Lakota United Soccer Club - Lynx

The Lynx finished their year as a U10 team with a dominant victory in the Jarosi-Willis Memorial Cup Gold Division on June 10-11.  With their roster bolstered by Brooke Mauro and Heather McNutt who became the 2 newest Lynx at the previous week's try-outs, the Lynx headed to Columbus for some good weather and competition.  Unfortunately, the Lynx were disappointed on both fronts as the weather was unseasonably cool and wet and the four opponents could not match the Lynx skill or athleticism.
The tournament opened with an early game against Liederkrantz Mid-Ohio SC (Mansfield, OH).  The Lynx ran out comfortable 9-0 winners with Kristyn Hatke grabbing a first half hat-trick.  The second game saw an out-classed Cleveland Kickers lose 11-1 to the Lynx.
Sunday morning saw the Lynx score eleven goals again, this time on Club X Tornados (Xenia, OH), with nine different Lynx scoring.  The final game in the round robin format competition was against the Lady Warriors (Dayton, OH).  Another walk over looked likely as Cailyn Wactel amazingly scored within 10 seconds of the opening kick off.  However, the Lady Warriors showed a lot of toughness, limiting the Lynx to two first half goals and playing them close for much of the game.  New goalkeeper Brooke Mauro was finally tested and made several saves to maintain a clean sheet.  In the end, the greater depth of the Lynx allowed them to pull away to a 7-0 victory, although the Lady Warriors played much better than the score suggested.
Every member of  the Lynx scored over the weekend; Lauren Hoover leading the way with seven goals, Katie Mueller and Cailyn Wachtel grabbing five each.  Also, the passing oriented Lynx offense recorded 24 assists; led by Heather McNutt with six.