St. Thomas More capped an unbeaten junior girls’ soccer season with a playoff title, but it wasn’t without its anxious moments.
The Knights fell behind 2-0 in the opening 20 minutes of play and needed a second-half comeback to rally past York House 4-2 in the the Lower Mainland independent league junior girls’ soccer final last week.
Carling Bauer got the Knights back on even terms with a goal in both the first and second half, before junior Delaney Davidson tallied STM’s next two, including the game-winner on a partial breakaway 10 minutes from full time.
Head coach Carlo Zavarise said there was a sense of relief on the sidelines when Davidson left-footed the winner from a difficult angle past the York House keeper.
“I certainly was (relieved), yes. Sometimes when you are able to win all your games you can get a little overconfident. I think that was the case with our largely Grade 8 and 9 team,” Zavarise said.
