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No. 7 Davis did simply sufficient to get by No. 2 American Fork within the 6A ladies soccer quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon, selecting up a tough fought 3-2 victory in further time.
Darts’ senior ahead Olivia Flint scored the golden purpose a minute and a half into additional time, propelling her staff previous the Cavemen and into the state semifinals. The purpose was Flint’s second of the day after discovering the again of the web for the lone purpose of the primary half.
“She has stepped up,” Davis head coach Souli Phongsavath mentioned. “(I’m) tremendous completely happy for her to have the ability to do that in that second and to make it occur.”
Flint’s first rating gave her staff a 1-0 lead heading into the half. The second half noticed issues started falling aside for the Darts, as sophomore Caveman Lucy Kesler scored two objectives from the highest of the field to offer American Fork a 2-1 lead.
“I believed we performed a implausible first half,” Phongsavath mentioned. “I believed we had been unlucky to not … rating a pair extra objectives. However within the second half, American Fork confirmed loads of grit and loads of coronary heart to take the lead. I’m tremendous pleased with how we responded.
“Frankly, we bought dominated the second half. As an alternative of simply hanging our heads down, we had been capable of equalize. We wanted any individual to make a second of brilliance.”
After equalizing, the Darts held on to pressure additional time.
Phongsavath had a message for his staff heading into further time: “I simply mentioned, ‘Hey, we labored too laborious to get that equalizer to lose this sport. We shouldn’t have hit that equalizer if we had been going to lose this sport in additional time.’ So we had the chance and we took it. We’re simply tremendous happy.”
As soon as additional time started, it didn’t take lengthy for Flint to benefit from the chance, eliminating American Fork and giving her squad its second win of the event.
“This yr has been a giant curler coaster,” Phongsavath mentioned. “We’re both actually good or we’re not. This sport was form of just like the epitome of that. We performed very well the primary half; second half we didn’t. That’s been our season.”
Davis routed Copper Hills in its first match of postseason play Tuesday, establishing the quarterfinal matchup with the Cavemen. American Fork defeated Area 4 foe Nook Canyon that very same day, marking the college’s third win over the Chargers this season.
The Cavemen’s season involves an in depth, ending the yr with a 14-4 total file and their first residence setback in additional than a month.
The Darts surge onward, remaining targeted on successful two extra matches.
Davis will proceed its quest for the 2022 state title when it meets No. 11 Skyridge within the semifinals Tuesday at 5:30 pm. It will likely be the 2 colleges’ first ever assembly. Semifinal matches will happen at Juan Diego Excessive College. The Darts’ final state title got here in 2020 in a victory over American Fork.