Vic Tran early first half goal gives River Hill girls soccer 1-0 win over Mt. Hebron

"Today we are unlucky we hit the post twice, but it happens," Song said. "Hopefully we make a little bit of adjustments…So not bad, we just got to keep plugging on and hopefully get a little lucky about not hitting the goal post."

The Vikings upped its play in the second half and put seven attempts on frame, to just three for River Hill. But as the game progressed play became more physical, as fouls were called virtually every few minutes. The two teams combined for 33 fouls and a yellow card.

"I just asked my girl who was keeping stats, how many total fouls? There were close to 50 fouls," Song said. "Some maybe our calls and some their calls, but some of the fouls I think took the game away – from both teams I think."

With all the fouls in the middle of the field, it gave both teams opportunities off free kicks within their offensive zones to tally a score, but neither could capitalize.

Mt. Hebron dominated the final 20 minutes of the second half, determined to knot up the score. The Vikings had a great chances throughout, but one of their best came with less than two minutes remaining off a Kaitlin Rice free kick just outside the Hawks 18-yard box. Rice sent a cross in and River Hill's defense had trouble clearing its zone. The ball bounced around the area until the Vikings knocked a strong shot from just outside the 18, which sailed just high of the cross bar.

"[If we played] like we played that last 20 minutes it would have been an entirely different result," Deppen said. "I said if we could take that 20-minute clip and multiply it by four and get 80 minutes of that there's not going to be a team that's going to beat us, but it didn't happen tonight. I feel like something about River Hill gets us in a panic and I think we lose composure when we're panicking, clearly when we're just sending 50-50 balls up the field instead of possessing. We played Reservoir in a very controlling, possessive game and we got a win out of it. We looked like a completely different team in the first half tonight than we did on Tuesday."

Pallozzi finished with three saves, while Alexa Thompson registered five stops for the Hawks.

"I think we knocked around the ball well. We held possession well, until the last 18 minutes," Song added. "They started to kick and run and our girls decided to kick it right back… But I think we knocked the ball around well, but I don't know about that last 18, 20 minutes – that was a little frustrating."

Mt. Hebron (3-2, 1-1) will try and bounce back against Howard Sept. 20, while the Hawks (2-1-1, 1-0-1) next match will be at Centennial.

River Hill (2-1-1, 1-0-1) 1, Mt. Hebron (3-2, 1-1) 0 (Thursday, Sept. 13)

Goals: RH – Tran.
Saves: RH – Thompson 5; MH – Pallozzi 3.

Halftime: 1-0, River Hill

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Long Reach (0-1-1, 0-1-1) 0, Marriotts Ridge (1-2-2, 1-1-1) 0 (2OT) (Thursday, Sept. 13)

The Lightning, coming off a double overtime game on Tuesday against Centennial, played an additional 100 minutes Thursday versus the hosting Mustangs.

Marriotts Ridge was a second from winning the game in regulation, putting the ball in the back of the net as time expired, but the referees waved it off saying it did not beat the clock.

There were chances on both sides, as the two teams combined for seven corners in the game, while Long Reach totaled 10 shots on net, and the Mustangs eight shots on frame.

The Lightning are still searching for their first win of the season, and will try and notch it Sept. 19 against South Carroll in an out of county matchup, while Marriotts Ridge's next outing is at Wilde Lake Sept. 20.

Saves: LR – Holmes 4; LR – Meininger 12.

Halftime: 0-0.

Glenelg (3-0-1, 1-0-1) 2, Hammond (2-2, 0-2) 1 (Thursday, Sept. 13)

The Gladiators earned their first county win of the season Thursday against the visiting Golden Bears, while also matching last season's win total in just their fourth game of 2016.

Sophomore midfielder Madalyn Nichols scored the first goal for Glenelg in the first half, while junior forward Mansa Asiedu netted Hammond's lone goal. The two teams entered the break tied at one-all.

In the second half, junior captain Bethany Stewart put away the go-ahead score for the Gladiators and earned her team the 2-1 win.

Sophomore Alyssa Henderson finished with six saves in the win, while Hammond senior Vicki Howard registered 10 stops.

Hammond will look to break its two game losing streak Sept. 20 at Atholton, while Glenelg will try and add to its win total on the road against Long Reach.

Goals: G – Nichols, Stewart; Ha – Asiedu.

Saves: G – Henderson 6; Howard 10.

Halftime: 1-1.

Glenelg Country (2-0, 2-0) 2, Bryn Mawr (0-1-2) 0 (IAAM B) (Thursday, Sept. 13)

The Dragons – in their first year in the B conference – have started the season 2-0 after earning a 2-0 win over the visiting Mawrtians Thursday.

Megan Boemmel tallied Glenelg Country's first goal, off a header from a well-struck corner by Brianna Chun, while Alisha Netus registered the Dragons second goal of the afternoon. Boemmel and Netus have combined for four goals and two assists in the first two games this season.

Shay Ahearn was active in net for Glenelg Country, finishing with eight saves in the win.

The Dragons are back on the field Sept. 20 at Mt. Carmel for a 4 p.m. matchup.

Goals: GCS – Boemmel, Netus.

Assists: GCS – Chun.
Saves: GCS – Ahearn.

Halftime: 1-0.

Atholton (3-1, 2-0) 7, Oakland Mills (0-4, 0-2) 0 (Thursday, Sept. 13)

FCA 4, Chapelgate (1-4, 1-1) 0 (Thursday, Sept. 13)