Lily Souza recorded 17 saves for the Wolverines but the Mt. Abram High School Roadrunners were a 4-0 winner in Mountain Valley Conference soccer action Saturday afternoon at Salem.

Wiscasset Middle High School’s defense held the hosts scoreless until 13:46 of the first half. Charlotte Mitchell then slipped behind two Wolverine defenders and centered a pass to Lily Day, who fired and scored. Mitchell and Day are among nine freshmen on the Roadrunners’ roster.

The Wolverines got off the first shot of the game five minutes after the opening kickoff. Natalie Potter, who continues to improve at midfield, found Brianna Orr open. The speedy Orr took off with the ball down the right wing, passing off to Kateleen Trask in the middle of the field.

The drive culminated in a WMHS corner kick taken by Gwen Webber that nearly put the Wolverines on the scoreboard.

A few minutes later, Latisha Wright shook off a Roadrunner defender and found Trask open. Trask got off a good shot, low to the far post, and just missed wide left.  

With a little over eight minutes until halftime, the Roadrunners lit up the scoreboard again on a corner kick, with Madison Phelps picking up the goal. Trask got off another nice shot from inside the 18-yard line four minutes into the second half, but goalie Haley Bate was there for the save. At 34:27, Daisy Guster, another freshman, made it a 3-0 ballgame netting a break-away goal. Two minutes later, Camryn Wahl scored to salt this one away for the Roadrunners.

The Wolverines had a couple scoring opportunities in the second half. With 20 minutes left to play, the Roadrunners were whistled for holding just outside the penalty area. Webber’s shot on goal was a good one but was caught by Bate and was punted down field.

Late in the game, WMHS failed to convert an indirect kick in front of Mt. Abram’s goal.

Along with Webber and Potter, Zoe Waltz,  Jasmine Rego and Kylie Peoples played well defensively for the Wolverines. The loss dropped the Wolverines to 0-4. Mt. Abram improves to 3-0-1. The tie came against Telstar.

The Wolverines will host Spruce Mountain at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 and then play an away game with Winthrop Sept. 19.