
Chambers made another good run toward goal minutes later but a Regis defender was able to recover and prevent the goal. She just wants to win.”Īlfaro nearly made it a 2-goal lead on a penalty kick in the 61st, but the shot hit the post and was cleared. She is such a great player and a team player. “Margot is always tuned in,” Morwood said of the Mustangs’ keeper. Freshman Ella Bailey got the rebound and hammered a shot, but Ralston Valley goal Margot Mulhern made a great save. A centering pass was headed by Regis freshman Annabelle Turner, but hit the crossbar. Regis almost tied the game in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Junior Sophia Sabus put a hard shot on net that was saved by Haag, but the rebound came right to Chambers who put it into the back of the net. After Chambers had a few scoring chances, the senior forward got a prime opportunity in the 32nd minute. I know we have the players that can come back and grab that second goal.”Ĭhambers put in the lone goal of the first half. “To get that goal in the first half was huge. “I feel like we’ve kind of had this monkey on our back in these first-round playoffs a little bit since 2019,” Morwood said. The Eagles edged Castle View 4-3 on Tuesday night in a game that featured six second-half goals. 9 Pine Creek will be Ralston Valley’s second-round opponent Friday, May 12, at the NAAC. Ralston Valley lost to Rocky Mountain in the first round last year at NAAC. The Mustangs move into the second round for the first time since the 2019 season. “Sienna and her work really well together and Makahl (Chambers) and Mia (Alfaro) works great up there. She is a great player,” Ralston Valley coach Kamee Morwood said of Greason who scored her 20th and 21st goal of the season Tuesday night. Eckert put the icing on top of the victory with a shot that hit the back of the net with 1.5 seconds left in the game. Greason was able to get past Regis goalie Ryann Haag and put the ball into the open net for a 3-1 Mustang lead. Greason added an insurance goal in the 77th minute on a breakaway. I took that touch in and then hit it with my left foot. “I knew I wouldn’t be able to take it that first time. When I saw Sienna having that ball I called for it,” Greason said. “I kind of struggle with my touches at times. Greason would give the Mustangs (11-4-1 record) a 2-1 lead in the 72nd minute after a great centering pass from fellow sophomore Sienna Eckert.

I was worried, but I knew our team could take it.” “We definitely fought it out after it was 1-1. It defintely wasn’t our best game,” Ralston Valley sophomore Raleigh Greason said of the tight first-round game at the NAAC. Ralston Valley poured in three goals in the final 8 minutes to surge to a 4-1 victory. 25 Regis heading into the final 10 minutes of regulation-time in the opening round of the Class 5A state tournament. 8-seeded Mustangs found themselves tied 1-1 with No.

ARVADA - Ralston Valley’s girls soccer team delivered in the clutch Tuesday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
