PAGE B2, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
McNary gets fi rst league win
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
McNary senior Katy Wyatt fi ghts for the ball last week against Lake Oswego.
Lady Celts end preseason 2-5
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Sometimes a soccer goal
looks as large as the ocean but
other times as small as the eye
of a needle.
Unfortunately for the Mc-
Nary (2-5) girls soccer team,
it’s been the latter, as the Lady
Celts fell to Lake Oswego
2-0 on Thursday, Sept. 13.
The shutout was the fourth
in a row for McNary, which
last scored a goal on Aug. 30
against Forest Grove.
“A lot of it has to do with
the teams we’re playing and
then a portion of it has to do
with just confi dence with the
ball at our feet,” McNary head
coach A.J. Nash said.
The Lady Celts played
Lake Oswego without last
season’s leading scorer, as Ab-
bie Hawley suffered a concus-
sion in a 3-0 loss at Sheldon
on Tuesday. McNary is also
missing starting central de-
fender Samantha Alfano.
“When you lose a key
player it forces you to play
differently and confi dence is
the biggest thing that’s lost,”
Nash said.
“Right now the best thing
that I can take from today is
that we had our confi dence
back with Gina (Munguia) in
the sweeper position, which
is why we had more attack-
ing opportunities than we’ve
seen in the past two games.
We played another great
squad from Portland and put
up a good fi ght without our
top defender and our top goal
scorer.”
The Lady Celts did fi nd a
new formation, switching to a
4-5-1 to attack more through
the midfi eld than through
their forwards.
“It provides a little bit more
security for the defense,” Nash
said. “It has the appearance
that we’re being more defen-
sive but we’re just able to at-
tack a little bit more danger-
ously because any number of
fi ve players can attack through
the midfi eld.”
Lake Oswego scored its
fi rst goal late in the fi rst half
and then added a penalty kick
midway through the second
after McNary was called for a
push in the box.
“It was an extremely
large shift from the offi ciat-
ing we’ve got in the fi rst fi ve
games,” Nash said. “Our team
just didn’t adjust to the call-
ing.”
McNary opens Mountain
Valley Conference play at
West Salem on Tuesday, Sept.
25.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
McNary volleyball earned
its fi rst Mountain Valley Con-
ference win on Monday, Sept.
17, sweeping South Salem 3-0
at home.
“We just fought really hard
today and it was a good win,”
McNary junior Zoie Warner.
“We defi nitely fault really hard
for this. Our energy was really
high tonight.”
After winning the fi rst game
25-18, the Lady Celts fell be-
hind late in the second before
rallying to go on a 7-0 run to
win 25-23 and take a 2-0 lead.
“They gathered themselves
back together and went back
to our game plan,” McNary
head coach Crystal DeMello
said.
“You can’t ask for more than
that when they stay disciplined
and technique comes back into
play. It really is coming through
FIRE,
continued from Page B1
With starting goalkeeper
Sebastian Lopez dealing with
a hamstring injury, Alejandro
Villarreal came off the bench
to allow just one goal in a 2-1
win over Madison on Sept. 13
and shut out Gresham.
KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley
Chloe Diede and Hannah Corpe attempt to block a shot at the
net against South Salem on Monday, Sept. 17.
and staying disciplined the en-
tire time. The girls are getting
better and better.”
McNary was led by its serv-
ing against South Salem.
“The strongest thing was
offensively the girls executed
what we wanted to with serv-
ing, which was able to put us
in the right spots for offensive
movement,” DeMello said.
McNary’s next home match
is Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6:30
p.m. against Bend.
“It’s my job as a sub to just
fi ll in his shoes and keep the
team with a clean sheet and
do my best to just keep the
ball out of the net,” said Vil-
larreal, who had seven saves
against Gresham.
“It’s just focus but I have
the support of my team. I sup-
port them and they support
me and we just keep each oth-
er going. It’s whatever I can do
to help this team win.”
Camarena expects Lopez as
well as senior midfi elder Jo-
vanie Bravo, who missed the
Gresham match with a knee
injury, back for West Salem.
“The kids are playing well,”
Camarena said.
“We can compete against
anyone.”
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