Women's soccer team keeps winning ways

Clark Fork Soccer Alliance's women's senior team extended their winning streak to four games and remain undefeated this season. Their latest win was an 8-0 drubbing of Eureka's Chrysalis School. Despite the recent loss of key mid-fielder and goal-scorer Claire Wrobleski to injury, Clark Fork was able to walk away with a convincing win. "We made some adjustments to our formation, but we stuck with our style of play and these ladies executed our game-plan perfectly," said head coach Nick Lawyer.

The game was tepid to start, as both teams looked to attack, Lawyer said. The Clark Fork defense was led by Plains' sophomore Haylee Nelson and also included eighth-graders Maddie Carter, also from Plains, and Shylah Dalka from St. Regis. Chrysalis made several aggressive runs through the central mid-field, but the triplet defense proved too difficult for Chrysalis to break-down, the coach said. "Our defense really proved to be the key in this game. They not only were strong centrally, but on winning the ball they quickly looked to spring attacks, especially on our flanks. The transition to attack was blistering," said Lawyer.

Clark Fork's first goal came from a counter-attack, with Haylee Nelson recovering a turnover on the defensive side of the field and connecting with Ava Lawyer on the left flank. Combination play through the middle allowed Clark Fork to break through Chrysalis' defense where Thompson Falls junior Chesney Lowe scored from close range. It was her first of two goals on the day. She quickly scored a second to put Clark Fork up 2-0.

"By halftime we were leading 4-0, and our plan was to continue to attack the wide spaces. The girls found a lot of time and space in the wide channels, so we wanted to continue to exploit those gaps," said Lawyer. By the end of the game, Clark Fork had an 8-0 lead with two goals from Chesney Lowe, two from Katherine Wrobleski, two from Ava Lawyer, and two from Shylah Dalka.

With the win, Clark Fork Soccer's women's team improved to 4-0 with a +16 goal differential (goals scored - goals allowed). The women's team next travels to Stillwater Christian High School on October 8 and will host Chrysalis on October 10.