Fall brings rain to Quest's Third Match

The third round of matches finds the fields much cooler and very wet, as our season moves into the middle of October. Another exciting match unfolds for the Quest Select girls as they remain undefeated in this young campaign. The fans that braved the cool breeze and wet conditions would not have to wait long as Quest got started early again. In the second minute of the match Jenna would send a shot ricocheting off the Westside post back across the box to an oncoming Analise who would finish the ball with a decisive shot. However, it would be Westside pulling the match even in the 18th minute of play off a 20 yard shot from a free kick. Then in the 26th minute of play Westside would take the lead on a strong 25 yard shot coming from a crossed ball back to the oncoming mid-fielder. The game would settle into a chess match for the remainder of the first half as the score would remain 2-1 at the mid point.

As the second half got under way the Quest girls would soon establish the tempo of play with great ball movement and strong defensive play from Elizabeth, Elyssa, Nikki and Jordan. The second half “clean-sheet” would be completed by some very nice saves from goal keeper Elyssabeth “E”, who enjoyed the dryer of the goal areas in the second half. The build-up from the Quest midfield would frustrate the Westside team with strong ball-control and combination passing setting a quick paced tone. In the 16th minute Kelli would break through the defense and send a very nice ball across the Westside area finding Christina who would blast the ball home bouncing it off the crossbar and into the goal, pulling the match back to even.

The Quest mid-fields and strikers; Haleigh, Megan (Red), Brittani, Erin Y., Erin W., Kelli, Jenna, Tiffany, Analise and Christina would take over at that point in the match. In the 20th minute Jenna would send a corner kick across the area which would be deflected by Carlee, finally being finished by Erin W. to put the Quest girls on top. The assist combination of Jenna to Carlee would again put the Westside defense to the test with Brittany being the one to find the net in the 27th min to give Quest some breathing room. With the two goal lead and the wet conditions Quest would then slow down the pace of the match, and rely on ball control to stop all potential attacks from the Westside girls.

With their third win the Quest girls are looking forward to next week’s trip up to Zube Park to play the Brenham Athletics, as they look to extend their unbeaten streak to four.