Lady Lions open 2009 soccer season
January 11, 2009

Herald-Banner Staff

MOUNT PLeASANT -- Greenville’s Lady Lions opened the 2009 soccer season with a 5-0 victory over John Tyler on Thursday.

Katelynn Twilley, Brenda Hernandez, Bailey Phillips, Sydney Phillips and Maci Bradford all scored goals for the Lady Lions and Julie Hernandez and Megan Warren added assists.

Goalkeeper Lupe Alvarez recorded the shutout. She had one save.

“It was a great game to watch,” said Lady Lions coach Ron Beck. “This is the best I’ve seen them play.”

Greenville’s junior varsity beat Liberty-Eylau 1-0 on a goal by Meg Lawson and lost 5-0 to Longview Pine Tree.

The Lady Lions lost their first game on Friday to Mount Pleasant, 4-0, and then tied Hallsville 1-1 in the second game.

Greenville lost a player to a red card for an inadvertent handball in the Mount Pleasant loss, which left the Lady Lions a player short for most of the match.

“We didn’t really recover from the red card,” said Beck.

Bailey Phillips scored Greenville’s goal against Hallsville on a corner kick that deflected off the Hallsville goalkeeper.

Alvarez, in the goal, finished with four saves for Greenville.

Greenville wound up second in pool play and will play North Lamar at 9:45 a.m. today in consolation action.