Lady Dogs earn No. 2 seed in playoffs

by Matt Baldwin / Whitefish Pilot
| October 12, 2011 8:43 AM

The Lady Bulldogs finished a few goals

short of bringing home another conference trophy. Whitefish tied

Columbia Falls 2-2 in a soccer match they needed to win by two

goals to earn the league title.

Whitefish tallied first in the

hard-fought game when Megan Danczyk put in a shot from the top of

the penalty box. The ball bounced off the left post and past the

Kats’ keeper.

McKenzie Kiser scored for Columbia

Falls in the 52nd minute to tie it up.

Sam Dittman regained the lead for

Whitefish in the 59th minute off a penalty shot, but the Bulldogs

gave up the lead again when Columbia Falls’ Danielle Delventhal

scored in the 69th minute.

Whitefish keeper Piper Greenwood made

numerous saves in the second half to keep her team alive, but the

Wildkats’ depth wore down the Dogs as the game pushed into the

final minutes. Greenwood finished with 10 saves, including numerous

game-savers.

Whitefish capped off their regular

season Saturday with a tough 3-2 loss at Hamilton. The Lady Broncs

are the top ranked team in the Southern A conference.

The defeat dropped Whitefish’s record

to 7-4-1 overall and they finished with a 6-1-1 league record. They

open the playoffs Saturday on the road as the No. 2 seed from the

North against the winner of a play-in match between Laurel and

Belgrade.

Whitefish 1 1 — 2

Columbia Falls 0 2 — 2

WHITEFISH — Megan Danzcyk (Natalie

Gayner), 19:00; Samantha Dittman (PK), 59:00

COLUMBIA FALLS — McKenzie Kiser

(Cortney White), 52:00; Danielle Delventhal (Kiser), 69:00

Shots — Whitefish 5, Columbia Falls

Corner kicks — Whitefish 1, Columbia

Falls 3

Goalie saves — Whitefish 10 (Piper

Greenwood), Columbia Falls 3 (Kira Kamrud)

Fouls — Whitefish 3, Columbia Falls

Cards — none