Girls Soccer: Mariners Take Down Thunderbolts

Narragansett High School traveled to Cranston Stadium on Monday afternoon to take on the Cranston East Thunderbolts in a girls soccer match. The Mariners dominated possession for most of the game and won it 2-1.

Narragansett was constantly applying pressure on the Bolts defense and creating scoring opportunities in the first half. They dominated time of possession, as they had the ball for at least 70 percent of the time.

With about 15 minutes left in the half, freshman Chelsea Sahagian finished on her breakaway opportunity, giving the Mariners a 1-0 lead, which they would take into the halftime break.

For a majority of the second half, Narragansett was controlling the action and pace of the game. They once again had multiple scoring chances to increase their lead, but missed several golden opportunities.

Sahagian increased the lead to 2-0 burying home another breakaway about 15 minutes into the second half.

"Chelsea’s a freshman this year and she has done an outstanding job," Mariners coach Kathryn Mahoney said, "She has great speed and when she learns to finish more consistently she will be even better."

Momentum changed ten minutes later when East was awarded a penalty kick. Senior Kelsy Evje buried the shot and the Thunderbolts had new life.

Evje came inches away from tying the game, about two minutes later. The Thunderbolts executed a free kick brilliantly and Evje's header hit the post.

Cranston East took advantage of the momentum swing and began to apply heavy pressure on the Mariners defense. They had a few chances to tie the game, but fell short, as they lost the game 2-1.

Thunderbolts coach, Lauren Tomasso was pleased with the second half play. "The first half was a little rough but we had a much better second half," she said.

"They have a very good program and have a couple of girls offensively who can put the ball in the back into the net," the coach added.