October 19, 2009

Lady Tiger soccer annihilates Independence 11-1

Scoring a season-high 11 goals, the Cowley College women’s soccer team blasted overmatched Independence Community College 11-1 Friday in Independence.

Despite taking 59 shots, 25 of which were on goal, only three Lady Tigers scored in the win. Amber Hernandez registered her third, five-goal game of the season, as she now has 26 goals on the year. Ciara Corboy added four goals to give her 11 on the season, while Sadie Hull scored the other two goals and has six on the year.

The trio of Hernandez, Corboy and Hull also combined for five assists as Cowley improved to 8-6 overall and 5-4 in the Jayhawk Conference.

“All three players, Amber, Ciara, and Sadie, just really dominated the attack and worked really well together,” Cowley head coach Dane Straight said. 

Cowley led 6-0 before Independence got a goal from Sondra Smith with 8:17 left in the first half. The goal may seem insignificant, but it was the first of the season for the Lady Pirates, who are now 0-16 overall and 0-11 in the conference.

Cowley will be back in action tonight when they host Neosho County at 5 p.m. in the team’s final regular season home game. The Lady Tigers are tied with Neosho County for fifth place in the 13-team region.

“Tonight is a very important match for us, we have got to get points in the game in order to move ahead of Neosho County,” Straight said. “It will be a challenge, but we look forward to having them here. Neosho County handed us the first defeat in the school’s history, so we would like to avenge that.”