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Annandale Tops West Potomac Girls' Soccer Team, 2-0
The Wolverines dropped their third consecutive match Friday, falling to a solid Atoms club
The West Potomac Wolverines went scoreless for the second consecutive game Friday night, dropping a 2-0 decision to Annandale at West Potomac.
The loss drops West Potomac to 3-3 on the season, 0-2 in the AAA Patriot.
The Wolverines last scored on Monday, when they lost 4-2 to South County, a loss that kicked off a three-game losing streak.
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Annandale (4-1, 2-0 AAA Patriot) tested the Wolverines’ defense all night long, especially in the second half, when the Atoms peppered West Potomac junior keeper Caroline Kelly with shot after shot.
The second half was when Annandale scored both goals.
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West Potomac coach Garrett Hubbard said his team is battling through a number of obstacles at the moment.
“We’re trying to scrape 11 girls together to play right now,” Hubbard said. “We’re playing people where they don’t prefer to be playing.”
A slightly bigger Annandale squad had quality chances all night, but it was in the final 40 minutes when the Atoms finally scored.
Annandale freshman forward Emily Villatoro put her team on the board in the 50th minute, taking a feed from defender Jenn Allshouse and one-timing it home.
The Atoms kept the pressure on until they scored an insurance goal with five minutes remaining in regulation. Freshman forward Ally Mastrota picked up the ball about 40 yards out, dribbled past two West Potomac defenders, then slammed the ball home.
“They were aggressive the whole night,” Hubbard said. “They definitely kept pushing forward a lot. Their keeper [senior Jane Aman] is solid, and she covers up a lot for them.”
West Potomac did have solid chances.
The Wolverines’ best opportunity in the first half came at the 30-minute mark, when sophomore midfielder Lindsey Sawzcuk made a nice rush up the left side of the field, just chipping it over the crossbar.
Sophomore Orion Taylor took her crack at Aman midway into the second half, drilling a shot that Aman handled. Junior back Brittany Alderman had her own chance in the 72nd minute, but Aman corralled her left-footed strike.
West Potomac returns to action at 7 p.m. Tuesday when it hosts Lee.
“Lee is a very physical team. … The teams are probably pretty even,” Hubbard said. “We’re just trying to get a goal.”
West Potomac played most of the match without sophomore midfielder Allison Vermillion, who hurt her right ankle 13 minutes in. Vermillion returned to the field briefly in the first half.
