Bravettes hold off Glacier
KATIE BROWN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 7 months AGO
The Bravettes celebrate around Azalea Bailey (24) after her goal in the second half against Glacier at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Hunter Lisowski (10) scores a goal in the first half against Flathead at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Joey Paolini (7) makes a run at the Flathead goal in the first half at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The Bravettes celebrate around Avi Schmautz (14) after her goal in the first half against Glacier at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead keeper Joy Sund punches a corner kick out of the zone in the first half against Glacier at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier celebrates after a goal by Reagan Brisendine (22) in the first half against Flathead at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Reagan Brisendine (22) goes up for a header off a corner kick against Flathead in the first half at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Lilli Rumsey Eash scores a goal in the second half against Glacier at Legends Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The Flathead Bravettes took an early lead and then broke a tie in the second half to hold off the Glacier Wolfpack for a 3-2 win at Legends Stadium on Thursday in Western AA girls soccer.
“I thought we played a great game,” Flathead coach Zach Brenneman said. “It's always a battle at crosstown even when you go up a little bit.”
Avi Schmautz struck in the 17th minute to give Flathead a 1-0 lead but it was a short-lived one – Glacier’s leading goal scorer Reagan Brisendine sent a dart past Flathead keeper Joy Sund to tie the game three minutes later.
“Reagan Brisendine is a difficult player to contain but I thought our center backs did a good job of that,” Brenneman said.
That’s how things would stand until the second half, where senior Lilli Rumsey Eash, also an accomplished cross-country runner, scored her first varsity goal, giving Flathead a 2-1 lead. Freshman Azalea Bailey also got her first varsity goal 12 minutes later, providing the Bravettes with a two-goal lead and some breathing room.
But Glacier kept pressing, and it paid off. Calista Wroble scored on a kick to get the Wolfpack within one in the 64th minute.
The Wolfpack (2-4-0) had a few more chances before the final whistle blew, and then the Bravettes (3-3-1) flooded the field in celebration of their third straight win over their rival. Flathead won both crosstown games last season.
“Good team effort,” Brenneman said. “They had a couple chances to bring it back. We made it very exciting.”
The Bravettes have a busy week coming up, starting with Butte on Tuesday as the first of three games next week. Glacier faces Missoula Big Sky on Tuesday.
Flathead 1 2 — 3
Glacier 1 1 — 2
F — Avi Schmautz (Mia Stephan) 17:00
G — Reagan Brisendine 20:00
F — Lilli Rumsey Eash (Schmautz) 48:00
F — Azalea Bailey 60:00
G — Calista Wroble 64:00
Shots — Flathead 7, Glacier 11. Goalie saves — Flathead 8 (Joy Sund), Glacier 4 (Lilly Jensen). Corner kicks — Flathead 0, Glacier 2. Fouls — Flathead 8, Glacier 6. Cards — None.
Boys
Glacier 9, Flathead 0
Hans Coggins and Joey Paolini each scored two goals for Glacier in a 9-0 crosstown win over Flathead on Thursday.
Hunter Lisowski, Bridger Dalla Betta, Tayton Hardman and Cole Pelucca added goals for the 6-0 Wolfpack, while Liam Ells had three assists.
The Braves fall to 0-7-0.
Complete statistics for this game were unavailable.
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