Hesston edges Garden City in conference clash

By Mike Pilosof

Photo by Adam Shrimplin

Garden City, KS-Unlike their match with Cloud County on Wednesday, Garden City's offense had plenty of looks on Saturday. They just couldn't finish.

Annalys Hanna scored the game's lone goal in the 61^st minute, and Hesston completed the season sweep of the Broncbusters with a 1-0 victory Saturday afternoon at Broncbuster Stadium.

For the second straight match, Garden City played tremendous defense. In the 21^st minute, Hanna looked like she had beaten Broncbuster keeper Kaylee Keller. But Evelyn Ramirez came flying out of nowhere to deflect the ball out of bounds and keep the match scoreless.

In the second half though, Hesston broke the scoreless tie, and it was all setup by their goalkeeper Den Morita, who led Hanna perfectly on a 50-yard rainbow kick. The freshman outraced the Garden City defense and sent a line drive just past the reach of Keller to put the Larks up 1-0 in the 62^nd minute.

That was all Hesston needed.

The Broncbusters lost the match despite outshooting the Larks 15-8. Keller, who was top 10 in the nation in saves going in, stopped six more shots on Saturday.

Next up: Garden City at Trinidad State-Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m.