Lady Bobcats Finish the Season with Two Wins

Hana Leftridge

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, the Varsity Lady Bobcats played the Mount del Sales Sailors and won 5-2. On Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 the Bobcats played Gerstell Academy and won 5-0.

Senior Gabby Encarnacion kicked off the game against Mount del Sales by scoring two goals, with assists from Sophomore Lexi Kraemer and Senior Kenzie Wills. After half-time, Bel Air took the field and Encarnacion scored yet another two goals with assists from Senior Juliana Portera and Senior Jamie Layfield. Layfield then came back and scored the fifth goal of the game with assist from Portera.

Freshman Jill Kozak played a solid game against Mount del Sales, making nine saves throughout the game. Senior Andrea Sipos played against Gerstell Academy making 2 saves before Kozak came in playing the rest of the game making three saves. Sophomore Shelby Blaker played the last ten minutes of the game making a save.

“We played very well, offensively. We took advantage of all opportunities given. Defensively we needed to improve on our level of play and playing at that level constantly,” commented Head Coach Clemmer on the match against Mount del Sales.

Against Gerstell Academy, Encarnacion, one again, began the game by scoring two goals with no assist. Kraemer also scored with an assist from Encarnacion. After half time, Kraemer scored the fourth goal of the game with an assist from Sophomore Lauren Asher. To end the game in a 5-0 shutout, Wills scored the final goal with an assist from Senior Rebekah Riley.

“Defensively, we kept pressure high and limited chances that Gerstell had on our goal. Offensively we controlled the flow of the game. We did well adjusting to [Gerstell Academy’s] style of play,” shared Head Coach Clemmer. “The girl’s just need to remember to play as well as they possibly can all the time, regardless of who our opponents are.”

Ending the season with a record of 11 wins and 0 losses our Lady Bobcats next move is to blow through play offs and continue on to States. We hope that all Bobcats supporters follow the team on their journey. Go Bobcats!