The Crookston Pirate Girls Soccer team used a different defensive strategy and it worked, but the East Grand Forks Green Wave outscored Crookston 7-0 in a Section 8A matchup played in East Grand Forks. The first time the two teams met this season, East Grand Forks won 15-0 on September 10.
The start of the game had an ominous start for Crookston as the Pirates scored an own goal and East Grand Forks’ Bella Sands got credit for the goal and the Green Wave led 1-0 six minutes into the game. “The first goal we scored on our self,” said Pirate Coach Sarah Reese. “That was unlucky.” Eight minutes later, Brynn Hillman gave East Grand Forks a 2-0 lead. Chloe Torgerson and Grace Kronlund added two goals seven minutes apart for a 4-0 lead, a lead they took into halftime.
East Grand Forks scored four minutes into the second half when Kronlund scored her second goal of the game. 14 minutes later Torgerson scored her second goal of the game to give the Green Wave a 6-0 lead. Bella Sands added the seventh goal of the game with 13 minutes left. Neither team scored in the final 13 minutes and East Grand Forks held on for a 7-0 victory. “Two of their goals were scored off corner kicks that we didn’t clear,” said Coach Reese. “We worked hard the whole game and I was very happy with our play today.”
Crookston didn’t have a shot on goal, while limiting East Grand Forks to only 16 shots on goal. “We used a new defensive strategy,” said Pirate Coach Sarah Reese. “We took away break away and through ball opportunities, which resulted in many of their goals in the first game.”
Crookston drops to 3-12 on the year and will wrap up the regular season hosting Walker-Hackensack-Akeley on Monday. East Grand Forks improves to 11-1-2 on the year.
| 1st | 2nd | Final | |
| Crookston | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Grand Forks | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Scoring
6:00 – EGF – Bella Sands (Own goal)
14:00 – EGF – Brynn Hillman
22:00 – EGF – Chloe Torgerson
29:00 – EGF – Grace Kronlund
44:00 – EGF – Grace Kronlund
58:00 – EGF – Chloe Torgerson
67:00 – EGF – Bella Sands
| Saves | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Reese Swanson – Crox | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Kadynn Melquist – EGF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
