Girls Soccer: Briar Woods Upset Over Broad Run Shakes Up Dulles Standings

For photos from the Briar Woods girls soccer win over Broad Run, visit the full gallery by Dara McCarthy.

(May 4, 2011) - For the first time in four years, the Broad Run High School girls soccer team finds itself not at the top of the Dulles District standings after the Spartans fell, 2-1, on Friday to Briar Woods for their first district defeat since 2007.

The Falcons win opened the door for Freedom, which has won four straight since a 3-1 loss at Broad Run to improve to 10-3-0 on the season for 30 points. Broad Run (9-1-0) still has twice as many games remaining as the Eagles including tonight's match-up with Loudoun County (9-2-0) tonight at Tuscarora at 7:30. Both the Spartans and Raiders have 27 points so the winner tonight would move into a tie with the Eagles.

Briar Woods (7-3-1) is a strong fourth place with 22 points. In the win over the Spartans speedy sophomore Marchelle Davis beat a defender and then the keeper midway through the first half to put the Falcons up 1-0. Intense Briar Woods defense kept it 1-0 into the half.

Early in the second half it was Davis who came up big for the Falcons again as she shot from the right side of the pitch finding the back of the left net to make it 2-0 Briar Woods.

With 30 minutes to play Broad Run senior Whitney Church scored an amazing goal from 20 yards out to the top left corner.

The Falcons kept attacking the Spartan goal earning 12 shots in the second half to the Spartans four and held on for the upset win.

"(Our) team fought for every inch on the field and showed fearless play," said Briar Woods coach Ann Vierkorn. "We knew what it was going to take to beat the Spartans. We have a lot of respect for them and their talent. Our strategy was to play solid as one unit, with a ton of intensity and attack as much as possible. The players showed a lot of guts and determination. They never quit and stuck together. It was a night to remember for girls soccer at Brair Woods."