Deventer all scored. Katie Williams and Maria Hatfield combined for the shutout. In game two, the Lions played Richmond, winning 4-1. Again, four different players scored. Dedakis and Morad scored along with Sophmore Kortney Koenig and Freshman Kristin Short. Freshman Courtney Harrison notched 3 assists in the match. The championship game matched the Lions with Holy Name out of Windsor, Canada. The game was very physical with the Lions carrying play. With less then 5 minutes left in the first half Senior Captain Kayla Dornseifer found Koenig who scored the only goal of the match. Katie Williams made 3 saves in the championship game for the shutout (her fourth, teams 5th).
Senior Lauren Eckler, Junior Megan Morad, and Freshman Courtney Harrison were named to the all-tournament team. |
| Girls Beat Pinckney April 16, 2008. South Lyon Girls Soccer team traveled to Pinckney on a warm April evening and came away with a physical 0-0 tie. Back and forth play on Pinckney's narrow field made for very physical play. Both teams suffered injuries during the half with neither team mounting much of an attack on goal. In the Second half, Pinckney hit the crossbar midway through the half, and was awarded a PK with 4 minutes left that was sent high over the bar. South Lyon Keeper Katie Williams made 5 saves for her 5th shutout of the year (teams 6th). South Lyon is 6-1-1 on the season and 1-0-1 in the KVC. Pinckney is 2-2-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the KVC. |
| Girls Drop a Close One to Novi April 21, 2008. The Lady Lions Soccer Team traveled to #7 ranked Novi for a KVC clash and fell just short losing 2-0. The first half saw Novi pushing the Lions defense to its limit and they held strong until Novi broke through with just 12 minutes remaining in the first half. That was the first goal scored on Lions goalkeeper Katie Williams in over 338 minutes of play!!! Later in the first half, the Lions were awarded a free kick from 20 yards out. Junior Erin Hawkins struck a nice ball into the upper right corner, but Novi's keeper was just able to make the save to keep the score at 1-0. The second half, the Lions picked up the pace and were able to possess the ball and build more attacks toward the Novi goal. Novi stood strong and with South Lyon trying to equalize were able to put in an insurance goal with 1:47 left in the game. South Lyon is now 6-3-1 overall and 1-1-1 in the KVC. Novi is 7-2 overall and 4-0 in the KVC. |
| Girls Shutout Howell April 23, 2008. South Lyon hosted Howell this Wednesday night and scored a goal in each half to win 2-0. The first half was back and forth with both teams getting limited chances on net. With less then a minute left in the first half, Freshman Courtney Harrison found Junior Megan Morad for the go ahead goal. The Lions would carry the momentum over to the second half, dominating possession. South Lyon had lots of chances in the second half, but were turned away by the Howell keeper. In the 22nd minute of the second half, Senior Lauren Eckler and Freshman Kristin Short combined to find Junior Erin Hawkins who scored the second goal. Senior Katie Williams made 5 saves for her 6th shutout of the season, teams 7th. South Lyon moves to 7-3-1 and 2-1-1 in the KVC. Howell is 1-2-2 overall and 0-1-2 in the KVC. |