Charlestown Lady Pirate Soccer will travel to Silver Creek Thursday evening for a 6:00 pm rivalry match against the Lady Dragons, a game both teams have been waiting for all season long.  Charlestown and Silver Creek will honor Down Syndrome during the rivalry match-up; including a halftime show put on by Down Syndrome of Louisville.  The game kick-off will include down syndrome children in attendance with both teams; and a silent auction to benefit DSL is also planned.  The Lady Pirates invite and encourage everyone to come out to the game and help support this event while they raise money for DSL!   Hope to see you there!

The Pirates started the week off a bit rocky falling to Salem 8-1.

Being down 4-0 at halftime, the Pirates were able to put one up on the board in the second half by Tayte Motsinger. It ended up being 8-1 at the end.

“It wasn’t our night. Sometimes nothing goes your way. But, you can always pride yourself on effort and never giving up, and our kids kept playing until the end. In situations like that, that’s all we ask for.”

The Pirates take on Silver Creek at their place Thursday night at 6:00pm for the last regular season game.

The Lady Pirates ended up on the wrong side of the score in their last home opener of the season to Scottsburg 5-3 despite out shooting them 19-13.

Scottsburg caught the Pirates sleeping at the start of the game as Katie Horstman #11 dribbled behind their back line and found the back of the net.

“We came out flat tonight. We had energy in our warm up and seemed ready to go, but when the first whistle blew, we were asleep.” Scottsburg scored again ten minutes later, putting up an early 2-0 lead.

The Pirates are a team full of grit and fight, and it showed when Ilayah Keltner won the ball off of a goal kick and scored in the 15th minute narrowing the lead to 2-1. Scottsburg’s Mara Colson snuck in behind the Pirate defense in the 20th minute, taking the lead back up to a 2 goal margin at 3-1. Carrley Shreve put the Pirates back in the game with eight minutes to go in the first half, following up Tayte Motsinger’s rebound.

“It wasn’t the best half of soccer we have put together. We were a little disorganized in the back to start, and needed to figure out how to deal with their speed. Most importantly, we needed to find that extra energy and fire throughout our entire team to play a better second half.”

In the 68th minute, Scottsburg scored off of an own goal off a corner that wasn’t cleared out of the box. Tayte Motsinger answered back two minutes later, putting the score 4-3. Scottsburg sealed their win at 5-3 with five minutes to go.

“We are proud of our kids second half. They fought back and played with a lot more energy. It was tough losing this one on senior night, but we played hard.” Brenley Berger made 12 saves for us tonight, stopping a few breakaways to keep the score close.

The seniors that were honored tonight for the Pirates were Cheyenne Hawk, Alexia Castro, Ivon Guzman, and Stephanie Fielding, who had her best game of the season tonight.

The Lady Pirates will play North Harrison on the road this Thursday 9-22.

In a close heated second half, the Pirates end up falling short to the Red Devils 2-1 at Home on Wednesday night.

The Devils got on the board early, scoring within the first seven minutes. They came out firing with speed, aggression, and willingness to win every 50-50 battle. The Pirates woke up about mid way through the first half evening the score at 1. Tayte Motsinger found an opening in the midfield and took it alone beating the Devil defense and finding the back of the net.

Jeffersonville continued to possess and create opportunities, finishing on one of them to be up at halftime 2-1. Jeffersonville goals were scored by Hazel Dickey and Kylee Luce.

The Pirates weren’t going down without a fight, and played a tough second half, nearly putting a few away, but came up empty handed. “We are very proud of our girls for the way they battled back in the second half. We fought hard until the very end, but couldn’t find the back of the net. Jeffersonville was a great challenge for us, as they connected passes and kept possession far more than the other teams we have played against. ”

Brenley Berger was busy for us in goal tonight and kept the score close as she made 12 saves from Jeffersonville’s 21 shot count.

“Every single kid that played in the second half for us gave 110%. Freshman Machayla Hawkins was a fireball up top for us tonight and lifted our energy in the second half.” We are excited to see improvements being made and how much our team has learned so far this season.

The Pirates will play at our last home on Tuesday against Scottsburg at 6:00pm.