Second half goal scores win for girls

By Becky Walz,

Tuesday night, the Decorah girls’ soccer team (2-6) managed to squeak out a 3-2 win on the road at New Hampton (1-4).
With a strong wind at their backs in the first half, the Vikings Nora Lesmeister and Ana Simon were able to put two goals on the board. While Decorah controlled much of the possession and had other chances, they couldn’t put an insurance goal away.
“The second half was disappointment. The wind had died and we continued to control much of the possession, but one of the few times New Hampton had the ball they were somehow able to break through our defense and score to make it 2-1,” said Coach Loren Hendrickson.
Then on a corner kick, the ball was bouncing around, and a Viking player deflected the ball into their own goal to tie the game at 2-2. With under three minutes left in the game, Lesmeister put a ball through NH’s defensive line that Sara Johanningmeier was able to control, dribbling another 20 yards and putting a perfectly placed shot past the NH goalkeeper for the winning 3-2 margin.
Decorah had a total of 11 shots on goal. Lesmeister Amelia Wadsworth had three of them each with Gabbi Dixon having two. With one each were Johanningmeier, Simon and Vivian Searcy. Clara Hjelle made four saves in the goal.

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