Girls Soccer Round-up: Unbeaten Freedom Hosts No. 3 Broad Run Tonight; No. 9 Stone Bridge Hosts No. 10 Robinson

(Apr. 16, 2010) - The Freedom High School girls soccer team registered one of its biggest wins in school history on Tuesday when the Eagles beat rival Briar Woods, 2-0, in a match-up of unbeaten teams. Now Freedom can really make some history tonight as they host Dulles District superpower Broad Run tonight at 7:30 p.m.

The two-time defending AA state champion Spartans (4-1-1) may have tied Loudoun Valley to open the season and then had their three-year unbeaten streak snapped against Chantilly but the Chargers are ranked No. 2 by the Washington Post with Broad Run still No. 3 and Loudoun Valley No. 4. So until further notice, the Dulles District title still runs through Broad Run.

Freedom (5-0-0) come in with confidence after the win over Briar Woods (5-1-0). Sam Scolarici scored on a penalty kick for the eagles and Rachel Ivey scored off an assist from Cortney O'Connell. Freedom keeper Maria Haas recorded her third shutout of the season.

Broad Run comes into tonight's game after a 5-0 win over Park View (1-5-0) with Cassie Smith scoring twice and Whitney Church, Katie Pieper and Kacey Kelley adding goals. Church also picked up two assists and Meredith Cotton adding an assist. The game was just 1-0 Broad Run at the half before the Spartans broke loose for four second-half goals.

The Broad Run vs. Freedom match-up is not the only big game on the slate Friday as Stone Bridge, ranked No. 9, plays host to No. 10 Robinson at 7:30 p.m. in the second game of a boys/girls doubleheader that will be televised on Verizon FiOS 1 on a delayed basis and On Demand.

The Bulldogs (3-0-1) take the field after a 3-1 win on the road over Liberty District foe Madison Monday.

After going scoreless in the first half, Emily Fredrikson took a free kick and put the ball in the goal box. The ball was headed by Melissa Rodriguez and then finished by Ashley Herndon to put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard.

Herndon scored again 5 minutes later off a pass from Jennifer Skogerboe. Madison was able to put themselves on the board with 16 minutes left in the game. However, Stone Bridge scored again in the 72nd minute of the game when Maggie Schierling headed the ball into the goal off a Herndon cross. Julia Harmison made seven saves in goal for Stone Bridge.

Follow the jump for the complete round-up


Wednesday, April 14
Loudoun Valley 1, Loudoun County 0
The Skinny: Vikings edge non-district rival Raiders with senior Danielle Stephens scoring the game's lone goal.

Osbourn 3, Dominion 3 (OT)
The Skinny: Mo Pinkston scored twice and Ally Chirstensen added a goal as the AA Titans tied AAA Osbourn in a non-district game. Adding assists for Dominion: Megan Hasper and Christina Horner.

Tuesday, April 13
Freedom 2, Briar Woods 0
The Skinny: See above

Loudoun County 1, Heritage 0
The Skinny: Olivia Mackey scored the game's only goal off an assist by Leslie Lyford.

Broad Run 5, Park View 0
The Skinny: See above

Potomac Falls 3, Dominion 1
The Skinny: The Panthers or the Titans have not reported on this game

Monday, April 12
Stone Bridge 3, Madison 1
The Skinny: See above

Briar Woods 4, Loudoun County 2
The Skinny: After a scoreless first half, a tough Loudoun County team came out strong with an early score by Paige Sigmon from Alana Mackey to open the second half, but the Falcons answered quickly with an equalizer by Lina Granados from a nice feed by Shell Davis. Granados then slid one to Ashley Carmean who found the net to take the lead. Brittany Donegan lobbed one over the Raider keeper into the net and Shell Davis added to the Falcons win with a redirect goal past the Raider goalkeeper. The Falcon keepers, Cloe Barnes and Sarah Gordon, denied a rally by the Raiders after a late score by Olivia Mackey.

Potomac Falls 2, Park View 0
The Skinny: The Panthers have not reported on their win

Friday, April 9
Briar Woods 2, Dominion 0
The Skinny: Goals were scored by sophomores Ashley Carmean and Megan Benitez for the Falcons and both goals were assissted by junior captain Morgan McCarthy.

Loudoun County 2, Park View 0
The Skinny: LC scored twice in the first half on a goal by Taylor Boucher, assisted by Emma Sieber, and then on a goal by Shauna Kain, assited by Olivia Mackey.

Broad Run 2, Potomac Falls 1
The Skinny: The Panthers scored early but Ellie Zoepfl tied things and then Whitney Church scored the game winner in the second half for the Spartans.

Heritage 2, George Mason 1
The Skinny: The Pride got goals from Kaitlin Thomas and Lauren McKenzie for the non-district win.

Thursday, April 8
Stone Bridge 4, South Lakes 0
The Skinny: The Stone Bridge girls soccer team won its Liberty District opener with freshman forward Ashley Herndon scoring the first two goals. The first goal came from a pass from junior defender Emily Fredrikson. The second goal came off a corner kick from senior midfielder Jennifer Skogerboe. Senior midfielder Maggie Schierling capitalized on a throw in from freshman forward Murielle Tiernan and headed the ball into the net before the end of the first half. Schierling scored again on a header in the second half off a cross from Herndon before the game was called with thirty minutes remaining in the second half due to weather.