FROSTBURG — Mountain Ridge and goalie Heather Shipe set area records while Stephanie Fazenbaker scored two goals in leading the top-ranked and undefeated Miners to a 5-0 win over Southern Thursday in Maryland 1A West Region Soccer semifinals.
Shipe recorded her 11th shutout of the season to break the record of 10 shared by Allegany’s Lindsey Twigg (2004) and Kacey Kahl of Beall (2003). Now 16-0, Mountain Ridge ties the record for consecutive wins with Bishop Walsh, who won 16 in a row from 2002-2003. It also broke its own area record of consecutive wins in a season, set last year at 15.
After a scoreless first half, Fazenbaker accounted for the first goal with Kayla Williams assisting. Lauren Filer then scored the second goal less than a minute later when she was assisted by Kristin Knotts. The score jumped to 3-0 when Amber Ravenscroft was assisted by Quincy Hegeman, and became 4-0 when Fazenbaker was assisted by Ravenscroft. Shyler Philips tacked on the final goal when Hegeman got her second assist.
“The girls have worked extremely hard all season to be where they’re at,” said Head Coach Martha Mauzy. “They are very unselfish, and aren’t worried about who puts the ball in the goal. As for Heather, she’s just been outstanding all year for us. There’s no way we’d be where we are without her.”
The Miners finished with 16 shots to the Rams’ four. Shipe made three saves in the win, while Vicki Stevens made nine saves for Southern.
The Miners will play Boonsboro, which beat Northern 2-1, on Tuesday.
Boonsboro 2
Northern 1
ACCIDENT — Emily Horst scored an unassisted goal in the second half to send Boonsboro to a 2-1 win over hosting Northern in the semifinals of the Maryland 1A West Region playoffs.
The Warriors and the Huskies each scored one goal in the first half with Boonsboro taking the early lead on a Jaclyn Fiola goal.
The Huskies came back to tie the score when Kaitlynn Fratz unassisted with 14:40 left in the first half. Horst scored in the second half to put Boonsboro ahead with 8:37 left in regulation.
In a defensive struggle, the teams combined for a total of eight shots. Boonsboro attempted five, while the Huskies had three. Brittany Mallow had made three goals for Northern, while Becky Smith had two for the Warriors.
“We had a great year, and these girls have everything to be proud of,” said Northern coach Jeff Graham. “I am pleased with the effort these girls put forth all year, and we had a great record to go with over 100 goals.”
The Huskies finish the season at 13-3.
Boonsboro will move on to play at Mountain Ridge on Tuesday in the region finals.
Girls Soccer
MR shuts out Southern
Miners, Heather Shipe set records in 5-0 victory
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High-scoring Sentinels lead way on All-City team
Mariah James, who had a league-leading five assists and finished second in the league in scoring, was joined by seven other standouts in filling out the All-City girls soccer team, chosen by head coaches.
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Fazenbaker voted player of year
Stephanie Fazenbaker, whose record-breaking year led Mountain Ridge to a record-setting season, was voted the Cumberland Times-News High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year for the second year in a row by area head coaches.
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Oakdale beats MR girls
The Mountain Ridge girls had their bid to finish unbeaten with that elusive first state championship end with a tough 2-1 loss on penalty kicks to Oakdale in the Maryland Class 1A finals on Saturday afternoon at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in Retrievers Stadium.
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Miners hoping to strike gold today at UMBC
CATONSVILLE — The Mountain Ridge soccer teams have seen a lot of each other throughout the playoffs.
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Lady Miners tie own record, repeat as West Region champs
The Mountain Ridge girls tied their own area record late last night at Miners Stadium, and they’d like nothing better than to break it this weekend.
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MR beats Boonsboro
Nothing seems to be faze the Mountain Ridge girls soccer team.
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Rams win playoff tuneup
CUMBERLAND — Claire Wilkinson scored three goals and Sophie Schwab had the other two as third-ranked Southern blanked Allegany, 5-0, in the high school girls soccer regular-season finale for both teams Wednesday at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
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Welker sparks Frankfort past Berkeley Springs
Bria Welker scored the first and final goals of Frankfort’s 3-1 win over Berkeley Springs on Saturday, pushing the fifth-ranked Falcons to a season-best two games above .500.
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Mountain Ridge blasts BW
Top-ranked Mountain Ridge scored four goals in the first half and erased any doubt with a seven-goal second half as the Miners dominated Bishop Walsh 11-1 Thursday evening at Miners Stadium.
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Miners win battle of unbeatens
Stephanie Fazenbaker scored three goals, assisted on a fourth and Mountain Ridge jumped on Northern early and won a battle of unbeatens, 5-1, Thursday in high school girls soccer.
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High-scoring Sentinels lead way on All-City team
