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State soccer: Behind two-minute ‘motto,’ East girls flex scoring prowess in ‘whirlwind’ win vs. Papio South

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Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Briley Hill shoots for the Spartans’ fifth goal against Papillion-La Vista South in the second half of the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Brent Wagner

OMAHA — Lincoln East girls soccer coach Emily Mathews, and a lot of other people, had to catch their breath after the Spartans’ match against Papillion-La Vista South at the state tournament on Wednesday.

The teams combined for 10 goals during the third-ranked Spartans’ 6-4 win in the Class A first-round match at Morrison Stadium.

After a slow start, one of the teams seemed to score every few minutes during the second half.

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“I feel exhausted, and I did not play 80 minutes out on the field,” Mathews said. “It was a whirlwind. What a great game, filled with wonderful goals.”

Haley Peterson and Kayma Carpenter scored two goals apiece to lead the Spartans, with Briley Hill and Tula Waite also scoring. Hill also had two assists.

After going 39 minutes without a goal to start the match, the teams combined for nine goals over the next 31 minutes.

There were six goals in about nine minutes at the end of the first half and start of the second half.

The match had three ties and four lead changes.

“That was a high-scoring game. It was super-fun to play in,” Peterson said. “That’s what you play for, the high-scoring games and back-and-forth.”

Peterson scored the go-ahead goal with 17 minutes left in the second half on a free kick from about 25 yards for a 4-3 lead.

“Throughout the season I was kind of struggling on free kicks just with placement, so I’ve been working on them in practice and I think it really paid off,” Peterson said. “My coaches have been helping me with that. It was really awesome to be able to deliver that for my team and get it in the back of the net.”

East extended its lead to 5-3 with a goal by Hill on a breakaway for the Spartans’ third straight goal.

Papio South got the deficit to 5-4 a goal by Savanna Solomon on a penalty kick with 11 minutes left, but couldn’t tie the match. East added another goal with 4:36 left by Waite.

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Haley Peterson (center) celebrates her goal from a free kick with teammates Jesse Chartier (right) and Keely Yager in the second half against Papillion-La Vista South on Wednesday during a Class A first-round match at the state tournament at Omaha’s Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

The Spartans outshot Papio South 22-10.

East has scored six goals in each of its three postseason matches.

“We have so many different skill sets, I just think it’s hard for teams to be able to guard us,” Peterson said. “I feel like we just connect really well together, and it’s just hard for teams to stop us.”

Papio South took the early with 59 seconds remaining in the first half with a goal off a corner kick. But Peterson answered just 23 seconds later to tie the match 1-1 at halftime.

Mathews loves how the Spartans respond in hard situations.

“We are the team that always has the motto of two minutes,” Mathews said. “So two minutes after we score, or an opponent scores, we go out there and we get it done and we put a goal in the back of the net. So I expected nothing less. It’s absolutely amazing that they’re able to execute our game plan and fight.”

East (16-1) will play No. 2 Gretna (19-1) in the semifinals at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Photos: East girls prevail against Papillion-La Vista South

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Summer Wolfe (18) fails to stop the penalty kick of Papillion-La Vista South’s Savanna Solomon in the second half of the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Briley Hill shoots for the Spartans’ fifth goal against Papillion-La Vista South in the second half of the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Kayma Carpenter (bottom) tees up a shot as she’s defended by Papillion-La Vista South’s Kara Lang in the first half of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Kayma Carpenter (3) gets stopped by the save of Papillion-La Vista South’s Jenasy Schultz (0) in the first half of the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Haley Peterson (left) shoots past Papillion-La Vista South’s Ava Austin (17) for the Spartans’ first goal during the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Kayma Carpenter (3) battles Papillion-La Vista South’s Ava Austin (17) for the ball in the first half during the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Tula Waite (24) scores the Spartans’ sixth goal despite the tight defense of Papillion-La Vista South’s Ava Austin in the second half of the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East goalkeeper Susie Bovaird (left) brings down Papillion-La Vista South’s Allison Napora (18) for a penalty and a yellow card in the second half of the first round of the Class A girls soccer tournament Wednesday at Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Kayma Carpenter (second right) celebrates the game-tying goal (3-3) with teammate Annie Mulder (right) against Papillion-La Vista South in the second half Wednesday during a first-round match at the Class A state  tournament at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Haley Peterson (center) celebrates her goal from a free kick with teammates Jesse Chartier (right) and Keely Yager in the second half against Papillion-La Vista South on Wednesday during a Class A first-round match at the state tournament at Omaha’s Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Papillion-La Vista South vs. Lincoln East, 5.12

Lincoln East’s Kayma Carpenter (bottom) scored two goals and teammate Briley Hill (top) scored one as the Spartans defeated Papillion-La Vista South 6-4 on Wednesday during the Class A girls first-round at the girls state soccer tournament at Omaha’s Morrison Stadium.

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Reach the writer at 402-473-7435 or bwagner@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSSportsWagner.

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