Girls roundup: Woodinville gets past Roosevelt

WOODINVILLE — The first one came easy. Woodinville had to earn the rest.

After putting together a beautiful goal in the third minute, the Falcons girls soccer team overcame a defensive mistake that tied the game and kept applying pressure to a scrappy, quick Roosevelt squad to win 3-1 last night in a matchup of previously unbeaten KingCo 4A teams.

"We talked at halftime and we said we needed to play the ball and get it to each other's feet," said Woodinville junior forward Hannah Greig, who scored twice. "We executed that and we played a lot better."

The first goal came before the fans had barely unfolded their blankets and sat down on the chilly bleachers at Woodinville High.

Thump-thump-thump.

With clockwork precision, the Falcons (6-0-1 overall, 2-0-1 KingCo 4A) worked the ball down the field, strafing right to left with two one-touch passes from Jill Erickson to Kelsey Buswell to Erin McDevitt.

The third thump came from the left hash mark, as McDevitt crossed to Greig, charging down the middle. She slammed it in for the 1-0 lead.

Greig has seven goals to start the season.

Roosevelt (4-1-1, 2-1) tied it on a bad bounce off the Woodinville goalie in the 18th minute.

Roosevelt sophomore Maddy Rasch, the conference's co-leader with six goals coming into the game, popped a chip shot at Falcons keeper Dani Madden. She misplayed the catch and dropped the ball.

Roughriders junior forward Michelle Noelke pounced and knocked it in for the score, her third of the season.

Woodinville broke the game open midway through the second half. Heavy pressure in the 58th minute led to a scramble of players fighting for the ball in front of the Roosevelt net.

It squeaked out to McDevitt, who kicked it in for a 2-1 lead. Greig took advantage of a stunned Roosevelt team and scored her second goal about a minute later to put the game away.

Other girls soccer highlights

• Lake Stevens beat Monroe 2-1 in the WesCo North in the first game at Monroe's new stadium. Monroe hosts Cascade Friday at 7 p.m. in the first football game at the facility.

• Sophomore goalkeeper K.J. Stupey saved a second-half penalty kick by Meadowdale to secure a 2-1 upset WesCo South victory by Kamiak. It was Meadowdale's first defeat.

• Defending state 3A champion Issaquah (7-0, 5-0) stayed unbeaten as Kate Deines assisted on goals by Lauren Maris and Sarah Taussig in a 2-0 KingCo 3A shutout of previously unbeaten Mount Si (4-1-1, 3-1-1).

• Skyline remained perfect in the KingCo 4A Conference, beating Ballard 1-0 on Sarah Dove's goal 5:30 into overtime.

• Amy Hasson had half of Lake Washington's goals in a 6-0 KingCo 4A win over Franklin.

• Sophie Reiser had a hat trick and assisted on Nathan Hale's other goals in a 5-1 Metro League win over West Seattle.

• Junior forward Jill Jensen scored the first three goals in Emerald Ridge's 4-0 SPSL South shutout of Graham-Kapowsin.

• Kelli Burgess scored off a pass from Natalie Cerda with a minute left to give once-beaten Eastside Catholic a 1-1 Metro League tie with Bainbridge.

• Cedarcrest got a hat trick and three assists from junior midfielder Amanda Johnson in an 8-0 victory over Sultan.

• Karissa Haelle scored four times as Fife beat White River 5-1 in a matchup of Seamount League Pierce Division title contenders.

Information in this article, originally published September 28, was corrected October 3. A previous version of this story contained an error. Michelle Noelke of Roosevelt High School scored her third goal of the season last week in a KingCo 4A girls soccer loss to Woodinville. An article incorrectly said it was her first goal.