JV Girls' Wildcats Don't Surrender in Tough Loss to Holderness

Down 0-3 with 5 minutes left in the game, the KUA girls' soccer team mustered everything they had left against a much larger Holderness team.  They moved the ball quickly, deliberately down the field where it reached center midfielder Audrey Underhill who was able to dribble it through two defenders and shoot to the left side from 8 yards out.  It was a symbolic goal, a testament to the fighting spirit of a girls team that has had to overcome a shortage of players throughout the season and, even more recently, injuries to both team captains.  This Wildcat team doesn't give up!  The Holderness team went quiet after that final goal, knowing that the game was still not over.  Perhaps they were wondering if the feisty Wildcats had a trick up their sleeve.  But it wasn't to be as the Wildcat girls fought hard for another goal, pushing the the ball up to their lightning fast striker, Aiyonna Gay, and back into the Blue Bulls' territory just as the clock ran to zero.  After all the hard work the KUA girls put out this evening, it hurt that the sweetness of victory was just out of reach.  But the bitterness of defeat was not noticeable on the faces of these 12 girls and their captains who supported them from the sidelines.  They gave shoutouts to each other in jubilant fashion and celebrated the fact that they would get pizza later after the game.  The coaches could never be prouder of how well they represented their school and elevated their teammates against a very strong Holderness team.  Even in the face of defeat there is something to be said when you can stand tall against such odds.  Way to go KUA girls' JV soccer team!  We are excited to head to Brewster next Wednesday for a rematch against the Bobcats.