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Lady Busters soccer takes two in Texas
Published 9/3/2010 in Sports
By BRETT MARSHALL
If Garden City Community College women's soccer coach Andrea Gorton had been a screenwriter, she couldn't have scripted any better her first two games of the 2010 season.
On the road, against a team they had never played, with almost an entirely new cast of players — and Gorton, a first-year coach for the Lady Busters.
The opening chapter of the Gorton era saw the Lady Busters blank Cisco, Texas, Junior College, 1-0, in overtime Wednesday night and then followed it with a 2-0 victory over Cisco Thursday morning.
"I think we caught them by surprise," Gorton said of Cisco. "Their coach said a couple of things that got the girls motivated, and we just wanted to prove to them that we could play."
In Wednesday's opener, it was Shee-Ann Sergeant's overtime goal five minutes into the extra period that provided the margin of victory for the Busters (2-0).
Sergeant, a freshman from Montego Bay, Jamaica, took a pass from Stephanie Brown, who had received a prior pass from Victoria Garcia, and then back-heeled the ball into the net for the winning goal.
"They played great," Gorton said of her team. "At the end of the game, you sit back and try to figure out what helped us to win, and it was just every single player. Collectively, they stepped up and played a great game."
In Thursday's game, it was Sergeant who again put the Busters on top with a goal in the 44th minute, this one with an assist from Garden City freshman Diana Alcantara.
"It was a nice goal, a nice cut-off pass from Diana and then Shee-Ann volleyed out and she got the goal from about 10 yards out inside the box," Gorton said.
The score remained there until the 89th minute when a pair of Garden Citians — freshman Krystal Martinez and sophomore Irma Reyes — combined for the final goal. Martinez took an early pass in the middle from Reyes and then beat the defender just inside the box, and when the goalie hesitated, took the shot and scored.
"It was a very nice play and shows how the hard work we've put in is paying off," Gorton said.
Gorton was also happy with the goalkeeping of freshman Fabienne Wilson of Alamogordon, N.M., who came to GCCC along with former high school teammate Brown.
"Fabienne was just great," Gorton said. "They had more shots than we did but we have more quality shots. "
The Busters will open their home season at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Stadium against Butler.
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Game 1 - Wednesday
at Cisco, Texas
GCCC 1, Cisco, Texas 0
GCCC 0 0 1 -- 1
Cisco 0 0 0 -- 0
Overtime
GCCC — Shee-Ann Sergeant, 95th minute, assist Victoria Garcia, Stephanie Brown.
Game 2 - Thursday
GCCC 2, Cisco, Texas 0
GCCC 1 1 -- 2
Cisco 0 0 -- 0
First Half
GCCC — Shee-Ann Sergeant, 44th minute, assist Diana Alcantara.
Second Half
GCCC — Krystal Martinez, 89th minute, assist Irma Reyes.
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