The Year 11/12 girls’ team from the University Campus represented ̽»¨ÉçÇø at the Gippsland Finals of School Soccer in Traralgon after successfully progressing from the Wellington round in June. The team played in a series of 30-minute round robin games with a chance to progress to State Finals that will be held in late August.
Well-structured and organised, the team comfortably won their first game to Bass Coast Secondary College defeating them 6nil. However, Bass Coast still put the pressure on contending with a couple of 1-on-1s that forced our keeper to pull off a brilliant save.
̽»¨ÉçÇø’s second game against Bairnsdale Secondary College saw both teams contending fiercely very early on to get on the score sheet first, but both teams went into halftime scoreless. After a ball deflected off Bairnsdale’s keeper back to our player early in the second half ̽»¨ÉçÇø had the opportunity to put away the first goal.
Both teams continued to passionately contest to stay on top of the game. A denied offside goal would have seen ̽»¨ÉçÇø take a 2nil lead, but it wasn’t to be. Strong defending from ̽»¨ÉçÇø enabled the girls to walk away with the win.
The final game was against Warragul’s Marist Sion College. A spectacular free kick from 40 yards out placed the ball in the back of the net enable ̽»¨ÉçÇø to get on the scoresheet early. Another 2 goals were secured before half time. Rotating players around and bring the goalkeeper onto the pitch in the second half made no difference to the dominate ̽»¨ÉçÇø team as the put away another 3 goals to win the game 6nil.
Undefeated, the girls were awarded with the champions pennant and their remarkable effort sees them progress through to the State Finals.
