Cougars sting Hornets 6-2

On a cool evening at the Cougar Dome, the Quince Orchard Cougars defeated the Damascus Hornets by the score of 6-2. Back on their home field, the Cougars were back to their dominating possession style of play. The midfield for the Cougars had the game well in hand and the defense proved to be very solid allowing only the two goals by Damascus.

The Cougar offense came to life very early in the game as Junior Leah Prentice made a fantastic run down the left side 15 seconds into the first half and sent a shot just wide of the goal and the scrambling Hornets keeper. In the 9th minute Junior Yvonne Latour opened the scoring with a shot past the Damascus keeper, the assist from Junior Ele Margelos. Latour scored again in the 35th minute of the first half on an unassisted goal after a throw in by Junior Kayla Clarke. The score was 2-0 QO at the end of the first half.

The second half opened with an early goal by the Hornets. Other second half scoring came from Clarke, who made a wonderful long range shot dropping the ball in over the head of a very forward playing Hornets keeper. Margelos added to the tally by scoring the Cougars 4th goal. Damascus scored another goal from a direct kick making the score 4-2. From this point onward, the game was all QO, with two more QO goals, one by Junior Jenny Van Hook and another from Senior Angie Powell, very late in the game, moments from the referee's final whistle. The Cougars ended the game up by the score of 6-2, improving their record to the same mark of 6-2.