Carter, Southside girls shut out Westbrook 5-0
By Kevin TaylorTimes Assistant Managing Editor
Apr 6, 2019 at 8:41 PM Apr 6, 2019 at 10:29 PM
SOUTHSIDE — Southside using a smothering defense which allowed for the Panthers to spend much of the match on Westbrook's end of the field to come away with the 5-0 victory Saturday afternoon in girls high school soccer at Barney Hood Stadium.
Grasyn Carter closed out the game with a hat trick with her third score coming 20:16 left in the game off the assist from Adrine Wengaard.
Carter's first score came less than five minutes into the game. She followed that with a tap-in with 14 minutes left in the first half off a corner kick from Alexis Thompson.
Southside (11-2) closed the day with 23 shots on goal, with 15 of those shots coming in the first half.
"They did good working together," Panther coach Tiffany Cargill said. "We knew that Westbrook wasn't going to let us just come in here and win."
The Warriors (9-3) only had three shots on goal with Southside keeper Savanna Blackwell securing the shutout with one save.
The Panthers took a 3-0 lead into the half when Makayla Moore scored on an assist from Rebecca Johnson with 58 seconds left.
Southside's Laney Bishop scored on an assist from Hallie-Kate Smith less than six minutes into the second half before Carter picked up the hat trick.
Kirsi Gupta had 14 saves for Westbrook.
Southside is scheduled to return to action Monday at Lincoln, while the Warriors are scheduled to travel to Jacksonville on Tuesday.