CLASS 4A GIRLS STATE SOCCER QUARTERFINALS PREVIEW

Comments | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), May 14, 2002

Caon City (17-0) at Broomfield (13-3)

Despite being undefeated, Caon City has to play on the road because it received a lower seed (No. 7) than Broomfield (No.2) ... Tigers coach Ed Bray said his team was surprised by the seeding but added that it placed them in the opposite bracket as powerhouses such as Mullen (No. 1) and Liberty (No. 4)... Bray likes his team's chances if the game is close ... Crystal Burford, Caon City's goalie, has allowed only three goals this season ... Stephanie Hoar (23 goals, 8 assists) and Julie Rodgers (21, 8) rank as one of the state's top scoring tandems.

Liberty (14-3) vs. Ralston Valley (13-1-1)

Both teams have shut out their opponents through the first two rounds of the playoffs... Both have allowed 11 goals this season, but Ralston Valley has scored only 71 goals, compared with Liberty's school-record 91 ... Liberty's 1-0 victory over Evergreen also set a school record for the most shutouts in a season, with nine ... The Lancers have an 11-game winning streak against 4A teams, during which they have allowed only five goals ... Ralston Valley enters the match with a seven-game win streak ... Ralston Valley's record against common opponents (Evergreen and Palmer) this season is 1-1-1; Liberty's is 2-0 ... Ralston Valley has two players with 10 or more goals this season: Jessica Debski (16 goals, six assists) and Brittany Tomsick (10, four) ... Liberty has four: Stacy McCorkle (15, 14), Becky Slogic (15, 12), Katherine Slogic (11, eight) and MacKenzie Bragg (10, eight).