Hawks do everything but score

Girls soccer: Horizon Christian plays strong as it battles Gervais to a 0-0 tie

By Dan Brood

The Times, Sep 25, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

DAN BROOD / The Times

ON THE RUN — Horizon Christian High School junior Micah Schuler (right) stays ahead of Gervais’ Katy Isisordia as they race for the ball in Monday’s match.

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TUALATIN — In its league opener, the Horizon Christian High School girls soccer team turned in what could easily be called an impressive performance.

The Hawks created scoring opportunity after scoring opportunity.

They turned up the defensive pressure all over the field. They definitely seemed to control the action from start to finish.

But there’s just one thing they weren’t quite able to do – knock the ball in the goal.

So, despite their dominating performance the Hawks had to settle for a 0-0 tie with Gervais in a District 4 league opener played Monday at Horizon Christian High School.

“That’s OK. I thought we did really well today,” Horizon Christian freshman defender/ midfielder Lizzie Ng said after the match. “Our goal today was to play with desire, and we did that.”

Gervais moved to 5-0-1 on the season with the tie while the Hawks moved to 2-1-1.

“We’re excited with how we’re playing,” Horizon Christian coach Corey Hand said. “We still have a couple girls injured, and we should get them back soon. This definitely was a promising start to league.”

Horizon Christian, in Monday’s match, seemed to threaten to score the whole way. The Hawks had a close call less than three minutes into the contest when a turnaround shot by junior Sarah Brucker sailed just left of the Gervais goal.

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