FA girls soccer improves to 5-0 with shutout vs. MCI
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy girls soccer team continued its perfect start to the 2024 season with a 3-0 victory vs. Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield on the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 23. The Ponies, who posted the team’s second straight shutout and have allowed no more than one goal in all five matches, improved to 5-0 with the win over the Huskies (the team dropped to 1-6 with its second consecutive loss).
A year ago Foxcroft got victory No. 5 in the eighth game of the season on the way to a record of 7-6-1 and a berth in the Class C North quarterfinal round.
PAIR OF GOALS — Foxcroft Academy freshman Nola Mason scored twice in the second half during a Sept. 23 game vs. MCI. Mason’s pair of goals helped the Ponies win 3-0 to improve to 5-0 on the season.
Thirteen-plus minutes into the first half Foxcroft had the first of its three corner kicks with junior Addy Menz putting the ball in play from the right. The Ponies kept the ball on the MCI side of the field after several shot attempts toward the goal. Senior Lea Schnetzer eventually passed to junior Celine Rush, who was positioned just outside the box. Rush’s kick went in to put Foxcroft on the scoreboard at the 26:45-mark.
In the second half Schnetzer passed to freshman Nola Mason as Mason broke away from the Husky defense. Mason stopped and with ample time and space, paused to set her shot which went in at the 30:30-mark for the 2-0 advantage.
Less than 100 seconds later Schnetzer — who assisted on all three of her team’s goals — and Mason connected again. Mason received her teammate’s pass and got a shot off through a pair of defenders and in as Foxcroft took a 3-0 lead with 28:54 left on the clock in the second half.
DAYTIME — Pony freshman Sophie Day dribbles upfield during a Sept. 23 game vs. MCI, with senior Maddie Kimball looking on.
Pony sophomore keeper Jasmine Hall made four saves on six shots to earn the shutout.
MCI senior Abbie McCarron stopped a game-high seven shots as the Ponies put 17 overall shots on goal. Foxcroft also kept the Huskies from having any corner kicks in the game, compared to three for the Ponies.
Foxcroft and MCI are scheduled to play again in Pittsfield two weeks after the game in Dover-Foxcroft at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7.
THREE ASSISTS FOR NO. 3 — Senior Lea Schnetzer assisted on each goal in Foxcroft’s 3-0 victory against MCI, with one in the first half and the other two coming in the second half.
GIRLS SOCCER
Foxcroft 3, MCI 0
MCI 0 0 – 0
FOX 1 2 – 3
First: F — Rush (Schnetzer)
Second: F — Mason (Schnetzer); F — Mason (Schnetzer)
Saves: Foxcroft — Hall 4, MCI — McCarron 7
Corner kicks: Foxcroft 3, MCI 0
Records: Foxcroft 5-0, MCI 1-6
ALONG THE SIDELINE — Junior Addy Menz keeps the ball in play along the sideline with senior Lea Schnetzer trailing.