At Toledo WARRIORS 2, RIVERHAWKS 0 Rochester2 0 — 2 Toledo 0 0 — 0 Scoring Summary ROC (20’) — Kenna Pratt ROC (38’) — Harley Frahman (assisted by Emily Beasley) TOLEDO — Kailyn Black has been a four-year varsity contributor and three-year captain as the center back for the Rochester High School girls soccer team. She’s been the constant in the back-four since her freshman season. This younger group that features a grand total of 15 underclassmen is one of the closer-knit teams she’s been on.
“I’ve never felt the amount of cooperation that we’ve had,” Black said. “We’ve really come together as a team and I love that.” The struggle has been to take the bonding off the field and translate it to wins on the field.
That changed on Wednesday night. Powered by the first clean sheet of the fall and two first half goals, the Class 1A Warriors nabbed a 2-0 verdict over 2B Toledo at Toledo High School for their first win of the year. After allowing a late goal in Monday’s 2-2 draw versus Onalaska, Rochester (1-2-1) made an emphasis on first touch and communication.
That paid off with a shutout and holding Toledo to four shots on goal in the second half. That was with dropping eight-to-nine back to combat the Riverhawks offensive pressure. “Our touches and our communication, they have to understand, speak and yell at each other if they have to, to get the message across,” Rochester head coach Matt Ashton said.
“They have to play together, they hav.