The girl’s soccer team faced Maize HS in the 6A state semi-finals this evening and won, 5-0. The team will advance to the championship game tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. and face BVN.

The Huskies started out the game with a bang as sophomore CeCe Kizer scored an unassisted goal within the first 30 seconds of the game. Kizer went on to add two goals and one assist to her stats for the night. Junior Kara Priest also tacked on two goals for BVNW, one of which was assisted by Sierra Bryant.

Defensively, the Huskies shut down the Eagles allowing no goals. Senior Sam Nicolay was able to record a shut out from the goalie’s box.

“The defense is a huge help and the midfield getting back helps too,” Nicolay said. “It’s really a whole team effort, but it’s a lot easier to get a shut out when you know you have a good defense working with you.”

According to senior Emily Herndon, the game went well because the girls worked together as a team and played together as one unit. The Huskies will need to communicate and mark up the midfield in order to win tomorrow, Herndon said.

“I’m super excited to win and super happy because it’s my senior year so it’s really awesome to go out like this,” Herndon said. “I know tomorrow will be emotional and I know it will depend on how we handle the pressure, but I also know we can do it. As long as we play like we’ve been playing, we’ll win.”

Nicolay said the team must go in to tomorrow’s game with the mindset of confidence, not cockiness. The team has already beaten BVN, Nicolay said, but that win does not mean anything now.

“Obviously I’m expecting to win, but we can’t go in with the mindset of thinking we for sure will,” Nicolay said. “We have to go in confident but not cocky. Just play like we normally do and not freak out just because it’s the championship game. I just want us to play like it’s any other game. Leave everything on the field and do our thing.”