Wiscasset dominates St. Dom’s
Wiscasset’s Katie-Lynn Mills, left, races past a St. Dominic’s Academy defender Monday in Wiscasset. Mills scored one of Wiscasset’s two goals in a 2-0 victory over the top-ranked Saints. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Gabby Chapman, left, chases after a loose ball Monday in Wiscasset. Coach Duane Goud said the Wolverines excelled at taking possession of 50-50 balls in the game against St. Dom’s. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sarah Hanley runs down a ball deep in St. Dominic’s territory. Hanley kicked off the scoring with a first-half goal. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Duane Goud, center, talks with his team before kickoff Monday in Wiscasset. The Wolverines beat St. Dom’s, 2-0. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Katie-Lynn Mills, left, races past a St. Dominic’s Academy defender Monday in Wiscasset. Mills scored one of Wiscasset’s two goals in a 2-0 victory over the top-ranked Saints. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Gabby Chapman, left, chases after a loose ball Monday in Wiscasset. Coach Duane Goud said the Wolverines excelled at taking possession of 50-50 balls in the game against St. Dom’s. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sarah Hanley runs down a ball deep in St. Dominic’s territory. Hanley kicked off the scoring with a first-half goal. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Duane Goud, center, talks with his team before kickoff Monday in Wiscasset. The Wolverines beat St. Dom’s, 2-0. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Michaela Trudeau didn't expect to be in net Monday for the Wiscasset High School girls varsity soccer game.
The senior wouldn't find out that she had replaced the injured Kayla Gordon until 5 p.m., or an hour and a half before kick off.
All she had to do was shut down one of Maine's top-ranked teams, the undefeated and league-leading St. Dominic Academy Saints.
To that end, Trudeau and the Wolverines were up to the task and limited St. Dom's to just 12 shots, none of which sneaked past Trudeau in Wiscasset's 2-0 victory.
“I was in complete shock,” Trudeau said of her call to start. “I'm the backup goalie and I found out I was playing at 5 p.m. It feels pretty darn good to beat the number one team.
“Not too bad for a backup goalie.”
The Wolverines (3-2-1) struck with 16 minutes and 32 seconds remaining in the first half after Sarah Hanley rifled home a goal past St. Dom's goalie Kelly Pomerleau.
Katie-Lynn Mills added an insurance goal with seven minutes remaining in the game to essentially put it out of reach.
“It was exciting; it basically locked the game in,” she said. “(Pomerleau) came out of the goal and I hit it; I was afraid it wasn't going in.”
But it did bounce in to cap what head coach Duane Goud called a complete-game effort from the Wolverines.
“We've struggled in the last few weeks,” he said. “We would play a good first half, but then struggle in the second half. (Monday) we put it all together. They came out ready to play and put the two halves together.”
Before the game started, Goud stressed the importance of fighting for every loose ball to his team, and the Wolverines didn't disappoint.
“In the first half I think we won every 50-50 ball,” he said. “They deserved to win that game.”
The Wolverines will return home Saturday, Sept. 28 to play Boothbay at 5 p.m.
Ben Bulkeley can be reached at 207-633-4620 or bbulkeley@boothbayregister.com. Follow him on Twitter: @BBRegisterBen.
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