LONGVIEW, Wa. — Lower Columbia (10-2-5, 8-1-5) tied Tacoma (10-1-5, 9-1-4) 1-1 on Saturday. The Red Devils withstood five Tacoma attacking actions between 82:53 and 88:04 without conceding, keeping the match at 1-1 through the late stretch.
Addison Hartley put LCC in front at 17:57, scoring off
Sam Roundtree's assist for a 1-0 lead. Earlier, the Red Devils built pressure with corner kicks from
Raelie Guizzotti and Roundtree, while
Maylee Reynolds and
Ada Labowitz generated first-half shots before the breakthrough. LCC kept looking for a second goal after Hartley's finish, with Reynolds forcing a save at 26:10, hitting the crossbar at 30:45 and
Delanie Zueger having a shot blocked. Tacoma answered with two corners and two shots between 33:01 and 40:36, but the Red Devils did not concede, then closed the half with four shots in the final four minutes to take the 1-0 lead into halftime.
LCC spent the second half protecting a 1-1 score after Tacoma's Ariana Vaeao scored in the 51st minute.
Leeann Williams made saves early and late in the half, including stops in the 73rd, 83rd and 86th minutes as Tacoma pressed for another goal. The Red Devils also created chances of their own, with
Annabelle Rogers putting two shots on the board after halftime and Guizzotti taking a 62nd-minute corner. Reynolds and
Sam Roundtree added late attempts, but Tacoma saved shots from Reynolds in the 82nd minute and Roundtree in the 86th as the match finished 1-1.
Hartley scored LCC's goal and put both of her shots on frame. Roundtree recorded an assist and added one shot on goal. Reynolds led the Red Devils with five shots, including two on goal. Goalkeeper
Leeann Williams made five saves over 90 minutes.
LCC is 10-2-5 overall and 8-1-5 in conference play. Tacoma is 10-1-5 overall and 9-1-4 in conference play.
Up next, the Red Devils host South Puget Sound Community College on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. at Northlake Soccer Field in Longview, Washington.
This is also sophomore night for Red Devils Soccer. The team will honor their sophomore players before the match.
