BANKS IS MVP AGAIN AS WHITE OAK BEATS CATHOLIC
FOR NCHSAA STATE 3-A WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
CARY—It was back-to-back titles for Jacksonville White Oak and back-to-back Most Valuable Player honors for Tandy Banks.
Banks, a senior forward, scored a pair of goals and earned her second straight championship MVP honor as White Oak edged Charlotte Catholic 3-2 in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women’s soccer championship on Saturday at Koka Booth Field at the SAS Soccer Park.
White Oak successfully defended its title in its third straight trip to the finals, finishing the season with a 27-1 slate and its third NCHSAA women’s soccer title in the last four years. Catholic, in the finals for a fifth time, ended the year 22-2-3.
Catholic broke on top in the 14th minute when Jennifer Burak hammered home a shot for her 20th goal of the season off an assist from Casey McCormick. But White Oak countered with a pair of goals within a four-minute stretch with the one-two punch of Tandy Banks and Stephanie Rose.
Rose passed to Banks, who knocked in her 49th goal of the season, and then a little later Banks assisted Rose, who found the back of the net for the 40th time this year.
Catholic knotted the score at 2-2 in the 56th minute when a corner kick by Nadia Soussi floated in and Samantha McVeiogh headed it home. But the tie was short lived, for less than two minutes later Banks tallied her second goal of the day for the Lady Vikings.
The Raleigh Sports Consortium serves as the primary host city partner for the women’s soccer championships, along with the Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau. Wendy’s and the Carolinas Ford Dealers are the presenting sponsors for the NCHSAA sports program.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE 3-A WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
Koka Booth Field, SAS Soccer Park, Cary
Jacksonville White Oak 2 1 — 3
Charlotte Catholic 1 1 — 2
SCORING
13:35 CC—Jennifer Burak (Casey McCormick).
26:26 WO—Tandy Banks (Stephanie Rose)
29:56 WO—Stephanie Rose (Tandy Banks)
55:52 CC—Samantha McVeiogh (Nadia Soussi).
57:30 WO—Tandy Banks.
CARDINAL GIBBONS EDGES SHELBY 1-0 IN NCHSAA 2-A WOMEN’S SOCCER FINAL
CARY — Lindsey Byrd scored the only goal of the game as Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons shut out Shelby 1-0 in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A women’s soccer championship on Saturday afternoon at Koka Booth Field at the SAS Soccer Park.
Byrd, a sophomore midfielder, had a ball played to her from the back by Callan Hoerdemann and then hammered it home with 34:51 left to play and the Crusaders made it stand up. Byrd, who scored her 27th goal of the season after a hat trick in the regional finals, was named the championship’s Most Valuable Player.
Gibbons recorded its fifth consecutive shutout in the playoffs and outscored its opposition 25-0 in state postseason play. The Crusaders finished with a record of 21-4-2 while Shelby, in its first trip to the NCHSAA women’s soccer finals, closed the year at 16-5-4.
Cardinal Gibbons became the third NCHSAA member school to win both the men’s and the women’s soccer championships in the same academic year.
The Raleigh Sports Consortium serves as the primary host city partner for the women’s soccer championships, along with the Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau. Wendy’s and the Carolinas Ford Dealers are the presenting sponsors for the NCHSAA sports program.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE 2-A WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
Koka Booth Field, SAS Soccer Park, Cary
Cardinal Gibbons 0 1 — 1
Shelby 0 0 — 0
SCORING
45:09 CG — Lindsey Byrd (Callan Hoerdemann).
