Oak Hill’s offense too much for Mississinewa to handle in 3-0 loss

Even with a full bench and the return of their strongest offensive player, the Mississinewa Indians were unable to stop the Oak Hill Golden Eagles’ attack in a 3-0 shutout loss to their Grant County rivals.

Oak Hill dominated the game offensively from start to finish, consistently creating scoring opportunities and not allowing the Indians to achieve any offensive stability. Furthermore, Oak Hill had a huge advantage in shots, finishing with 25 compared to Mississinewa’s seven.

The Golden Eagles took control early, as freshmen phenom Carlee Biddle scored her first of two goals in the first 10 minutes to give the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead along with all of the momentum. With their crisp passes, pristine ball movement, and effective communication, the Oak Hill offense was hard to stop.

Late in the second half after Mississinewa’s offense started to create some opportunities of their own, Biddle squashed any hopes of a comeback with a beautiful shot off her left foot that found twine and gave Oak Hill a 2-0 lead.

In the hopes of slowing Biddle down, head coach Andrea Wilson tasked Natalie South with defending her. Even though South played valiantly, Biddle consistently found room to maneuver the ball down the field and give herself a chance to score. With two goals on the evening, Biddle now has six goals in the last four games.

“Carlee Biddle is a fantastic player for Oak Hill,” Wilson said. “I thought Natalie did a good job [defensively,] but Carlee is tough. She creates opportunities and moves so well off the ball.”

Rylea Roder, who has also had a strong season up to this point, gave the Golden Eagles an insurance tally minutes after Biddle’s second goal to secure the victory.

Even in the losses this season, Wilson has made it a habit to always focus on the positives in each game. On Tuesday night, the biggest positive was the return of the Indians’ most dynamic offensive threat.

Alaina Webb, who had been sidelined since the game against Delta, was back in the lineup, and while her efforts didn’t reflect on the stat sheet, she gave it her all throughout the entire match.

“Alaina was back – it was her first game back from her injury – but she had a fantastic game tonight,” Wilson said. “She isn’t 100 percent yet, and she went down three or four times, but she always got back up. She’s a fighter and she creates so much on offense.”

Even though the Indians couldn’t find the back of the net and were outshot by over a 3-to-1 margin, Wilson could not have been more proud of her team’s effort against a tough opponent.

“I’d say this is our best game yet.”

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