Brevard shuts out SM’s soccer team

Brevard shut out Smoky Mountain 4-0 in a non-conference soccer game March 1 at Carr Hooper Stadium/Babe Howell Field.

“We just couldn’t get consistent control of the game,” Coach Stephen Parsons said. “Brevard is a very experienced team. They have everyone returning from last year. We had opportunities we could have capitalized on, but a lot of the stuff we gave them felt self inflicted.”

The Lady Devils controlled play with 16 shots to three for SM.

Brevard’s Caroline Ramsey opened the scoring with a free kick from 25 yards out at the 27-minute mark.

The halftime lead was 2-0 following Rylee Murray’s goal from 6 yards out at the 31:11 mark.

“We had a missed clearance, and she was able to poke the ball into the back of the net,” Parsons said.

Murray made it 3-0 with a rebound shot at the 67:34 mark.

“The ball bounced around the box a couple of times after Gabby (Roman-Bruno) had made a couple of great saves, but the ball didn’t bounce our way,” the coach said.

Julia Trowbridge completed the scoring for the Lady Devils at the 78:41 mark off of Ramsey’s assist.

“She received a through ball and finished from about 10 yards out,” Parsons said.

Roman-Bruno made 11 saves for the Lady Mustangs (1-1), and Brevard’s Abby Huter had two.

Friday’s home game with Madison was rained out and rescheduled for April 28.