(Pictured: Sophomore Back, Klay Norman vs Parkview – Photo by Randy Hunt)
The Rolla Bulldogs came to town on Tuesday for an Ozark Conference soccer match. The Zizzers had one of their better defensive efforts on the season while not allowing any goals through the run of play. Set pieces were another story. Rolla scored 3 Goals off of set plays, 2 off of Corner Kicks and 1 on a Penalty Kick.
The first Rolla goal came in the 9th minute of the game. Andrew Chism’s corner kick was headed in by Senior Back, Adam Daily. for a 1-0 Bulldogs lead. Rolla would score again on a corner kick in the 27th minute. This time Chism’s kick was headed in by Hishem Belarbi. 2-0 Bulldogs. Rolla would add a third goal just two minutes later. Senior Chamal Samaranayke would fire home a Penalty Kick after Zizzer Back Mike Moore was whistled for a foul in the box. 3-0 Bulldogs. That’s how the first half would end.
In the second half, the Zizzers continued to play well defensively and made a little adjustment on corner kicks. In the 46th minute, Justin Scicluna received a Penalty Kick after being tripped up in the box. Scicluna scored on the PK, cutting Rolla’s lead to 3-1. In the 53rd minute, Rolla had a chance to go up 4-1, but Shane Corl saved a Penalty Kick by Tyler Sinnott. Just about a minute later Scicluna cut the Bulldogs lead to one. Brice Hunt’s corner kick was taken out of the air by Scicluna, who fired a 15 yarder into the net. 3-2 Bulldogs. After that, the Zizzers kept pushing forward trying to get the tieing goal. David Milss nearly had one after getting two shots knocked away near the goalline. The Zizzers had a couple of other good chacnes, but couldn’t get the equaliser. Overall, the Zizzers had one of their better efforts on the season and against a quality opponent. The loss drops the Zizzers record to 7-4 and 2-2 in the Ozark Conference. Rolla improves to 6-3 and 3-0 in the Ozark Conference.
In JV action, Rolla defeated the Zizzers 10-0. The game ending as Rolla got their 10th goal with about 2:30 to play. The Zizzer JV played a good first half and found themselves down 3-0. The half was an improvement over their last game. The second half saw Rolla find more openings in the Zizzer defense that they were able to convert into goals.
Up next for the Zizzers are games at home Thursday versus the Ozark Tigers.
