Langdon provides Mariners Christian a lift

Melanie Neff

What a difference a player makes.

In their first game on Thursday, Mariners Christian lost, 7-0, to

Kaiser’s No. 1 team.

On Friday, Brittany Langdon, who couldn’t play Thursday because of

a basketball commitment, joined the team and helped guide Mariners

Christian to a 6-0 victory over Harbor View in a fifth- and

sixth-grade girls soccer game in Pool A of the Daily Pilot Cup at the

Costa Mesa Farm Complex.

Langdon, who plays for the Wolfpack club soccer team, scored two

goals and dished out two assists. Katie Deverian was the beneficiary

of both assists and led the team with three goals.

“Having [Langdon] changes the whole dynamics of the game,”

Mariners Christian Coach Jon Deverian said.

Langdon controlled the entire field for Mariners Christian,

helping set up plays for her teammates.

After the teams went scoreless for the first 15 minutes, battling

it out in the midfield, Avery Amies scored the first goal when she

picked up the ball in front of the net and knocked it past Harbor

View’s keeper for a 1-0 lead.

Minutes later, Langdon, playing sweeper, took the ball at the

midfield and drove all the way into the box and blasted a shot the

goalkeeper chose to kick away instead of grabbing. Deverian was right

there for the rebound and slammed it home for a 2-0 lead.

The Landgon-Deverian connection worked again before the half when

Langdon took the ball down the sideline the length of the field and

crossed it to Deverian in the middle, who sailed it in for a 3-0

halftime lead.

Deverian opened the second half completing her hat trick. After

Langdon sent a long ball down into the box, there was a scramble for

the ball before Danielle Derman came up with it. She bumped a short

pass to Deverian who tapped it into the net for a 4-0 lead.

Langdon and Ashley Mitchell closed out the scoring for Mariners

Christian, each scoring a goal in the final minutes.

Mariners Christian finished pool play 1-1. Harbor View went 0-2.

Defending champion Kaiser, won the pool and will play in today’s

quarterfinals.

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In other girls 5-6 action:

* Mariners 10, Kaiser No. 3 0: Shelby King and Coleen Head each

scored three goals with Kelsey Hirsch adding two scores in the

shutout in Pool F play at Kaiser School Friday.

Lauren Grupe and Lauren Crites added single goals for Mariners,

which advances to a quarterfinal game today at 4 p.m. at the Farm

Complex.

Devyn Davis showed strong play at the midfield while Charlotte

Farrell made some stops on defense.

* Our Lady Queen of Angels 4, Rea No. 1 0: Valen Taylor scored two

goals, while teammates Kate Baldoni and Marta Tena each had one as

OLQOA posted its second straight shutout in the Pilot Cup behind

goalies Stephanie Nealey and Victoria Kent. Kasey DeYoung added two

assists for OLQOA, while Gabriele Tena and Haley Willard had one

each.

Marianne Jones, Megan Otterbein, Sarah Carvelli and Jackie Smith

played well on defense, while Erica Penunuri and Annalise Moore

played well on offense.