Last Saturday, the Becker Bulldogs girls soccer team fell behind early in Detroit Lakes, getting scored on in the first two minutes of the game.  Then, another goal slipped past the team just eight minutes later to put them down by two. 

 

The Bulldogs settled down and started playing better ball  the rest of the game as Rachel Vogl netted a second half goal to pull within one.  But Detroit Lakes held on for the 2-1 win.

 

The Bulldogs had the momentum and many chances followed including a couple golden opportunities in the game’s last 10 minutes. The best chance came with 30 seconds left, when Vogl’s shot hit the cross bar.

 

Tuesday, the Bulldogs came out flat on their home pitch and the Zimmerman Thunder took advantage with an easy win over the home team.

 

The Thunder got on the board early with a goal in the first two minutes of the game.   They would score again four minutes later off the head of one of Becker’s player out front.   Five minutes later, a Bulldog player was called for a penalty in the box and the Thunder capitalized on a penalty kick goal to go up 3-0.  

 

In the second half, the Bulldogs played much better as a team and had many goal scoring opportunities.  Macy Eigen scored a goal off a pass from Claire Voigt to bring the game closer at 3-1.  However, Zimmerman tacked on two more goals to win by four.

 

Becker has one conference game left (Oct. 7 at home versus Little Falls) and two non-conference games, Oct.2 at Mayer-Lutheran and Oct. 4 at home versus Cambridge-Isanti before they head into sections Thursday, Oct. 9. 

 

Becker won Thursday night on the road at Mayer-Lutheran with Megan Dudek earning a shut out. Rounding out the win were three goals by Hiedi Voigt, two from Maddy Corey and singular goals from Lauren Sticha, Katie Berning and Rachel Vogl. 

 

Hiedi Voigt and Kate Berning both received Bulldog players of the game for their contribution to the win.