Hazen soccer makes ‘the dance’ with 1-0 win Saturday

Published 10:52 am Monday, November 11, 2013

For the first time since 1993, Hazen Soccer qualified for the State 3A Championship tournament with a 1-0 win Saturday against the Prairie Falcons.

After two rough outings that made Saturday’s game a win-or-go-home scenario for the league champion Highlanders,, Hazen found their game.

While scoring and shooting were a rare commodity for both teams, a penalty kick by senior defender and captain Gabby Brower at the 30th minute stood up for the win.

Goalie Brittany Dinkins earned the shutout for Hazen.

“The penalty came off a corner. It looked like Bri (senior forward Brianne Sherin) was going to score. A couple of Hazen bodies hit the deck and the ref pointed to the spot,” Matthews said in a press release.

It was a battle the entire game, the referee team called 30 fouls. Hazen led that category by two – 16 to 14.  As the second half progressed, the game got more rugged.

“Prairie was a good physical team. We’re more a finesse team. Today we showed we could play a physical game and hold off that attack. We can expect that now that we’re in The Dance,” Matthews ended.

Hazen is scheduled to play Seattle Prep at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Renton Memorial Stadium.