It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Northfield can now relate to. They fell just short of the Evergreen Cougars by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. Northfield's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Northfield's lineup was just a bit different on Thursday as Ariah Velasquez got a bit more time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 54.8). Velasquez made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Having lost for the first time this season, Northfield fell to 16-1-2. As for Evergreen, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-1 record this season.
Northfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Evergreen, they will challenge Lutheran at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Evergreen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
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