OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The No. 2-ranked Johnson County Community College women's soccer team's 15-match shutout streak came to an end Thursday night, but the Lady Cavaliers still dominated play with a 7-1 victory over Allen Community College in first round of the District Playoffs.
Sophomore forward Karsen Kohler got JCCC on the board early in the fourth minute with her eight goal of the season. Freshman forward Brecken Hoy picked up her eighth assists on the year.
Leading 1-0, JCCC saw its shutout streak end at the 17:30 mark of the match, when Allen's Niahm Ellison scored after sophomore goalkeeper Maddox Fergus misplayed a ball in front of the net. Until then, the Lady Cavaliers had not allowed a goal since the 73rd minute at Phoenix on August 24, a span of 1,379-minutes and 57-seconds.
The Lady Cavaliers retook the lead in the 30th minute when sophomore midfielder Macy Malik scored her first of two goals in the match. Freshman midfielder Tatum Bresette provided the assist.
One minute later Bresette picked up her second assist when she found freshman defender Riggs Kuhn open for a seventh goal on the season.
Johnson County would add four more goals in the second half to pull away for the easy victory. Freshman forward Jill Lenherr scored in the 65th minute with sophomore midfielder Lotta Meindl getting the assist.
Malik made his 5-1 in the 67th minute off an assist from freshman forward Carmen Duarte, who made it 6-1 in the 73rd minute with her second goal of the year.
Freshman forward Lily Marshall closed out the scoring in the 80th minute with her seventh score on the year. Meindl was credited with the assist on both Duarte's and Marshall's goals to earn her first career playmaker with three assists in a match.
Fergus saved three shots and upped her season record to 8-0-1 and to 18-2-1 for her career.
Johnson County (15-0-3) will host Central Community College (13-3-1) on Tuesday, November 5 at 5 p.m. Central advanced with a 3-1 victory over Neosho County.
JCCC was 1-0-1 against the Raiders this season. They had a 0-0 tie on September 7 in Columbus, Neb., and the Lady Cavaliers won 6-0 at home on October 2.