The Valley Center varsity field hockey team has scored only two goals in its last two games, but the Lady Jaguars were winners in both games, finishing out the regular season with a win over Canyon Crest Academy and starting off the post-season with a win over Helix.
The Lady Jags played at Canyon Crest on Nov. 2 in the final game of the regular season, and after scoring early, held on for a 1–0 win.
Laura Sengestacke scored the lone goal in the first half, and Danielle Moran made five saves in goal for Valley Center to get the victory.
The win gave the Lady Jaguars second place in the Valley League this season with a 19–6–1 overall record, and set them up with a home game to start the CIF playoffs.
Hosting Helix on Saturday, the Lady Jaguars again battled for an early goal in the first half and held on through a scoreless second half in a 1–0 win.
This time, the goal came from a penalty stroke by Jennifer Brossart after the Helix goalie sat on the ball before it crossed the goal line. Brossart put the shot in the right corner for the goal, and the Lady Jags didn’t look back.
“We were able to change the momentum after a slow start,” head coach Katy Moyneur said of the playoff win. “We got aggressive and goal-hungry, and in the second half, we dominated.”
The Lady Jaguars move on to the second round, where they will have played at La Jolla on Tuesday in a rematch of the regular season opener.
“We lost two-to-one in the first game, so it should be a good game,” Moyneur added. “We need to be aggressive and play the whole sixty minutes. We have flashes of greatness every game, but we need to play the whole game that way.”
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