Brown's 1st half Hat Trick paces Perrysburg over St. Ursula Academy in NWO showdown of elites

Toledo - Two very storied high school soccer programs met Monday afternoon with a lot to gain to their tournament resumes - for Perrysburg they were very fortunate to gain their ninth win of the season in a 4-1 rout of St. Ursula Academy.  The game started in a frantic pace with St. Ursula seeing freshman Peyton Sullivan taking a header off the post - and within minutes after Sullivan's header off the post Perrysburg took advantage with a header from their senior captain Allex Brown from a direct free kick sent in from senior captain Lindy DeLong (first of two assist on the afternoon). Minutes after Brown's first goal - she registered another redirected header to far post from a throw-in to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 lead 15 minutes after Brown's first goal.  St. Ursula's Peyton Sullivan and sophomore Amy King would create problem for the Yellow Jacket defending four - but unable to capitalize on unforced errors from Perrysburg - 23 minutes into the first half Brown would register her third goal of the match from a deflection off of sophomore Caroline Bartholomew and Brown half volley chance would fly by freshman St. Ursula goalkeeper Caelen Warnecke. The Arrows would not go away easily with under five minutes to play they finally got the goal they needed from Jen Hoffman from a direct kick from Grace Donnelly.  Second half - Perrysburg looked to start where they finished but the Arrows would not go away quietly with the Arrows hitting the post in the opening minutes of the second half - but Perrysburg got the assurance goal from sophomore Anna Kirby by collecting a loose ball outside the penalty area and blasting it to the far post panel of the net giving the Yellow Jackets a 4-1 lead with 22 minutes remaining in the match. Junior Jordyn Greer along with Sullivan and King would get opportunity but not enough to get by freshman goalkeeper Allie Michel. "Overall, very proud of our performance tonight against another quality opponent" said Perrysburg coach Jorge Diaz.  The Yellow Jackets improve to 9-1-1 setting up another key match with the season winding to a close with an NLL showdown with Sylvania Northview - St. Ursula's TRAC title hopes are still alive and they fall to 5-4-3.

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