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Girls Soccer: Bernal's hat trick secures dominate road win for Monarchs over LeMars

The Denison-Schleswig girls soccer team opened up the season on the road to take on LeMars and the Monarchs would handle buisness.

Led by 4 saves from Sam Chandler and a season opening hat trick for Anayahira Bernal would give the Monarchs a comfortable 5-0 win over LeMars to move to 1-0 on the year.

Karla Sanchez scored her 1st goal of the season with 6:41 into the match, assisted by
Anayahira Bernal (1st assist of season) on a goal from 12 yards out. Bernal received a pass on
a counter and passed a ball through a gap in the LeMars defense, giving Sanchez a 1 on 1 with
the Bulldog goalkeeper. Sanchez passed the ball just inside the right post with her left foot for
the goal.

Anayahira Bernal scored her 1st goal of the season with 18:49 remaining in the 1st half.
Bernal stole a throw-in from a Le Mars player, got around a defender and had a 1 on 1
opportunity vs. their goalkeeper, which she finished from 12 yards out for the unassisted goal.

Libby Leon scored her 1st goal of the season with 12:44 remaining in the 1st half, assisted by
Giana Garcia (1st assist) and Karla Sanchez (1st assist). Garcia had a long throw in on the left
sideline to Sanchez at the near post. Sanchez 2 touched a pass to Leon who hit the shot from
10 yards out in the middle of the goal box.

Anayahira Bernal scored her 2nd goal of the season just 1:33 into the 2nd half, assisted by
Rosy Segoviano (1st assist of the season) on a goal from 10 yards out. Denison countered a
Le Mars possession and Segoviano split a pass perfectly through a gap in the Le Mars defense,
giving Bernal a breakaway 1 on 1 with the Bulldog keeper, which she finished.

Anayahira Bernal got the hat trick with her 3rd goal of the season with 30:30 remaining in the
match, assisted by Xochitl Arellano (1st assist of the season). Arellano passed a ball perfectly
over the top of the Bulldog defense, giving Bernal a 1 on 1 with their goalkeeper, which she
finished from 10 yards out.

—-- Denison won the JV game 2-0, as Shelby Lima scored both goals for Denison. Assists
went to Belinda Pancho and Itzel Palma. Liliana Murillo had 4 saves in goal for the Lady
Monarchs.

Coaches Comments from Chris Eller:

“It was a great opening night win for the Lady Monarchs. We played very well in all phases of the game. Offensively, we moved the ball very well, moved well without the ball, had great spacing, used the whole field and created shots for each other. Defensively, we stayed marked up very tightly on their leading returning scorer, communicated very well, got back well on their counters and didn’t allow them any really good looks at a close shot. We also got a lot of girls into the game, which was very nice with a very tough St. Albert team on the schedule tomorrow. I didn’t want to have anybody with tired legs against St. Albert. We got all of our girls plenty of rest tonight, while getting a lot of younger girls valuable experience for their first ever varsity action. We had some very good individual accomplishments as the result of great teamwork. The girls have worked really hard and I’m glad to see their hard work pay off with a nice win. Historically, this is the first time Denison has beaten LeMars in girls soccer as they won the 1st 2 matches. Congratulations to the Lady Monarchs for that accomplishment”.

The Monarchs (1-0) are in action on April 2nd agaisnt conference foer St. Albert in Council Bluffs.

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