Girls' soccer set for IHSAA Regional at East Central

By Keelen Barlow

Brownsburg (12-6-1) heads to East Central High School for the IHSAA Class 3A Girls' soccer Regional Oct. 17. The Bulldogs are set to take on Guerin Catholic (13-1-2) in Semi-Final 1 at 10 a.m. Roncalli (10-6-1) and Mt. Vernon (15-2-0) will play following the morning match. Winners will meet in the IHSAA Regional Championship at 7 p.m. Saturday. Both matches will air live on IndianaSRN (LINK)

The East Central Regional champion will advance to the IHSAA Class 3A Semi-State Oct. 24, set to be played at Evansville North High School or Seymour High School.

Bulldog Bits

• Brownsburg defeated Avon 3-1 in IHSAA Sectional 9 championship for its first Sectional crown since 2012, previously the second-longest drought in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference
• The Bulldogs snapped a five-game losing streak to Avon in the postseason with the win last Saturday.
• Freshmen Hailey Hoskins and Natalie Hay both recorded a goal in Brownsburg's run to the sectional title last week. It's the second time since 2016 that multiple freshmen have scored for Brownsburg in single postseason (2017; Taelyn Hendrickson, Abby Lynch, Samantha Vondersaar)
• Heading into the Regional Brownsburg is riding a six-match winning streak, the longest for the Bulldogs since at least 2010
• Brownsburg has a goals against average of 0.81 over it's last six games. Goalkeeper Alanna Dixon posted three shutouts over that stretch. 
• The Bulldogs are looking to win the 10th IHSAA Girls' soccer Regional championship in school history this weekend. Brownsburg most recently won a Regional title in 2010.

About the Golden Eagles

Guerin Catholic finished the regular season ranked No.3 by the ISCA Coaches poll. The Golden Eagles are unbeaten over their last 14 matches. Guerin defeated Zionsville, 2-1, and North Central, 2-1, en route to its Sectional 10 championship.

Fourteen different players have recorded a goal for the Golden Eagles this season. They are led by senior forward Quincy McMahon, who scored 16 goals and posted 16 assists. Junior Katie Koger has 9 goals on the season for Guerin. 

On the flip side, Guerin has shutout 12 opponents this season. Goalkeeper Olivia Labus has surrendered just three goals all season for a goals against average of 0.343.

Semi-Final 2

Mt. Vernon and Roncalli will meet in the second match of the day at East Central. The Marauders, ranked No.15 in the final ISCA regular season poll, are led by senior Anna Isger's 25 goals and 16 assists this season. Roncalli shutout Franklin Central and Lawrence North to advance to Saturday's Regional.