On a beautiful afternoon in Harrison, AR, the West Plains Lady Zizzers took on the Harrison Lady Goblins at the new First National Bank Soccer Complex. The West Plains Lady Zizzers got off to a slow start. Harrison put plenty of pressure on the West Plains defense, but came up empty on each attempt in the first half.
In the second half, West Plains came out much stronger and made it a better match. There would be no scoring until the 70 minute of the match. A failed clearance attempt found an open Lady Goblin in the box. Jenny Thompson put the ball into the far upper corner for a 1-0 Harrison lead.
The Lady Zizzers responded quickly by earning a corner kick in the 72nd minute. Mollie Plocher’s kick found Michelle Esterle, who headed the ball in under the crossbar to draw the Lady Zizzers level, 1-1. Harrison took the lead a minute later when Nikki Roberts found herself alone about 15 yards from goal. Her shot hit the inside of the far post and bounced in for a goal. That’s the way the match would. With the victory, Harrison improves to 4-7-2 on the season and West Plains drops to 1-3-0.
Next up for West Plains will be games against Springfield Greenwood on Monday at the Cooper Complex in Springfield. The first game begins at 4:00pm. This will be the first ever game for the brand new Greenwood Lady Bluejays soccer program.
Check out goldengoblins.com for their take on the game. goldengoblins.com is a fansite that covers events involving Harrison High School and Harrison Junior High School.
