Lady Lions skunk Sulphur Springs, 4-0
February 10, 2009

By DAVID CLAYBOURN
Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- Four goals.

That was the winning margin for the Greenville Lady Lions in their District 20-4A soccer opener against Sulphur Springs on Monday night at T.A. “Cotton” Ford Stadium.

The Lady Lions collected two goals from Katelynn Twilley and one each from Bailey Phillips and Julie Hernandez as they won 4-0.

Goalkeeper Guadelupe Alvarez protected the shutout with some diving saves.

“Lupe had a good game,” said Lady Lions coach Ron Beck. “Pretty much everybody on the team had a good game tonight.

“It was a physical game,” he said. “I thought that the ref did a good job of calling it tight, settling it down.”

It took only two minutes for the Lady Lions to grab the lead on Phillips’ goal.

Twilley made it 2-0 with a penalty kick after one of the Lady Lions was fouled in the goalkeeper’s box.

Hernandez stretched the lead to 3-0 with 52 seconds left in the first half off an assist from Emma Hollingsworth.

Twilley booted in a deflected shot with 36:32 remaining to cap scoring.

Sulphur Springs stepped up its play during the final five minutes but was turned away by Alvarez on several diving stops. Alvarez finished with five saves.

The Lady Lions squared their season record at 5-5-1 and stayed undefeated at home with a 2-0 record.

Sulphur Springs captured the junior varsity match, 2-0.

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The 3-5-2 Greenville Lions will open District 20-4A play at Sulphur Springs tonight. Their match starts at around 7:15 p.m. following the 5:30 p.m. junior varsity contest.

The Lions lost their last match 1-0 to Dallas Conrad on Friday night.