It would have been easy for the Centennial Centaurs to feel discouraged following the first half of their regular season AAA girls’ high school soccer opener against Riverside secondary Monday night.
Despite carrying the play for the early part of the game, the score was 0-0 at the intermission and the Cents seemed unable net their first goal.
But patience prevailed when Centennial’s Maddy Weir broke thru with a solid left-footed strike at the 55 minute mark to put the Coquitlam club up 1-0.
And then the flood gates opened.
Two minutes later, Catrina Olstrom netted her first of the game before following up six minutes later with her second to put Centennial up 3-0. She eventually completed the natural hat trick to close out the game with a 4-0 victory.
Taylor Kim had two assists in the match while Julia Kostecki had one and Alivia Ungaro earned the shutout in net.
Meanwhile over at Cunnings Field in Coquitlam, the Dr. Charles Best secondary Blue Devils were busy shutting out Gleneagle in a 2-0 bout.
Port Moody’s Heritage Woods Kodiaks also got their regular season off to a strong start, defeating the Terry Fox Ravens 6-2.
High school AAA girls’ soccer action continues Wednesday night, with Centennial at Terry Fox, Gleneagle at Heritage Woods and Charles Best at Riverside secondary.
