GOLDEN | The Regis Jesuit girls soccer team hung around with higher-seeded Ralston Valley deep into the second half of Tuesday’s Class 5A first round state playoff contest, but couldn’t pull off the upset.
The 25th-seeded Raiders and eighth-seeded Mustangs were deadlocked with less than 10 minutes left, but the floodgates opened for Ralston Valley, which scored three times to break the tie and secure a 4-1 win at the North Area Athletic Complex.
Sophomore Brooke Metcalfe scored in the 66th minute to lift Regis Jesuit into a tie that lasted until the final flurry for Ralston Valley, which moves on to a second round contest against No. 9 Pine Creek, which held off No. 24 Castle View 4-3.
Coach Will Cropper’s Regis Jesuit team finished the season 7-9.
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2023 Class 5A girls soccer state playoffs (1st round)
(8) RALSTON VALLEY 4, (25) REGIS JESUIT 1
Score by halves:
Regis Jesuit 0 1 — 1
Ralston Valley 1 3 — 4
Regis Jesuit goal: Brooke Metcalfe. Ralston Valley goals: Raleigh Greason, Makahl Chambers, Sienna Eckert