Photos: Eagles And Blue Devils Battle In Monsoon Rain

Last Thursday, Sept. 25, the Bethlehem girls’ soccer squad traveled to Columbia High School to take on the Blue Devils. The weather wasn’t the greatest to start as a monsoon rain was coming down then in the second half it was calm but the Eagles fell 2-0.

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Stopping the run: Eagles’ Olivia Balcavage stands her ground as she forces Blue Devils’ Molly Simmons to pass the ball back to a teammate in the first half.

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Shuffling her feet: Eagles’ Catherine DeSanti moves to her right to keep Blue Devils’ Molly Simmons from getting past her.

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Keep that out: Eagles’ Kinley Logsdon makes the save as she pushes the ball away from the head of the Columbia player during the first half.

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Big splash: Eagles’ Mallory Maycrink leaps up to head the ball, as water splashes off her head, as the rain falls.

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Shielding: Eagles’ Lainey Shersky places her left arm into Blue Devils’ Lauren Bogucki as Shersky tries to play the ball.

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Meeting in the middle: Eagles’ Audrey Bell and a Columbia player both leap up in an attempt to get their head on the ball but Bell got to it first.

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On the line: Eagles’ Alex Young uses her right foot on the ball to keep it in play before Blue Devils’ Lauren Bogucki can stop Young.

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Flipping it back: Eagles’ June McCarthy brings her left leg up to make contact with the ball as she gets surrounded by Blue Devils’ Katerina Christakis (17) and Leah Vitale (11).

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Going quick: Eagles’ Lainey Shersky looks to throw the ball back into play late in the second half.

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Chaos in front: Eagles’ Audrey Bell (2) and Maira Braddock (4) try to get to the loose ball that sits in front of the goal before Blue Devils’ Audrey Crewell can get her hands on it.

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Beating her to the spot: Eagles’ Lucy Buff gets her right shin guard onto the ball as she gets past the Columbia player.

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Shaking off the defender: Eagles’ June McCarthy looks to get the Columbia defender on her heels as McCarthy looks to dribble towards goal.

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Tap down: Eagles’ Audrey Bell uses her right foot to trap the ball so she can dribble it up the field.