Thursday, May 04, 2006

Richwoods 5, Pekin 0

Despite 21 saves from freshman goalie Lindsay Coffey, Pekin couldn't generate any offense in a 5-0 Mid-State 6 conference loss to Richwoods Thursday at Coal Miners Park.

The Knights were led by Elizabeth Sinclair, who scored two goals, and Courtney Holtz with a goal and two assists. The Dragons (5-8, 3-4) played tough defense early, keeping the No. 2 seed in the Peoria Notre Dame Sectonal off the board for almost 20 minutes.

Cofey had 10 saves in the first half alone.

"Lindsay made some incredible plays including a diving one hander at the left corner," Pekin coach edgar Sandoval said. "The two goals she gave up were on a great play from an all-state forward and another off a bad clear. She did everything she could to keep us in it. It was a phenomenal effort."

Coffey came up five saves short of tying the school record of 26, set by Jen Adkison in 2004.

Pekin next hosts East Peoria in a 10 a.m non-conference match Saturday at Coal Miners Park.