With a 4-1 win over Lowry last Thursday, the Churchill County High School girls soccer team stayed within striking distance of the lead in the Northern 3A East.
Pictured right: Fallon’s Kortnie Simper controls the ball.
The Greenwave beat Lowry behind two goals each by Kortnie Simper and Karlie Simper to improve its league record to 4-1. Fallon trails Elko by one game, and will face the Indians at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, after also facing Spring Creek at 3:45 p.m. Friday.
Kortnie Simper gave the Greenwave a 1-0 lead with a goal off an assist by Evie Johnson in the 17th minute.
Lowry tied the game with a goal just one minute later, but in the 35th minute, Kortnie Simper struck again off an assist by Zayrah Miranda to put Fallon back on top 2-1.
Karlie Simper then gave the Greenwave a cushion with goals two minutes apart. In the 48th minute, she sent a pass from Kortnie Simper into the net, then she made it 4-1 when she drove home a shot off an assist by Miranda.
Although Fallon managed 71 percent possession time competed to 29 percent for Lowry, both teams got off 19 shots. Shaylee Orduna made 12 saves on the 13 of the Lowry shots that made it on goal.
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