Cougars bounce back behind freshmen
By JEREMY SELLEW
jsellew@yourmvi.com
It’s not always easy to bounce back after a lopsided loss in soccer. Especially so with a young team.
But the young Charleroi girls soccer team impressed head coach Traci Fleming Tuesday.
Three freshmen did all the scoring for the Cougars, led by hat tricks by Bella Carroto and McKenna “Boots” DeUnger as Charleroi decimated visiting Beth-Center, 7-1, at Myron Pottius Stadium.
The win came just 24 hours after losing at Chartiers-Houston by the same score.
“We have new girls and a new goalie, and I’m really impressed and proud of the way they bounced back tonight,” Fleming said. “It’s not easy after getting beat like that and it’s even harder when you don’t have a real deep bench that we can sub them all in and out.
“But they were beat down last night and for them to come back and put seven balls into the net tonight, I’m blown away.”
Charleroi needed just under six minutes to get on the board as Carroto scored her first of the night after a feed from DeUnger from deep in the midfield. Less than two minutes later, it was DeUnger finding the back of the net after a nifty spin move around a defender from 20 yards out.
“Those two have such a great connection. It’s like they’re out there talking to one another with their eyes,” Fleming said. “It’s so fun to watch from where I’m at.”
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