Xavier Girls Soccer

Armstrong nets 4 more goals in Saints wins

The Xavier girls soccer team continued their offensive dominance on a rainy Saturday at Prairie, picking up a 6-2 victory over the Hawks.

The Saints (13-1, 10-1 MVC) six goals against Prairie (4-10, 4-7) brings their total to 36 goals in the last five games, since they had their 35-game winning streak broken by Washington on April 30. Before that game, Xavier had scored 17 goals through their first seven games.

“Offensively we are playing well,” said Xavier Coach Doug Graham. “We are kind of hitting our stride at the end of the season. The two girls up top, Kayla (Armstrong) and Annie (Dale) are connecting really well, and then you’ve got Lauren Konchar coming in. Now the three of them are all looking for each other so that is helping us out a lot.”

Those three accounted for five of the six goals with Armstrong and Konchar both scoring two goals. Senior Kelsey Sargent netted the other goal for the Saints. Armstrong boosted her Metro-leading goal total to 20.

The game was played in less than ideal conditions with constant rain through the first 50 minutes of the game. Xavier was able to take advantage of that a couple of times to help it build up an early lead.

“The ball was king of skidding through a little bit and the Prairie goal keeper was playing very deep out,” Graham said. “That gave us an opportunity to rocket the slot balls through, but it always skips a lot in this weather.”

Although the Prairie side was a little outmatched on Saturday, they were able to take advantage of their chances to keep the game interesting through the first 70 minutes.

Junior forward Rachel Carney was able to keep the Xavier defense honest, providing a speedy weapon up top that gave Xavier some trouble on long passes. Carney scored the first goal for Prairie off of a nice feed from Meleah Baloch to cut Xavier lead to 3-1.

Prairie connected again in the second half when Katherine Grabe took a good corner kick from Elissa Musil and barely slotted it inside the post to cut the lead to two goals again.

But the Saints were too much for the Hawks, scoring a pair of goals down the stretch to put the game away.

The Saints busted out for 10 goals in their second game, routing Dubuque Senior, 10-0. Annie Dale had three goals and Armstrong added two more.

Xavier 6, Prairie 2
Goals -- CRX: Kayla Armstrong 2 (6th min and 73rd min), Lauren Konchar 2 (21st min and 44th), Annie Dale (32nd min), Kelsie Sargent (70th min). CRP: Rachel Carney (35th min), Katherine Grabe (45th min). Assists -- CRX: Sammi Shepard, Mary Levett, Aly Schultz, Katelyn Winker. CRP: Meleah Baloch, Elissa Musil.

Xavier 10, Dubuque Senior 0
Goals -- CRX: Annie Dale 3, Kayla Armstrong 2, Megan Konchar 2, Tori Shepard, Sarah Dickes, Emma Deigman.  Assists -- CRX: Marisa Berutti, Lauren Konchar, Kayla Armstrong, Emma Deigman.

Armstrong's 8 goals lead Xavier rout

WATERLOO -- Kayla Armstrong scored eight goals and No. 1 Xavier walloped Waterloo West, 11-1, Tuesday in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls soccer game.

Armstrong's outburst tied Union's Kylie Powell for most goals in a game. Powell scored eight Monday against Mason City.

The eight goals also matched Armstrong's season total coming into the game.

Xavier is 11-1, 8-1. Waterloo West is 4-7, 3-5.

Xavier 11, Waterloo West 1

Goals -- CRX: Kayla Armstrong 8, Annie Dale 2, Lauren Konchar.   Assists -- Kayla Armstrong 2, Emma Deigman.

No. 1 Saints battle back to beat No. 6 Kennedy

Kayla Armstrong scored two second-half goals and led Class 2A No. 1 Xavier past Class 3A No. 6 Kennedy, 3-1, Friday in a girls soccer game at Xavier.

The game was scoreless at halftime.

Kennedy (7-2, 6-2 MVC) took the lead early in the second half on a breakaway goal by Shauna Happel.

Xavier (10-1, 7-1) countered quickly. Armstrong found the back of the net with a goal that tied the game and Marissa Berutti's goal put the Saints ahead.

Armstrong added an insurance goal late in the game.

Xavier 3, Kennedy 1

Goals -- CRK: Shauna Happel; CRX: Kayla Armstrong 2, Marissa Berutti. Assists -- CRX: Kelsie Sargent.

Xavier girls rout Hempstead

Annie Dale scored three goals to lead No. 1 Xavier past Dubuque Hempstead, 6-0, Thursday in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls soccer game at Xavier.

Kelsie Sargent, Katelyn Winker and Lauren Konchar also scored goals for Xavier (9-1, 6-1 MVC). Konchar had three assists.

Hempstead dropped to 6-5, 4-4.

Xavier hosts Class 3A No. 6 Kennedy on Friday at 4:15 p.m.

Xavier 6, Hempstead 0

Goals -- CRX: Annie Dale 3, Kelsie Sargent, Katelyn Winker, Lauren Konchar. Assists -- CRX: Lauren Konchar 3, Lucy Martin, Mary Levett.