By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Veteran Hayden girls soccer coach Klaus Kreutzer wasn't pleased with his team's play in the first half of Monday's Class 4A-1A regional opener against underdog Mulvane.
"Needless to say, I wasn't very happy,'' Kreutzer said of the scoreless opening half. "We spent I thought 80, 90 percent in their half and had one good shot.''
Hayden sophomore Carsyn Broxterman (4) scored a pair of goals in the Wildcats' 4-0 regional win over Mulvane Monday at Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden senior Jill Lenherr (10) scored a goal Monday as the Wildcats improved to 10-6-1 with a 4-0 regional win over Mulvane. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But the host Wildcats did what they could to improve their coach's mood in the second half, dominating things over the final 40 minutes to advance with a 4-0 win.
"They did a little better the second half, but still not to my satisfaction, but better than they had been,'' Kreutzer said.
The No. 7 seed in the West, Hayden failed to find the back of the net in a somewhat lackluster first 40 minutes, but it took the Wildcats only 2:23 of the second half to score the only goal they would need and Hayden cruised the rest of the way.
Sophomore midfielder Carsyn Broxterman broke the scoreless deadlock to put the Wildcats in front and senior forward Jill Lenherr scored a minute and 17 seconds later to put Hayden (10-6-1) in command.
Broxterman made it a 3-0 game at the 26:53 mark with her second goal of the game and junior defender Camryn McDonald added the Wildcats' final goal with 4:15 remaining.
Sophomores Ella Foster and Reese Huscher were credited with assists for Hayden while sophomore Lauren Borjon earned the shutout in goal against Mulvane (5-12-0).
With Monday's win Hayden advanced to a 6 p.m. Friday regional final at Rose Hill (10-3-1), which received a first-round bye, and Kreutzer said the Wildcats won't be able to wait an entire half before getting untracked if they expect to win.
"You can't have that,'' Kreutzer said. "If you have a late start you're going to be out of the game. But at the end of the day we're glad we're done and at least we have another day to play.''
HAYDEN 4, MULVANE 0
Mulvane (5-12-0) 0 0 -- 0
Hayden (10-6-1) 0 4 -- 0
Hayden -- Goals: Carsyn Broxterman 2, Jill Lenherr, Camryn McDonald. Assists: Ella Foster, Reese Huscher. Shutout: Lauren Borjon.
