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| Lady Jays use familiar recipe to cook up their 11th straight victory
4/21/07 By Tom Rackers , News Tribune This is starting to get a little eerie. “We get a bleeder goal, then we hang on and make things interesting,” Lady Jays coach Chris Miller said after Jefferson City blanked Joplin 1-0 Friday night in the opening round of the Capital City Invitational at the 179 Soccer Park. That recipe has paid off several times in the Lady Jays' current winning streak, now at 11 games and counting. “I don't know what our mentality was tonight, sometimes it doesn't come easy for you or it just doesn't happen for you,” Miller said. “You'd like to win every one 5-0, but it just doesn't happen that way.” The Lady Jays scored their goal with less than a minute remaining in the opening half on a corner kick. Katie Denning, a junior, took the kick for the Lady Jays and put it on the Joplin net. “We don't really want it to get on the net, but it worked out,” Miller said. As the ball approached the mouth of the goal, Kelly Strope of the Lady Jays was flashing in front of the Joplin net. “We run somebody across like that just for balls like that,” Miller said. “The keeper doesn't really see her until the last second and that can be a distraction.” The ball appeared to bounce off a couple of Joplin defenders at the near post before going into the net for the goal. On the other hand, senior defender Rashonda Stanley of the Lady Jays had some tough luck offensively, having two shots go off the crossbar. “There are nights where you're off and there are nights where you're going to have two opportunities and you're going to score on both of them,” Miller said. “That's the game of soccer, the fickle thing that it is.” Stanley has been a jack of all trades so far this season for the Lady Jays. “You hate to have to put so much pressure on her to do all the things we have to have her do,” Miller said. “But we just let her do it.” Miller would like to get a little more offense out of his forwards. “We're really just out of sync up front,” he said. “Our decision-making isn't so great up there all the time. Joplin defended well and you have to credit them.” It was the sixth shutout of the season for Lady Jays keeper Jessie Sanderson. The Lady Jays (11-3) will take on Pattonville in the semifinals at 11 a.m. Saturday. “(Pattonville) has been on a roll lately,” Miller said. The Lady Jays will then play in the championship or third-place game at 3 p.m. |