Girls Soccer - GCC vs Serra

October 05, 2019

Big First Half Powers GCC Girls to 7-3 Win over Serra

A five-goal unanswered first half set the stage for Greensburg Central Catholic to jump out solidly in front of Serra Catholic, then hold on for a 7-3 win in a Saturday afternoon October 5 conference matchup on the grass surface at GCC.

GCC's Tatum Gretz got first crack at the scoreboard as she got behind Serra goalkeeper Julianna Marshall for a goal only 79 seconds into the game. Gretz followed up with her second goal on a similar left-to-right shot less than 3 minutes later, and GCC had a quick 2-0 lead.

Samantha Nemeth matched Gretz with a pair of goals of her own for the Lady Centurions, the first coming with 26:45 left in the half, the second scored with 16:08 remaining.

A Sara Blahovec goal with 10:59 to play in the first half gave GCC a 5-0 lead, which they held until the first half clock hit zeroes.

Serra had slightly better luck in the second half, getting their first goal from senior Madison Carr with 31:50 to play. Then Jaime Dermotta connected with her goal with 18:41 left in the half, and suddenly it was 5-2.

GCC answered almost immediately, needing only 23 seconds to stretch their lead back to four as Tatum Gretz picked up her hat trick goal for the Centurions.

Serra's third and final goal came off the foot of Madison Carr with 7:21 to play, but the Centurions lead was never seriously threatened and GCC picked up the win to remain tied at the top of the Class 1A Section 1 standings.

Sophomore Lyndsey Szekely played the entire game in goal for GCC, with Julianna Marshall going the distance in net for Serra.

GCC improves their conference record to 7-1-0, overall 8-3-0. They host Riverview on Monday. Serra drops to 4-4-0 in conference, overall 7-5-0. They'll play Shady Side Academy at home on Monday.

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