Sophomore Kelsey Maurer recorded two goals and two assists while senior Allison Richardson netted a pair of goals with one assist to pace Byron-Bergen to an 8-0 girl’s soccer win over Elba as the season heads down the home stretch.
Maurer opened up the scoring just 3:07 into the contest after an inside pass by Richardson and the Bees made it 2-0 a little over two minutes later when Richardson took advantage of a defensive giveaway and found the lower right corner.
Senior Lindsay Lovett sent a bullet shot off the left post that deflected back off the Elba goalkeeper and in the net in the 19th minute just four minutes before Olivia Audsley headed a corner kick by Maurer in off the keepers’ hands.
Byron-Bergen made it 5-0 in the 24th minute as Caity Vereecken sent Lovett in on net with a perfect lead pass.
Maurer scored her second goal of the game just two-plus minutes into the second half and Richardson netted her second in the 74th minute with a shot that sneaked in just under the crossbar.
The final tally came in the 87th minute off a mishit goal kick that Maurer intercepted and passed to Adrianna Lathan for the goal.
“We play really well together,” Bees head coach Jennifer Faro said. “And it was good for some of our players to gain some confidence offensively.
Goalkeeper Allison Kropf did not need to make a single save in registering the shutout.
Byron-Bergen improved to 8-1-2 with the win and were in a three-way battle with Kendall and Wheatland-Chili for first place and sectional seeding with upcoming games against both.
