News for the week of 10/10/10

Program notes for the week of 10/10/10:

Another historic week for the Shoregals as they earned the outright  2010 Southwestern Conference championship by virtue of their 1-1 tie with Brecksville - see notes below.  They finished the conference season undefeated with a 6-0-1 record.  This was the first conference championship in the history of the program and also the first undefeated conference record.  Just an amazing season thus far - congrats to our Shoregals!!!

In other soccer news, the Shoregals have moved up to #6 in the latest Greater Cleveland Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association weekly poll.  Way to go girls!!!


Game Recaps:

AL vs. Brecksville  10/6/10

AL  1    Brecksville   1

Goals:
AL
Jillian Strimbu

Brecksville
Amanda Sivic

Assists:
AL
Cheyenne Lukstein

Goalies:
AL   Dana Strimbu - 16 saves
Br    Lexi Korczynski - 4 saves

Game Summary:
Avon Lake and Brecksville played to a 1-1 tie on Wednesday night. The Shoregals took the first half lead on a goal by junior Jillian Strimbu who was assisted on a long pass from junior Cheyenne Lukstein. The Lady Bees tied it up in the 2nd half on a goal off a free kick by senior Amanda Sivic. The Shoregals survived a 17 shots on goal barrage by the Lady Bees who needed the win to earn a share of the conference title. Avon Lake's stout defense was led by senior Morgan Srail, juniors Danielle Liszka, Cheyenne Lukstein, Annie Lyons, Lindsay Quintero, Paige Glasser and sophomore Megan Braye.  Junior Taylor Nedrich also turned in a great performance as she marked the Lady Bees All-Ohio forward Amanda Sivic. In goal for Avon Lake was junior Dana Strimbu who made 16 saves. Brecksville goalie senior Lexi Korczynski stopped 4 shots on the night. The tie gave the Shoregals an undefeated conference season at 6-0-1 and sole possession of the Southwestern Conference title. It was Avon Lake's first championship in the 18 year history of the program. Brecksville is now 10-2-3



AL vs. Magnificat  10/9/10

AL  1   Mags  0

Goals:
AL
Jillian Strimbu

Mags
none

Assists:
AL
Megan Braye

Goalies:
AL   Dana Strimbu - 7 saves
M    Amanda Copfer - 2 saves

Game Summary:
Avon Lake beat non-conference foe Magnificat by a score of 1-0. The Shoregals scored on a goal at the 29 minute mark of the first half.by junior Jillian Strimbu. She was assisted on a free kick from the defensive end by sophomore Megan Braye. The teams then battled to a scoreless second half.  In goal for Avon Lake was junior Dana Strimbu who made 7 saves. Blue Streaks goalie Amanda Copfer was credited with 2 saves on the night. The victory improved Avon Lake's record to 11-3-1 while Magnificat falls to 6-5-2.

Schedule:
We have one game this week against Hathaway Brown at home on Saturday 10/16.   JV at 1:00 pm and Varsity at 3:00 pm.