Rested Hounds dominate Irish
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Maryville senior forward Ashton Reuter takes a shot on goal during the first half of the Spoofhounds’ 10-0 win over MEC foe Lafayette. Reuter scored five goals and added an assist in the mercy rule-shortened victory.
After a physical 1-0 win in its season opener against KC Lutheran on March 23, the Maryville girls’ soccer team had a chance to take some time off before beginning a grueling stretch of three games in three days.
“First and foremost, we wanted to heal up. We had some bumps and bruises,” Maryville head coach Dale Reuter said. “That was a dogfight with Lutheran. Very good team, very physical team. Great season opener that really kind of shows you where you’re at.”
If Tuesday’s result is any indication, the Lady Hounds used the break to their advantage before handing Midland Empire Conference foe Lafayette a mercy rule 10-0 loss at the Hound Pound.
Senior forward Ashton Reuter kicked things off for the Spoofhounds, taking an assist from senior midfielder Hannah Brod in the fourth minute.
Then junior forward Mollie Holtman scored back-to-back goals in the 11th and 12th minutes — on assists from sophomore midfielder Anna Throm and Ashton Reuter — to start the rout.
“I just love the way our starters just want to attack, attack, attack, but I also like that they know when they’ve got to back it down a little bit, play possession ball, look for the opening, create space and just execute,” Coach Reuter said.
Ashton Reuter scored again in the 14th minute on a shot that caromed off Irish goalkeeper Atleigh Hale and bounced into the goal, which allowed Coach Reuter to get some of his younger girls into the game and start working on situational things in a real game setting.
“We really worked on possessing the ball,” he said. “That’s been our focus this year, trying to possess the ball as much as we can and control it in the back. We started doing that more this game than we’ve done before, and I want that to be a continuous progression as we go.
“It’s nice to turn around and look on the bench, and go ‘Who do I want to go in now?’ And get quality minutes. As a coach, you just cant have it any better than that.”
Holtman capped her hat trick in the 22nd minute, scoring on a cross from sophomore defender Kaylie Spire, and with less than eight minutes until halftime, Ashton Reuter completed her hat trick, scoring on an assist from Throm.
“What I love about our varisty girls, the seniors and the juniors, they’re very hungry and they just kind of attack,” Coach Reuter said. “They want to get it over. These things that we do, possessing the ball are going to pay dividends down the road. Smithville is not going to be a game like today. It’s going to be a dogfight from the time it begins to the time it ends. We have to prepare for those types of things.”
Much like she had to open the game, Ashton Reuter opened the second half with a goal in the 43rd minute after getting the rebound off Hale — one of only two goals in the contest that went unassisted.
“I just love the way they all look out after one another and become that team that we really want,” Coach Reuter said.
Ashton Reuter put her final tally on the board in the 47th minute, redirecting a cross from junior midfielder Abby Van de Ven into the goal with her chest.
Freshman midfielder Lydia Mitchell scored her first career goal in the 50th minute on an assist from senior midfielder Maddie Jones and senior midfielder Angie Meyers ended the game in the 52nd minute, heading a cross from Van de Ven over the outstretched arms of Hale.
“It’s nice to get out of here early, especially when we’ve got to play three days in a row,” Coach Reuter said. “
The Spoofhounds (2-0) host Cameron for a second straight conference matchup at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday — a rescheduled match from March 24 — before taking on Savannah in a non-conference tilt at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Both contests will be played at the Hound Pound.
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Maryville junior forward Mollie Holtman settles a pass at her feet in the first half of the Lady Hounds’ 10-0 MEC victory over Lafayette Tuesday afternoon at the Hound Pound. Holtman scored three goals in the first half to help Maryville improve to 2-0.
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Maryville sophomore forward Meghan Yarnell takes a shot in the first half in front of a Lafayette defender. Yarnell’s shot ricocheted off the crossbar, but the Spoofhounds still claimed a 10-0 victory in their home opener.
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Maryville sophomore midfielder Anna Throm crosses a pass into the 18-yard box in the first half of the Lady Hounds’ 10-0 win over Lafayette Tuesday. Throm contributed a pair of assists in the victory.
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Maryville junior midfielder Abby Van de Ven dribbles around a Lafayette defender in the Spoofhounds’ 10-0 win over Lafayette Tuesday afternoon at the Hound Pound. Van de Ven recorded a pair of assists in the second half, including the one that set up senior midfielder Angie Meyers for the game-winner in the 52nd minute.
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Maryville senior midfielder Angie Meyers heads the game-ending goal past Lafayette goalkeeper Atleigh Hale in the 52nd minute Tuesday. Meyers’ goal allowed the Spoofhounds to invoke the 10-0 mercy rule to end the game.
