–Lady Rams finally reach finals of the NCHSAA 3-A soccer championship
22 May 2008MOORESVILLE - The Lady Rams (28-0) looked to continue their winning ways on Wednesday as they went down to Mooresville, a one time small town that has outgrown it’s boundaries by leaps and bounds.
It’s also home to one heck of a soccer program at Lake Norman High School that was ranked 3rd in the NCSCA 3-A rankings this week.
There was a concern that the Lady Rams would meet the same fate as they had the last three years, losing in the semi-finals. But the nation’s #1 ranked girl’s soccer team in the country would have none of that as they defeated the Wildcats, 2-1, putting Roberson in the finals for the first time ever.
In the 30th minute of play, Marissa McCord scored Roberson’s first goal off a throw-in from near the corner and Roberson took that lead into the break at halftime.
They also scored with just 68 seconds gone in the second half as Katherine Ellis became open, put a nifty move on a defender and booted it by the goalie to put the Lady Rams up 2-0.
Lake Norman scored it’s lone goal in the 47th minute as junior Sarah Tang put in only the third goal scored against the Lady Rams all year. She was double-teamed on the left side of the goal and somehow got it past the Roberson goalie, Jennings.
This sets up a battle with #2 ranked White Oak from Jacksonville for the state championship on Saturday.
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