Loren Favale (Left) and Carrie Jaeckie (Right) both had goals for Thomas Dale in their 3-2 win over Prince George
by Chris Naquin
DigitalSports Richmond
The
Thomas Dale Knights, ranked fourth in the
DigitalSports Top 10, pulled off a late victory in Thursday night's game to remain undefeated this season.
The Knights defeated the
Prince George Royals 3-2 with an
Allison Crouch goal with minutes left in the regulation.
Thomas Dale came out strong in the first half, taking the lead after just five minutes of play.
Senior midfielder
Carrie Jaeckle took a free kick ten yards outside of the Royals box and blasted it into the net giving the Knights a 1-0 lead.
The Knights continued to pressure the Royals defense resulting in many scoring opportunities.
Thomas Dale's second goal came off a corner when senior
Loren Favale got her head onto the end of a great corner kick by Jaeckle and drilled it into the net putting Thomas Dale up 2-0 at half time.
Prince George fought their way back into the game in the second half.
Senior forward
Stacey Gay scored a great goal from inside the box to get the Royals onto the score board and within one of the Knights with 14 minutes left to play.
The Royals pushed numbers forward and continued to run at the Knights defenders resulting in the equalizing score from senior defender
Angel Woods who made a late run up the side crashing the back post and knocking the ball in with ten minutes remaining.
Thomas Dale goalkeeper
Chrissy Dowlen was injured on the play trying to make the save as she hit the post hard.
After the long injury delay, Thomas Dale regrouped quickly as they looked to win the game.
The Knights created some dangerous opportunities on goal and finally, with minutes left in the match, Crouch found the back of the net winning the game for Thomas Dale.
Thomas Dale 2 1 - 3
Prince George 0 2 - 2TD: Jaeckle, Favale, Crouch
RG: Gay, Woods
Saves: Dowlen (TD) 7; Dooley (PG) 10
Records: Thomas Dale 5-0 Central, 7-0; Prince George 4-1-1, 5-1-1.