Ottawa-Glandorf’s Delaney Duling dribbles past Findlay’s Lainie Clevenger during Wednesday’s match in Glandorf.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
GLANDORF – After nine first-half corner kicks, four shots on goal and just one goal by Ottawa-Glandorf in the first half of Wednesday’s nonleague girls soccer match with visiting Findlay, it seemed inevitable the Titans would eventually break the match wide open.
In the second half, it happened.
O-G booted six shots on goal and found the back of the net three times, en route to a 4-0 win over Findlay.
With the victory, O-G evened its record to 1-1. Findlay slipped to 1-2.
For the game, the Titans took 10 shots on goal. Findlay managed just one shot on goal, which came nearly 30 minutes into the second half.
“I think today was about persistence,” O-G coach Michelle Maag said. “The goals did not come early. But as we kind of kept the pressure on, we were able to find the back of the net.
“I thought in the first half, we had a bit more (possession) of the ball. In the second half, it evened out. … Findlay had some more possessions (in the second half), and I thought our defense did a good job of staying composed and making sure that we didn’t give up anything.”
Senior standout Makenna Siefker led O-G on Wednesday with two goals. Siefker’s first goal came at the 25:06 mark of the first half. Her second score came three minutes into the second half.
With Siefker’s two goals on Wednesday, she now has 84 career goals.
“It’s always good to have Makenna (Siefker) on your team,” Maag said with a grin. “She’s a player who has a knack for finding the back of the net. I think we’re going to ask for some more creative play (from Siefker) this year. We know teams are going to be looking at her. So, sometimes she’s going to be the scorer and sometimes she’s going to be the creator. And she is more than happy to play both roles.”
Added Siefker, “If I see an opening – and if I see an opening for my teammates – I have faith in all of us to take a shot from anywhere.”
Carlie Brinkman scored O-G’s third goal. Brinkman nailed a long-range shot that sailed past Findlay goalkeeper Ellyse Cunningham (six saves) at the 17-minute mark of the second half.
The Titans’ final goal on the night came at the 13:03 mark. Emma Heringhaus booted a successful shot from 15 yards out.
Goal scorers
Several area girls soccer players netted a goal in recent games:
• Hadyn O’Donnell scored Bath’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over Miller City. O’Donnell and Marlie Mason scored in a 5-3 loss to Sidney.
• Anna Rasor and Mara Davis scored for Bath in a 2-1 win over Liberty-Benton. Davis also scored in a 5-3 loss to Sidney.
• Allana Carroll scored Celina’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over Bryan.
• Liv Grothause scored for Ottawa-Glandorf in a 2-1 loss to Anthony Wayne.
• Lauryn Auchmuty scored her 100th career goal for Columbus Grove in a 7-0 win over Cory-Rawson.
• Kyah Kimmett of Delphos Jefferson scored the game-winning goal with 8:00 left against Delphos St. John’s.
• Ady Miller scored for Kalida in a 3-1 loss to Archbold. Miller, Maddix Calvelage, and Lauren Laudick scored in a 3-0 win over Van Buren.
• Emily Shanks scored twice and Lexi Poling netted one goal in Ada’s 3-0 win over Crestview.
• Kinze Sprang and Ellie Minter scored for Kenton in a 2-1 win over Benjamin Logan. Minster and Addy Haudenschield scored in a 2-1 win over Bellefontaine.
• Mya McDougle of Bluffton scored the game’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over Wapakoneta.
• Ava Sheeter scored for Continental in a 2-0 win over Delphos Jefferson.
• Ava Hershey had five goals for Delphos St. John’s in an 8-0 win over Crestview.
• Jaislynn Ingram scored on a penalty kick for Lima Senior in a 2-1 loss to Bowsher.
• Lexie Good and Julia Thomas scored for Elida in a 3-2 loss to Riverdale.
• Kendall Rittenhouse of Defiance had a hat trick in a 3-1 win over Napoleon.
• Kendal Davis and Emma Freewalt scored for St. Marys in a 4-3 loss to Liberty-Benton.
• Alma Hernandez of Van Wert scored in an 11-1 loss to Crestview.
• Aubrey Burkholder and Phoebe Edwards-Leeper scored for Bluffton in a 2-1 win over Anna.
• Rose Baxter (3) and Kenley Poling scored for Ada in a 4-2 win over Fort Jennings.
GIRLS SOCCER RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Friday, Aug. 16
Bath 1, Miller City 0
Dublin Jerome 9, St. Marys 1
Saturday, Aug. 17
Celina 1, Bryan 0
Anthony Wayne 2, Ottawa-Glandorf 1
Shawnee 3, Bowling Green 0
Coldwater 19, Van Wert 0
Wapakoneta 6, Whimer 0
Columbus Grove 7, Cory-Rawson 0
Delphos Jefferson 1, Delphos St. John’s 0
Ottoville 8, LCC 0
Archbold 3, Kalida 1
Ada 3, Tiffin Columbian 2
Monday, Aug. 19
Celina 6, Greenville 0
Ada 3, Crestview 0
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Bath 2, Liberty-Benton 1
Kenton 2, Benjamin Logan 1
Shawnee 2, Bryan 0
Bluffton 1, Wapakoneta o
Continental 2, Delphos Jefferson 0
Coldwater 5, Fort Jennings 0
Kalida 3, Van Buren 0
Delphos St. John’s 8, Crestview 0
Miller City 0, Columbus Grove 0
Bowsher 2, Lima Senior 1
Wednesday, Aug. 21
Riverdale 3, Elida 2
Ottawa-Glandorf 4, Findlay 0
Thursday, Aug. 22
Sidney 5, Bath 3
Celina 4, Ottoville 0
Defiance 3, Napoleon 1
Kenton 2, Bellefontaine 1
Liberty-Benton 4, St. Marys 3
Crestview 11, Van Wert 1
Bluffton 2, Anna 1
Ada 4, Fort Jennings 2
Delphos St. John’s 1, Spencerville 0
Today
Sandusky at Lima Senior, 12 p.m.
Celina at Lehman Catholic, 11 a.m.
Defiance at Wauseon, 11 a.m.
Columbus Grove at Elida, 12 p.m.
Upper Sandusky at Kenton 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Sylvania Southview, 1 p.m.
Lake at Shawnee, 1 p.m.
St. Marys at Botkins, 12 p.m.
Allen East at Ada, 7 p.m.
Kalida at LCC, 10 a.m.
Riverdale at Continental, 12 p.m.
Otsego at Fort Jennings, 11 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 26
Lima Senior at Scott, 7 p.m.
Allen East at LCC, 5 p.m.
Delphos Jefferson at Columbus Grove, 5 p.m.
Fort Jennings at Van Buren, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 27
Bath at Van Wert, 5 p.m.
St. Marys at Celina, 7 p.m.
Wapakoneta at Defiance, 7 p.m.
Elida at Shawnee, 7 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Kenton, 7 p.m.
Bluffton at Spencerville, 7 p.m.
Continental at Delphos St. John’s, 5 p.m.
Kalida at Coldwater, 6 p.m.
Miller City at Swanton, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 28
Lima Senior at Waite, 5 p.m.
Fort Jennings at Allen East, 5 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 29
Lima Senior at Van Wert, 5 p.m.
Ottawa-Glandorf at Liberty-Benton, 7 p.m.
Wapakoneta at Ottoville, 5 p.m.
Ada at Delphos Jefferson, 5 p.m.
Spencerville at LCC, 5 p.m.
Wauseon at Continental, 5 p.m.
