Lane pounces on rival Whitney Young early; holds on 3-0

By Nader Ihmoud

The Lady Indians soccer team dominated the first half of their April 19 game cruising to 3-0 victory over rival Whitney Young.

Mid way through the first half the Lady Indians struck first blood and never looked back. Lane had a free kick, when Junior Madeline Nwankwo crossed a perfect ball to Junior Priscilla Madero who scored the goal with a header.

Shortly thereafter at the 30th minute freshman Leslie Rueda scored a goal off a shot that bounced off the top goal post. Then at the 36th minute senior Sabrina Numanovic scored the final goal.

At the half it seemed that the Lady Indians could put it in cruise control and walk away with an easy victory, but Coach Wasielewski made sure to keep his girls focused on finishing strong.

“I told them that Whitney was going to come out really strong, and there was still 40 minutes left to play”, Wasielewski told his players at halftime.

Sure enough Whitney came into the second half attacking but it did not rattle the motivated Lady Indians as Lane matched their intensity in the entire second half, and kept them from scoring a goal., thanks to key saves by goaltender Ana Hernandez.

Lane’s victory Monday is another addition to a successful beginning of the season. The Lady Indians are (14-2-1), only losing to Deerfield and Highland Park. Lane lost to Highland Park in the finals of the Niles West tournament that took place the weekend of April 16-17. Since losing to Deerfield in their second game of the season, Lane has won 13 of its last 15 games.