After being shut out in both of its games last week, the Columbus East girls soccer team broke out of its offensive slump in a big way Tuesday night.
The Olympians cracked the double-digit mark in opening their Hoosier Hills Conference schedule with an 11-0 rout of Madison.
“It was very good to see,” East coach Ilya Schwartzman said. “We came out with a lot of good combinations, and finishing was very solid. I was very proud of how the kids came out and played after last week’s disappointments.”
The Olympians (2-2-1, 1-0) actually went the first 10 minutes without scoring. Their first goal came in the 11th minute when Maya Federle connected off an assist from Jaeda Berkemeier.
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East scored its second goal in the 18th minute when Alana Dwenger finished a pass from Abby Miller. Kathleen Soedel scored on the 23rd minute off an assist from Federle.
Elena Stoughton then scored back-to-back goals in the 27th and 34th minutes off assists from Miller and Gabi Schuetz. Schuetz then scored in the 37th minute off a pass from Allison Craig, and the Olympians led 6-0 at halftime.
“I think it’s really going to carry us into this weekend against Castle,” Elena Stoughton said.
Stoughton’s twin sister Lindsey opened the second-half scoring with a goal in the 54th minute. Emily Stiles then scored on a free kick from just inside midfield in the 60th minute to make it 8-0.
Catherine Wolf scored off an assist from Grace Wiltsey in the 67th minute, and defender Hannah Hemmerlein netted a goal off a pass from Wolf in the 74th minute. Soedel finished the scoring in the 76th minute off an assist from Ashley Thomasson.
“I think it was really good for the team that we could get this positive energy by winning big,” Soedel said. “I think we can get better.”
The two goals by Soedel, who was making her first varsity start, were the first of her high school career.
“Those were really nice,” Soedel said. “I think it was good to get those goals.”
East had scored only three goals in its first four games. All three of those came from Dwenger in a win at Roncalli.
On Tuesday, nine different Olympians scored goals, and 14 had either a goal or an assist.
“That was really good to see,” Schwartzman said. “This is what I was hoping would happen. We have a lot of firepower on the offensive end, we just haven’t come through, and this game was really good to see that so many people showed up and were able to finish it.”
