Northern girls soccer falls in state quarterfinals

Saturday afternoon proved to be a sunny, windy occasion in which the setting sun and prevailing winds invariably sided with the visiting Chesapeake High School girls soccer team when it upended Northern 2-1 in the first overtime of their contentious 3A state quarterfinal clash in Owings.On a day when all three goals were scored by the team with the wind at its back and the opposing goalie staring into the bright setting sun, Northern had managed to break the scoreless deadlock with just under three minutes left in the first half on a goal from senior Marlee Gott. Often in state playoff matches the first goal is not only vital but occasionally decisive and Gott had given the Patriots the edge heading into the intermission.Gott, who led the Patriots with 34 goals this season and is headed to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania for women’s soccer, had given the hosts a 1-0 lead late in the second half.

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