Cape Elizabeth 4

Freeport 1

The Cape Elizabeth girls soccer team ran its record to 5-6-2 on the season after a 4-1 road win over Freeport (2-8-3) on Oct. 5.

The Capers dominated most of the game, with a majority of the action taking place in front of Falcons goalkeeper Tasha Sanders, who despite the final score, played a strong game in goal for the Falcons, making several big saves.

The Capers got their first goal in an unconventional way. With about 19:25 left in the first half, freshman forward Karyn Barrett was awarded a direct kick just outside the center circle inside the Falcons’ end. Barrett lofted a powerful shot that smacked into the crossbar of the Falcons’ goal. However, Sanders briefly lost track of the rebound, and as she turned to look for the ball, it struck her leg and caromed into the goal to give the Capers a 1-0 lead.

Cape added a second goal about seven minutes later when Sanders attempted to make a diving save on a ball through the middle, she missed the ball and sophomore forward Kristen Kerney was right there to knock the ball in for another Cape goal.

Another aggressive save attempt by Sanders led to the third goal of the game for Cape with just over a minute to play in the first half, the Freeport goalie came out to play a ball, but Cape’s Haley Thompson got to it first, and went around Sanders and put it home to give the Capers a 3-0 lead.

Cape got its fourth and final goal with about 13:40 left in the second half, and like the Capers’ first goal of the game, it came about unconventionally. Junior back Elsa Mullin was awarded a penalty kick after Freeport was called for a hand ball in front of its own goal. Mullin’s penalty kick was blocked by a nice diving save from Sanders, but Cape’s Gabrielle Loring got to the rebound and centered it right back to Mullin, who knocked into an open net to give Cape a 4-0 lead.

The Falcons added a goal late in the game, but were unable to overcome the Capers’ lead.

The Capers will finish their season on Oct. 11 with a home game against St. Dominic at 3:30 p.m.