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Lady Chargers advance to third round of 3A soccer playoffs

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Crest is entering unknown territory in the sport: the Lady Chargers will be playing for the first time ever in the third round of the state soccer playoffs early next week. That came as result of defeating Fred T. Foard Friday night, 3-2, at Sid Bryson Stadium in a 3A second-round encounter.

Crest, now 11-7-3 on the year, will take on the Saint Stephens/Asheville winner possibly as early as Tuesday.

The Crest girls, who had upset Tuscola on the road in the opening round, Tiffany Pendants trailed in this one. Tied 1-1 at the half -- and forced to play without team captain Amy Burch due to an injury -- the Lady Chargers were spurred on by enthusiastic crowd and were able to punch two goals in and hold on for the win.

"I'm very proud of them, we beat a real good team," Crest coach Zachary Wortman said. "We had to make some adjustments at the half with our captain (Burch), who plays 80 minutes a game, out of there. We challenged them to step up and find a leader and they answered it."

Kaitlyn Washburn scored off a Brayden Pruitt assist with 21:17 remaining to give Crest the lead for good at 2-1. Pruitt then headed a ball into the net with 14:25 to go for a 3-1 advantage, thanks to Jesse Heavner's assist.

Foard (14-8), got the second goal of the night from all-region player Erica Detweiler with 7:20 to go for a 3-2 score, but Crest stayed on the attack and was able to wipe out the clock the rest of the way.

"We did focus on No. 5 (Detweiler)," Wortman said. "Kelsey Stroud did an excellent job Tiffany Earrings her."

Crest -- the third-seeded squad out of the Big South Conference -- had grabbed a 1-0 lead only four minutes into the game when Chelsea Hamrick converted a shot after a rebound from the post.

Haley Johnson was in goal for the win for the Lady Chargers.