By David Paulsen
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT
It took overtime, but the Burlington High School girls soccer team advanced Tuesday to the Southern Lakes Conference title game.
The Demon girls edged Union Grove 2-1 at home to improve to 7-1 in the SLC and 11-4-1 overall.
“This was one of our most exciting games of the year,” head coach Joel Molitor said. “It was a huge step forward to win a game against a good opponent in overtime. We had not done that yet this year.”
Union Grove led 1-0 at the half, and kept that lead until midway through the secondd half. Merin Mundt scored in the 64th minute for Burlington, with Alli Zeman getting the winning goal in the 84th minute of overtime off an assist from Mundt.
“Union Grove played a great game,” Molitor noted. “They are much improved from the last time we played them.”
Tegan Rock, Natalie Dukes, Madi Ibarra, Ashley Derks and Sydney McCourt were solid on defense.
“Their play was outstanding,” Molitor said.
Morganne Brown also returned to the lineup in this game, coming back from a nagging knee injury.
Vs. Delavan-Darien
The Demon girls were handed their first SLC loss Thursday at Delavan-Darien when Comets took a 2-1 win in double overtime.
“They got a couple of free kick goals,” Molitor said.
Molitor added that Delavan-Darien played solid defense, holding the Demon offense to the one goal.
Just 12 minutes into the game, Burlington took a 1-0 lead on a Maddy Harry goal off a corner kick.
Delavan-Darien tied the game in the 66th minute, and won it at the very end of the second overtime period.
With the loss, the Demons won the dual portion of the regular SLC season with a 6-1 conference record. The team just needs to win both games in the SLC Tournament to claim the conference crown.
“We control our own destiny,” Molitor said.
The Demons will play Badger today for the SLC title at 6:30 p.m.
WIAA regional action does not begin until Thursday, May 30.
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