The week in sports
Published 8:52 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
Soccer
‘Cats tie MI
The Mount Si Wildcats girls’ soccer team’s postseason hopes appeared to be on life support following a 5-0 loss to Issaquah on Oct. 2. However, after a 1-1 tie with Mercer Island that was only 16 seconds from being the biggest upset of the year in the Kingco 3A conference, Mount Si has appeared to right the ship.
The dangerous scoring combination of freshman Kirsten Mills and senior Kristen Berndt teamed up on the Wildcats’ lone goal in the 53rd minute; Berndt scoring her ninth goal of the year on an assist from Mills. As previously mentioned, the Wildcats came within seconds of an upset before Mercer Island scored the tying goal on a Wildcat defensive breakdown.
Despite the tie, coach Darren Brown was pleased.
“Tonight we played as a team. We went in with the mindset that we were going to take this game and be aggressive for 80 minutes,” said Brown. “I am real proud of their performance tonight. They played with a lot of heart and their touch was superb.”
Volleyball
‘Cats fall to Islanders
In another tight match between two of the top teams in Kingco 3A last Thursday at Mercer Island High School, the Wildcats rallied from an 0-2 deficit to tie the match, only to lose game five to the Islanders 2-3. Scores were 25-23, 25-16, 15-25, 20-25, 15-13 in favor of Mercer Island.
After going 6-0 to open the Kingco 3A schedule, the Wildcats lost two straight against the top teams from the Sky Division, and had one more tough one at Newport Tuesday before returning home to meet Liberty Thursday. Game time for the home match on Thursday is 6:45 p.m.
For the ‘Cats, Keogh had one kill, one ace and four digs; Jaclyn Boals had 12 kills, one assist and two aces; Chandra Rappin had three kills, two aces and seven digs; Emily White had 16 digs;
Maggie Olson had four kills, 38 assists, 1.5 blocks and nine digs; Marissa Hill had 25 kills, four aces and .5 blocks; Kayla Jayne had 17 digs; Katie Morgan had 10 digs; Ashley Svarthumle had one kill and five digs; Monia Cavazolli had one kill and four digs; and Maggie Kujath had three kills.
Cross Country
‘Cats take on Issaquah and Newport
The Mount Si cross country teams ran into Kingco leaders Issaquah and Newport last week with team scores of 49-15 for the boys against Newport, and 45-18 against Issaquah. For the girls the scores were 35-21 against Issaquah and 50-15 against Newport. Brad Allen, Devan Paulus, Meghan Dunklee and Ariane Barr all set new personal records on the 3.1-mile Mount Si course. Allen clocked a 17:28, Paulus, 21:09, Dunklee 21.29 and Barr 22:14.
Golf
‘Cats crush Totems
Playing at the par-36 Bellevue course, the Mount Si Wildcat golf team defeated Sammamish 199-220. Leading the effort for Mount Si was Kyle Clearman with medalist honors at 37. Other scores for Mount Si were Curtis Crabtree with 40, Blaine Sutton with a 40, Kyle Englund with a 41 and Beau Davis with a 41.
Tennis
Mount Si falls to Newport
The Mount Si tennis team fell to an experienced Newport team last week 9-0. In singles play Azama, N, d. Gmeiner, MS, 6-0, 6-0; Moseby, N, d. Smith, MS, 6-1, 6-4; Phillips, N, d. Garding, MS, 6-2, 6-1; Lo, N, d. Haggerty, MS, 6-2, 6-0; Yamamura, N, d. Fenton, MS, 6-1, 6-2; Boorkman, N, d. Green, MS, 6-0, 6-0. In doubles play Moseby and Jo. Chang, N, d. Smith and Haggerty, MS, 6-0, 6-2; Wolf and C. Chang, N, d. Gmeiner and Garding, MS, 6-2, 7-5; Harkness and Ying, N, d. Emsky and Wiegardt, MS, 6-2, 7-5.
