Linn-Mar Girls Soccer

Garcia's 2 goals lift Linn-Mar to soccer win

Olivia Garcia scored her second goal of the game with less than two seconds left in the second overtime to lift Linn-Mar past Dubuque Hempstead, 2-1, Monday night at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Garcia also scored a goal in the first half, off an assist by Molly Brandt.

Hempstead's Sara Kloft also scored in the first half set up Garcia's second goal and prevented the game from going to a shootout.

Sarah Fathallah's assist set

Linn-Mar 2 Dubuque Hempstead 1 (2)

Goals: LM -- Olivia Garcia 2; DH -- Sara Kloft. Assists: LM -- Molly Brandt, Sarah Fathallah.

Brandt's 4 goals propel Linn-Mar past Wahawks

WATERLOO -- Molly Brandt scored 4 goals to power Linn-Mar past Waterloo West, 10-0, Thursday night in girls soccer.

Sarah Fathallah added two goals and two assists for the Lions (1-0, 1-0).

Linn-Mar 10, Waterloo West 0

Goals: LM -- Molly Brandt 4, Sarah Fathallah 2, Malory Garman, Emily Soyer, Anna Foley, Maddie Saville. Assists: LM -- Fathallah 2, Brooke Roberts, Garman, Soyer.

Lions ousted by Washington, 1-0

By the end of the night, Washington girls soccer coach Sean McCoy was drenched and smiling from ear to ear.

After all, the eighth-ranked Warriors (16-3) are headed to the state tournament for the first time.

Washington beat No. 10 Linn-Mar in a hard fought 1-0 Class 3A regional final at Kingston Stadium on Monday.

“We have been working all year for this. People didn’t think we could make it. It was a rebuilding year for us so we are just excited that we get to go,” said Washington senior Ashley Piper.

“At the beginning of the year, we thought it was going to be a rebuilding year,” McCoy said. “But these kids decided that we would work, we would buy into some things that maybe we wouldn’t have in the past and the results have been phenomenal."

The Warriors will face top-ranked Ankeny in the first round of the state tournament Thursday at 8:15 p.m. at the Muscatine Soccer Complex. The Hawkettes (18-1) have been tough this season, outscoring opponents, 93-5, and have won 13 games by at least three goals.

“Ankeny is the one team in the state that is a little bit above everyone else, but they are also a physical team and that’s something that we can deal with,” McCoy said. “If they were lightning fast like a Kennedy or a Valley we are going to struggle ... With the players they have, we will be able to match up and give them a game.

"It is going to be like 10 of the other games we have played this year where, on paper, they are a little bit better. But we are on a bit of a high right now and if we can train and focus, there is no reason we can’t give them a good show.”

The regional championship game was a physical matchup of two teams that went to penalty kicks earlier in the season with Washington winning.

“It was a rough game, it was a tough game,” McCoy said. "Linn-Mar is a physical team and so are we. There were lots of fouls and lots of free kicks, and that’s just how it is going to be when these two teams get together.”

The Warriors scored the game's lone goal in the 57th minute when sophomore Sarah Keppler fed the ball ahead to junior Maddi Hines, who was able to find enough space on the right side to let loose on a shot. The ball went over the keeper's head and hit the opposite side post before rolling in for the decisive goal.

“She came out and I looked up and just hit it over her,” Hines said. “I tried to kick it as hard as I can.”

Hines said the reward of a state trip is a result of a lot of hard work.

“We pushed each other from spring break and conditioning all the way to yesterday morning,” Hines said. “We were focused in the locker room and we just tried our hardest.”

Washington 1, Linn-Mar 0
Goals -- Washington: Maddi Hines (57th min). Assists -- Washington: Sarah Keppler.

Linn-Mar girls 8th at state golf

ADEL -- Kimmy Askelson finished sixth in the medal race Wednesday at the Class 4A state girls golf meet at River Valley Golf Club.

Askelson shot a 10-over par 82 Wednsday after posting an 84 in Tuesday's first round. She finished 20 shots behind medalist Beth Wagner of Ankeny, who shot a 1-under par 71 in Wednesday's final round and finished nine shots clear of second-place Kenzie Rottinghaus from Urbandale.

Xavier's Maddie Bertsch finished 19th.

Cedar Falls won the team race by 12 shots over Pleasant Valley. Xavier was seventh, 107 shots back of the Tigers, and Linn-Mar was eighth, 119 shots back.

IGHSAU STATE GIRLS GOLF MEET

Wednesday's Results

CLASS 4A
At Adel
(River Valley Golf Club, par-72)

Teams
1. Cedar Falls          335-348--683
2. Pleasant Valley   349-346--695
3. Waukee                354-356--710
4. WDM Dowling     362-348--710
5. Ankeny                369-359--728
6. WDM Valley        370-370--440
7. CR Xavier            408-382--790
8. Linn-Mar             406-396--802

XAVIER (790)
Kimmy Askelson           84-82--166
Maddie Bertsch             93-84--177
Lisa Olberding           115-107--222
Grace Winker             116-109--225
Taylor Wertzberger  129-111--240
Hailey Sojka                131-124--255

LINN-MAR (802)
Rachel Thrune            95-99--194
Dionna Jensen            99-96--195
Emma Lorenz           106-99--205
Julie Pople               106-102--208
Sarah Tegtmeier     108-107--215
Danielle Toy             127-115--242

INDIVIDUALS
1. Beth Wagner (Ankeny)                  75-71--146
2. Kenzie Rottinghaus (Urbandale)  79-76--155
3. Anna Cullinan (Pleasant Valley)   83-76--159
4. Allison Rolinger (Cedar Falls)       81-84--165
5. Erin Holst (Pleasant Valley)          80-85--165
6. Kimmy Askelson (CR Xavier)       84-82--166
7. Madison Goodfellow (IC West)     86-80--166
8. Kathryn Woltjer (Marshalltown)  91-77--168
9. Nicole George (Newton)                84-86--170
9. Carlee Oakley (SC North)             85-85--170
Also
19. Maddie Bertsch (Xavier)               93-84--177
36. Rachel Thrune (Linn-Mar)           95-99--194
38. Dionna Jensen (Linn-Mar)            99-96--195
40. Emma Lorenz (Linn-Mar)          106-99--205
45. Julie Pople (Linn-Mar)              106-102--208