The Barbe girls soccer team ran away from St. Louis with a second-half rally and a Julia Papania hat trick for a 5-2 win to close out the regular season.
The Bucs (16-12-4) scored four goals in the second half, earning them a great deal of momentum heading into the postseason.
“It is always a difficult matchup going up against St. Louis,” said Barbe head coach Todd Hoffpauir. “They always play hard, so now I feel like we’re battle-tested and ready for the first round of the playoffs.”
For the Saints (16-3-4), the game resulted in a second consecutive loss, but SLC head coach Toby Landry said he’s confident his team can turn things around and regain momentum to make a deep run in the postseason.
“We still did well enough this season that we’ll have a first round bye,” Landry said. “That will give us a chance to rest, heel up, regroup and get back at it at practice.
“There’s no need to panic. We’ve lost three games on the season. We’re OK.”
Barbe got on the board first in the opening minutes when Grace Laney found Papania for her first goal of the game.
The Saints quickly evened things up with a penalty kick by Julia Cheramie after Barbe committed a hand ball violation inside the box.
But Barbe ran away with the game in the second half with four consecutive goals, half of which were netted by Papania to complete the hat trick.
“She has been struggling to put the ball in the net lately,” Hoffpauir said. “I’m just glad she got on a good roll and was able to put some in the back of the net for us.”
Laney also tallied a goal to add to her assist, as did Jillian Bech, who bounced one in off the post with a beautiful shot from the right side of the 18.
Barbe’s Abby Bath finished the game with a pair of assists.
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association will release their brackets for the 2017 playoffs this afternoon, and both coaches said they are excited to see where their teams fall and what their road to the state championship game might look like.”
“This win will definitely be a good momentum-builder heading into the playoffs,” Hoffpauir said. “We’ll have to use that momentum when we play on either Thursday or Friday.”
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