Girls soccer defeats Rustburg 3-2

The Amherst varsity girls soccer team traveled to Rustburg on April 23 and came back with a 3-2 Seminole District win.

The victory upped the Lancer squad record to 7-4 overall while improving in the district to 3-4.

Amherst’s top scorer, Hannah Burley, got the game’s first score with an unassisted goal at the 30:00 mark.

Five minutes later, Rustburg’s Hannah Cage tied the game with an assist from teammate Alex Landis. The first half lended with the two teams even at one goal each.

In the second half, Burley booted in another unassisted score for the Lancers. The third and final goal for Amherst came at the 45:00 mark with a score from A.C. Campbell, who was assisted by Rebecca Kreuziger.

Rustburg’s Kesi Miller brought her Red Devils to within oine with her score at the 76:00 mark with an assist from Landis.

The goalkeepers for both teams had a busy afternoon with Amherst’s Autumn McKinney recording 13 saves while the Red Devils got 10 saves from Shelby Tyree.

The loss gives the Red Devils a 3-6 district record while dropping to 2-5 overall.

Notes from Amherst coach Ronda Heema:

Hannah Burley is our leading scorer with 17 goals so far for the season, and she has three hat tricks. She has a powerful shot and knows how to find the back of the net.

A.C. Campbell, a senior captain, has four goals and three assists, and she has been crucial to the offense in moving the ball and making crosses and being there to feed the ball to the other forwards.

Four key players have helped make the defense stronger.

Grace Tschetter, Jenni Bost, Ashley Scott, a senior captain, and Chelsea Long work very well together and know how to clear thse ball out of the defensive zone.

McKinney, the goalkeeper, has 45 saves for the season, and the other goalkeeper, Kayla Martin, has 34 saves. They both are very quick on their feet and with their hands.