Girls soccer: Bel Air, North Harford win shutouts

Bel Air and North Harford won shutouts in girl soccer Monday night.

North Harford beat visiting Aberdeen, 4-0.

Just two minutes into the match, North Harford's Meghan O'Donnell tapped in the rebound of a long shot to put the Hawks on the scoreboard.

The Hawks struck again 18 minutes later, when Alicia Green chipped a shot over the Aberdeen keeper after getting a pass from Rebecca Kappel.

Before the half, O'Donnell was at it again, heading a ball into the Eagles' goal with an assist from Katie Clark.

Early in the second half, Nicole Latgis sent a pass to O'Donnell, who settled the ball and found the net for her third goal of the game.

Emily Briggs and Haley Jacobs split time in the North Harford goal, combining for five saves.

In the Aberdeen goal, Chelsea Thomas had 12 saves.

BEL AIR beats North East

The Bel Air Bobcats cruised to victory at home Monday, pounding the North East Indians, 8-0.

Natalie Decker had two goals and two assists. Bailey Gasior scored twice and had an assist. Sarah McKinney scored two goals and Nicole Lentz and Morgan Ruskino each scored once. Jordan Layfield had two assists. Caroline Lozzi, Teresa Berg and Ruskino each had an assist.

Emily Rosenberger and Karlie Scherba each had two saves for Bel Air.

Bel Air led, 5-0, at the half.

ABERDEEN loses to PERRYVILLE

The Aberdeen girls soccer team lost, 3-1, at Perryville Thursday night.

Jasmyn McLeod scored Aberdeen's goal.

JOHN CARROLL ties Mercy

The John Carroll Patriots (4-0-1) battled to a 1-1 tie with host-team Mercy on UMBC's turf field Wednesday night..

The contest ended tied after regulation and two sudden death overtime periods.

Late in the first half, following a loose ball near midfield, the Patriots' Leah Pace took possession and darted toward the Mercy penalty box, shedding several defenders before blasting a shot past the opposing keeper to put John Carroll up, 1-0.

"The teams played fairly evenly for the remainder of the half," John Carroll head coach Gary Lynch said. "However, with the combination of Mercy's stepping up and showing why they are a nationally ranked team, along with us showing how much energy we used in the first half, combined with some inexperience at the varsity level from some of our replacement players, Mercy took and held control for the first 15 minutes of the second half. This left us relying on great play and leadership from Gina Maiorana, who was back for only her second match after knee surgery, and Erica Bodt and Shelby Foit on the pitch. Once we got our second wind, it became a see-saw match again."

Mercy tied the game early in the second half.

Maiorana picked up five saves in goal.