The Bulldogs girls soccer team ended their season with a first round loss in the Section 8A Tournament to Sauk Rapids-Rice.
SRR 3, Becker 1
Thursday, the #5-seeded Bulldogs traveled to take on the #3-seeded Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm. Becker was having to deal with injuries to two key starting senior defenders in Kate Berning and Katie Pursley, who sat out the game.
The Bulldogs (6-11) played well against the higher-seeded team and by halftime, were only down 1-0.
In the second half, Macy Eigen had a perfect volley off a cross into the top left hand corner of the net to tie it up at 1-1.
However, Becker couldn't keep the Storm at bay as SRR scored two more goals in the final half of play to win by two.
Bulldog players of the game were Ali Zimmer and Macy Eigen. Ninth grader Megan Dudek had 16 saves in net.
Becker 2, LF 1
Tuesday, the team played their best game of the year and knocked off the Granite Ridge Conference leaders in Little Falls.
Becker kept possession and found good opportunities to score with precise passes and moved off the ball really well while playing tight team defense.
Both goals came from the team’s leading scorer — eighth grader Lauren Sticha — who netted her 10th and 11th goals of the season. Ninth grader Megan Peterson assisted on one of the goals.
Chelsea Moran had the lone goal of the game for the Flyers, who finished 5-1-2 in conference play, 10-2-3 overall and were Granite Ridge Conference champions.
Head Coach Gretchen Changamire honored the entire Bulldog team by naming the full roster as Bulldog players of the game.
Bluejackets 2, Bulldogs 1
Last Saturday, the Bulldogs lost a close one to Cambridge Isanti, 2-1.
Eighth grader Maddy Corey scored the lone goal off of a penalty kick.
The girls ended their season with the most wins in one season for the program at six, surpassing last year’s record of five.
“(We have a) bright future with a very young team,” Said Changamire.
Becker will graduate three seniors on varsity in Katie Berning, Katie Pursley and Sam Lorette. Every single player on the varsity team got in the books this year with either an assist or a goal.
