Published: October 16, 2009 10:09 am      

GIRLS SOCCER: Bethany wins on shootout

Bethany Christian and Warsaw were winners Thursday night in semifianls of the Bethany Christian sectional.

The Bruins and Tigers will meet for the championship Saturday at 7 p.m.

The winner faces the Goshen sectional champion Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the one-game Goshen regional.

The semistate is Saturday, Oct. 24, in Crown Point. Portage and South Bend regional winners meet at 11 a.m., Goshen and Munster champions at 1 p.m. The finale is at 8 p.m.

Bethany defeated Wawasee 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout after two overtimes.

Sharisse Yoder scored in the 12th minute and Emma Gerig in the 42nd assisted by Marissa Weldy for Bethany.

Mallory Rondeau scored in the 36th assisted by Haley Cunningham and Cassandra DeGood in the 60th for Wawasee (8-7-1).

Making penalty kicks for Bethany were Emma Caskey, Yoder, Weldy and Anna Nafziger. Rondeau, Kayla Courtney and Katie Allen made PKs for Wawasee.

Kelly Snyder was the winning goalie.

Warsaw defeated Westview 3-2 in a contest which also went to a penalty kick shootout.

Scoring goals for Westview were Lauren Stutzman in the 67th minute and Olivia Fought assisted by Ashley Miller in the 77th.

Hannah Cutshall scored in the 46th assisted by Samantha Dawson and Meredith Hollar in the 64th for Warsaw.

Brittany Enyeart, Janelle Sproul and Kelly Wildman converted penalty kicks for Warsaw while Kelsey Christner and Jeslyn Zimmerly were successful for Westview.

Diana Monroy was the winning goalie.