MIDDLETOWN — Amber Preusser”s goal in the third minute of the first half stood up on Tuesday afternoon as the Middletown Mustangs gained a measure of satisfaction by shutting out the Clear Lake Cardinals 1-0 in a North Central League I interlock varsity girls” soccer game at Middletown.
Middletown lost to Clear Lake twice last season, 3-1 in the regular season at Lakeport and 4-2 in the opening round of the North Coast Section Class A playoffs at Middletown.
“It was an exciting game,” Middletown coach Louise Owens said. “There were a lot of opportunities for both teams.”
Preusser took a long pass from Middletown keeper Kelsey Welton early in the first half and blasted a shot into the goal to put the Mustangs ahead to stay.
“They out-shot us in the first half (8-5), but we out-shot them for the game (13-12),” Owens said.
Welton and Zoe Everett anchored Middletown”s defense, according to Owens.
“Kelsey made some great saves, especially in the first half,” Owens said. “Zoe did an amazing job ? they all did.”
Middletown improved to 3-1-2 on the season while Clear Lake slipped to 3-2-2.
“Clear Lake”s always been the dominant team, not only in the county but in the section, so this win is a good confidence builder for us,” Owens said.
Upper Lake 4, Kelseyville 2
At Upper Lake, Taryn Re scored twice and Yessica Ayala and Daniella Santana also had goals as Upper Lake beat Kelseyville in NCL I interlock action.
It was a tough day for the Cougars (3-1-1), who lost a starter for disciplinary reasons prior to the game. Several other players also were not feeling well.
“We missed a lot of easy shots,” Upper Lake coach Anna Santana said. “They did what they had to do today, but just barely.”
Ayala, Rebecca Breton and Stephanie Tragea all had assists for the Cougars.
Monique Santana and Geneve Rupurt scored for Kelseyville.
Boys” soccer
Clear Lake 3, Middletown 1
At Middletown, the Clear Lake Cardinals made it two straight wins by beating the Middletown Mustangs in interlock action.
Coming off a 6-0 win at home against Rincon Valley Christian on Saturday, the Cardinals did all of their scoring against Middletown in the second half. Two goals by Scott Stegman gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. After the Mustangs closed to 2-1, foreign exchange student Reynaud Misslin scored to give Clear Lake some breathing room.
Robert Anderson picked up two assists for the Cardinals, now 2-5, and Misslin had one.
Against Rincon Valley, Stegman scor-ed twice and Misslin, Anderson, K.C. White and Ivan Sanchez added goals to give the Cardinals their first win of the season after five straight losses.
“We”re still not at full strength,” Clear Lake coach Brian Figg said. “We”ve had injuries and absences and we”re playing four freshmen. We”re still getting familiar with each other.”
Cloverdale 6, Lower Lake 3
At Lower Lake, Cloverdale outscored Lower Lake 4-0 in the second half to beat the Trojans in varsity boys” interlock action.
Lower Lake (3-2-1) built a 3-2 first-half lead on a pair of goals by Chuy Fonseca, one of them a penalty kick, and another goal from Jonathan Guevara.
Rodrigo Zuniga assisted on one Fonseca”s goals.
Kelseyville 3, Upper Lake 2
At Upper Lake, Andres Macas” second goal of the game snapped a 2-2 tie and lifted Kelseyville past the Upper Lake Cougars.
Macias” game-winning shot, which was assisted by Luis Macias, came with 10 minutes remaining. Andres Macias also scored earlier in the second half to give the Knights a 2-1 lead.
Kelseyville”s only goal of the first half was an own goal courtesy of the Upper Lake defense.
“They were too confident,” Kelseyville coach Eduardo Ledesma said of his players. “We had a ton of shots. We could have played way better.”
Kelseyville is 3-1.
Volleyball
Kelseyville def. Ursuline in five games
At Kelseyville, Sarah Johnson rallied Kelseyville at the service line in game two and the Knights went on beat the visiting Ursuline Bears 20-25, 25-20, 25-21, 23-25, 15-6 in a non-league varsity volleyball match.
After losing the first game to Ursuline, Kelseyville was trailing early in game two when Johnson, who plays the libero position for the Knights, stepped to the service line and reeled off 10 straight points.
“We were down by a lot in the second game and she brought us back,” Kelseyville coach Deanna Goff said.
The two teams traded points early on in game five before Kelseyville pulled away. Jodi Snider served out the match for the Knights. She finished the night with three aces and seven digs.
Other standouts for the Knights were Johnson, who had eight aces and six digs; Maillie McCallister, who finished with four kills and eight digs; Casey Bowlin, who had eight digs, three aces and nine kills; and Kaitlyn Goff, who had seven digs, three aces and 10 kills.
Anderson Valley def. Clear Lake in three games
At Boonville, Anderson Valley beat Clear Lake 25-14, 25-9, 25-15 in non-league action.
Jesse Sondag, Kirsten Wascom and Katie Reynolds had four kills apiece for the Cardinals. Sondag also had four aces and five service points and Wascom led the team with three blocks.
