The Swain High Lady Devils Soccer team hosted the Hayesville Yellow Jackets on Monday night in a Smoky Mountain Conference matchup. Eleven minutes into the game Freshman Mya Burrows-Kurr would find Freshman Karena Cline for her first goal of the game. It would not be until 6 minutes left in the half that the Lady Devils would add their second goal of the game. It would once again be Cline off a rebounded shot from Senior Mazie Helpman. With a minute and 15 seconds left Senior Kaylee Simmons would find Helpman for her first goal of the game. With 17 seconds left, the Yellow Jackets would take a goal kick and Helpman would take the ball and return it right back into the goal putting the Lady Devils up 4-0 at halftime.
Three minutes into the second half the Lady Devils would add a goal when Cline would take a shot over the goalkeeper’s head giving her a Hat Trick for the night. With 15 minutes left in the half Simmons would find Helpman for another goal on the night giving her a hat trick also. Just 4 minutes later Junior Tsini McCoy would find Helpman for her 4th goal of the night. With 7 minutes left in the game Simmons would find Senior Jadyn Perez for a goal. “The girls were really moving the ball around well in the game.” said Head Coach Scott Cline. “We were really happy with how well we played as a team.”
On Defense, Sophomore Anna Gray had 8 Clears/Steals followed by Senior Jadyn Perez with 6. In goal, Sophomore Emmie Fuller and Freshman Gracie Sutton had a clean sheet with no goals scored on them. The player of the game for the Lady Devils was Senior Mazie Helpman. “Mazie did a great job in both scoring and passing the ball. She played great team soccer.” said Coach Cline.