Last night, Girls Soccer hosted Calvary Christian Academy for the first round of Districts. With a focused and strong warm up behind them, the girls were determined to earn the ‘W’ to advance to the District Finals. After a shaky start, Dock finally settled into their game when Junior, Shelby Lapp, found the back of the net in the 15th minute to take the lead 1-0. Sophomore Ashley Brown received a beautiful through ball from Junior, Ava Stokes. Once Calvary’s goalkeeper came out to pressure Brown, she found Lapp open in the middle of the box with a perfectly placed ball for an easy finish. For most of the first half, Dock remained composed and was able to switch the field often through the midfield. With 10 minutes left in the first half, and a lot of commotion in the middle of the field, Brown was able to find Junior, Emerson Gruver in open space. Gruver played a quick one-two combination and found Brown on the run into the box. Brown found herself 1v1 with Calvary’s goalkeeper once again, and this time slotted the ball to the low, near corner to earn the second goal of the match. Less than two minutes later, Stokes found the back of the net off a beautiful through ball from Brown. Stokes made the perfect run right at midfield, to score on a breakaway against Calvary’s goalkeeper. Dock finished the first half with a 3-0 lead over Calvary. 13 minutes into the second half, goalkeeper Emily Markel, sent a punt that bounced over Calvary’s back line. Brown immediately followed and was once again 1v1 against Calvary’s goalkeeper. She confidentially took a quick touch around when she came off her line, and hit a low, well-place shot with her left foot to earn her second goal of the match to continue Dock’s lead, now 4-0. Just three minutes later, Ava Stokes received a ball from right wing, Cora Gillespie, and opened perfectly to switch the field. Stokes found the diagonal through ball to Brown making the run down the middle of the field. Brown slotted the ball to the low, left corner to earn her hat-trick, and final goal of the game. Dock held the 5-0 lead until the end of regulation to secure a spot in the District Finals against Faith Christian Academy next Tuesday.
Last night, Girls Soccer hosted Calvary Christian Academy for the first round of Districts. With a focused and strong warm up behind them, the girls were determined to earn the ‘W’ to advance to the District Finals. After a shaky start, Dock finally settled into their game when Junior, Shelby Lapp, found the back of the net in the 15th minute to take the lead 1-0. Sophomore Ashley Brown received a beautiful through ball from Junior, Ava Stokes. Once Calvary’s goalkeeper came out to pressure Brown, she found Lapp open in the middle of the box with a perfectly placed ball for an easy finish. For most of the first half, Dock remained composed and was able to switch the field often through the midfield. With 10 minutes left in the first half, and a lot of commotion in the middle of the field, Brown was able to find Junior, Emerson Gruver in open space. Gruver played a quick one-two combination and found Brown on the run into the box. Brown found herself 1v1 with Calvary’s goalkeeper once again, and this time slotted the ball to the low, near corner to earn the second goal of the match. Less than two minutes later, Stokes found the back of the net off a beautiful through ball from Brown. Stokes made the perfect run right at midfield, to score on a breakaway against Calvary’s goalkeeper. Dock finished the first half with a 3-0 lead over Calvary. 13 minutes into the second half, goalkeeper Emily Markel, sent a punt that bounced over Calvary’s back line. Brown immediately followed and was once again 1v1 against Calvary’s goalkeeper. She confidentially took a quick touch around when she came off her line, and hit a low, well-place shot with her left foot to earn her second goal of the match to continue Dock’s lead, now 4-0. Just three minutes later, Ava Stokes received a ball from right wing, Cora Gillespie, and opened perfectly to switch the field. Stokes found the diagonal through ball to Brown making the run down the middle of the field. Brown slotted the ball to the low, left corner to earn her hat-trick, and final goal of the game. Dock held the 5-0 lead until the end of regulation to secure a spot in the District Finals against Faith Christian Academy next Tuesday.
Girls Soccer traveled to Ocean City, NJ on Friday morning for their first ever out of state contest at the beach. Along with boys’ soccer, Dock played local school, Lansdale Catholic to start off the play day. The girls were focused and determined to leave everything out on the field. In the first half, junior Ava Stokes caused a lot of chaos down the right flank which caught LC off guard. Stokes and sophomore Ashley Brown worked well together to combine strings of passes together around LC’s back line. About halfway through the first half, Stokes received a pass about 25 yards from the goal. She hit a quick one time shot and found the back of the net to take the lead 1-0. This did not stop the momentum that LC was pushing on Dock’s back line. Senior captain, Hailey Cummings kept her fellow defenders organized and composed to mark tightly against a strong LC offense. Sophomore, Maddy Gendron, senior Caitlin May, and junior Gretchen German all contributed to the strong defensive block that the girls had on LC. Going into half time, Dock was still leading 1-0. Ashley Brown was a dangerous threat on LC’s center backs. After many attempts to get through the back line, and strong tackles against the sophomore from LC’s defenders, Brown was finally able to find the space behind their back line for a breakaway on LC’s goalkeeper. She tucked away goal number 2 of the game, to solidify the lead 2-0. Dock played the remainder of the game with composure and strength to keep LC from having any dangerous opportunities. Junior goalkeeper, Emily Markel came up big on a couple set pieces and scoring opportunities to hold the game at 2-0. Dock finished the game with a score of 2-0.
Special thank you to Shawn May Photography, as he captured incredible photos from our matchup. Linked below is the album with all of the pictures as well as his website. You can find him on Instagram @smayphotos
Website: https://www.shawnmayphotography.com/
Album: https://www.shawnmayphotography.com/Client-Images/2024/Personal-/DOCK-Soccer-2024/Dock-vs-Lansdale-Catholic