Xavier Girls Soccer

Hempstead boots Xavier girls in soccer

Dubuque Hempstead topped Xavier, 3-1, at Heco Field Tuesday in a match between two of the premier girls soccer teams in the state.

Hempstead, ranked No.6 in Class 3A, grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first half.

The Saints pulled within 2-1 with 24:13 left in the game on a goal by Katie Ives. Lizzy Bailey collected the assist for Xavier.

Hempstead scored with 14:10 left to ice the game.

Hempstead took 25 shots in the game, including 12 on goal. The Saints attempted only nine shots, with only three on goal.

No.1 Saints boot City High in opener

Kayla Armstrong is playing soccer at Drake University these days, so the Xavier Saints will have to win their ninth state title in a row without their former superstar.

They welcome the challenge.

Lizzy Bailey, Marisa Berutti and Katie Ives scored two goals apiece Thursday as the Class 2A top-ranked Saints blanked Iowa City High, 6-0, in the season opener at Heco Field.

Armstrong poured in 48 goals in 20 games for Xavier last season when the Saints cruised to another state title, but the scoring mantle has been passed to Bailey, Berutti and Ives this year.

The times have changed for Coach Bailey Winter, assistant coach Rocki Shepard and the entire team, and the 6-0 victory with balanced scoring was a good start.

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Saints 1, Cougars 2 in girls soccer

The Xavier Saints have been ranked No.1 in the initial Class 2A girls soccer poll of the 2014 campaign by the IGHSAU.

The Saints have won eight state titles in a row, an unprecedented accomplishment in any girls sport in Iowa.

The Kennedy Cougars are ranked No.2 in Class 3A and the Linn-Mar Lions are ranked No.4 in Class 3A.

CLASS 3A

1. Dowling Catholic, 2. Kennedy, 3. Bettendorf, 4. Linn-Mar, 5. Iowa City West, 6. Dubuque Hempstead, 7. Muscatine, 8. Johnston, 9. Waukee, 10. Sioux City East.

CLASS 2A

1. Xavier, 2. Ankeny Centennial, 3. North Scott, 4. Pleasant Valley, 5. Waverly-Shell Rock, 6. Dallas Center-Grimes, 7. Lewis Central, 8. Glenwood, 9. Ankeny, 10. Pella, 11. ADM, 12. Nodaway Valley, 13. Newton, 14. Council Bluffs Jefferson, 15. Burlington.

Bouchard named All-American in soccer

KANSAS CITY - Colleen Bouchard, a 2010 Xavier High School graduate who attends the College of St. Benedict (Minn.), has been named a first team All-American in Division III by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Bouchard, a forward, helped St. Benedict compile a 16-3-1 record this season. She set a career record at St. Benedict with 35 assists and is the first St. Benedict player in 15 years to be named a first team All-American.