On Monday, the Swain High Lady Devils Soccer team was finally able to play a game after their previous two games were canceled on them. Swain would travel to Cashiers to take on the Blue Ridge Bobcats. Swain would come out ready to play, scoring four goals in the first five minutes of the game. Just one minute into the game Senior Kaylee Simmons would take the ball from a Bobcat defender and find the back of the net. One minute later Freshman Karena Cline would find Simmons for her second goal of the game. One minute and 30 seconds later Senior Mazie Helpman would get fouled and take a free kick from the spot of the foul. She would score off of the kick outside the box. A minute later Helpman would take a ball from a Bobcat player and add her second goal of the game. The rest of the half would remain scoreless.
In the second half the Lady Devils would get back to scoring 20 minutes into the half when Helpman would find Simmons with a cross and her third goal of the night. Six minutes later Cline would find Freshman Mya Burrows-Kurr for her first goal of the game. The scoring would be capped off with 11 minutes left in the game when Senior Avery Maples would find Simmons for her fourth goal of the game. “Overall we played a good game with a few noticeable things to work on,” said Head Coach Scott Cline. “It gave us an opportunity to try a few new things also in preparation for our game on Thursday when we will be missing 3 starters.”
On Defense, Senior Jadyn Perez and Sophomore Anna Gray led the way with 9 Clears/Steals. They were followed by Freshman Karena Cline and Freshman Sophie Matz each with 6 and Senior Jade Henry with 4. In goal, Freshman Gracie Sutton had 8 goalkeeper saves. The player of the game for the Lady Devils was Senior Jadyn Perez. “Jadyn did a great job in the back line getting the ball cleared out defensively. On such a small field, we found the ball at our defenders feet more often than normal and she did a great job adjusting to that.” said Coach Cline.