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COLFAX — Meadow Lane gets a lot of recognition for the Colfax-Mingo soccer team. That’s because she’s scored 44 goals in 15 matches this season as a freshman.
But her older sister, Bianca Lane, also plays a key role in the Tigerhawks’ success, and the duo combined for four goals and four assists in the team’s 7-1 win over Benton Community during the Class 1A Region 7 quarterfinals on Wednesday.
“We’ve been playing together since we were 2 years old,” Bianca Lane said. “But it can be hard playing with her, too, because I have to get on her when she makes all those mistakes.”
Bianca Lane was joking. There’s not many mistakes being made between the two of them.
And the Tigerhawks played fairly well against the Bobcats in their first-ever home playoff matchup.
They led 4-0 at halftime and scored the game’s first five goals before Benton got one from leading scorer Dani Werning in the 55th minute.
It was Colfax-Mingo’s fifth straight win and it was the second 7-1 victory against the Bobcats this season.
“Benton is a solid team. They have some speed,” Colfax-Mingo head girls soccer coach Zach Tomas said. “I thought we played fairly well.”
Next up in the regional semifinals is 1A No. 8 Nevada at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Nevada.
A large chunk of Tigerhawks lost 10-0 to Nevada (10-5-3) last season while playing their final season with Central Iowa United. That group includes Bianca Lane, Lilyan Hadsall, Brooklyn Yanske and goalie Emmalyn Buchman as well as Baxter’s Ashlyn Finch and Rylie Van Beek.
“We’ll have to play our best game,” Tomas said. “They play a tough schedule, they’ll be fast and physical and we’ll have to be prepared for it. We want to keep it close and then you never know.”
The Tigerhawks (11-1-3) had a 39-9 advantage in shots against Benton (4-10-3) and a 24-6 surplus in shots on goal.
Meadow Lane set up Finch for the first goal of the match in the 2nd minute. Lane sent a crosser to the opposite post where Finch was there for the tap in.
Lily Webster and Victoria Woods made it 3-0 when they both scored off shots from Meadow Lane that bounced off the goalie’s hands and back into play.
Those goals came in the 9th and 15th minutes and then Meadow Lane made it 4-0 with her 43rd goal of the season in 20th minute.
It remained 4-0 until Bianca Lane scored from 30 yards out in the second half at the 46th minute.
After Benton closed the gap to 5-1, Meadow Lane and Bianca Lane capped the scoring with a goals less than a minute a part. They came with 19:13 and 18:22 to play in the match.
“Last year we didn’t do very hot. It’s nice to win a bunch of games this year,” Bianca Lane said. “It’s amazing. This has been a real fun season so far.”
Meadow Lane now has 44 goals this season, which ranks third in the state and second in 1A. Her four assists on Wednesday pushes her season total to 14, which tied for fifth in 1A.
She had opportunities to score more than twice in the contest. Some of her early shots were just wide of the posts and she even hit a post on one of her attempts midway through the first half.
Bianca Lane now has six goals this season, while Woods scored her eighth, Finch put in her seventh and Webster tallied her sixth.
Blain Houseman also registered an assist and Buchman made five saves.
This is great for the community and great for the kids,” Tomas said about the home playoff win. “They’ve obviously worked really hard to get to this point. And not just this season. It’s awesome.”
Notes: Colfax-Mingo is allowing less than one goal per match this season. The most it surrendered was the four it gave up in the 4-1 loss to 1A No. 10 Dike-New Hartford. … While Meadow Lane is the future all-state forward for Colfax-Mingo, Bianca Lane and Hadsall are the glue that keeps the offense and defense together. “(Bianca Lane) is so calm with the ball and almost seems like she sees a few plays ahead,” Tomas said. “She never gets frustrated. Things just kind of come easy to her. When we’ve gotten behind in games this year, she’s the one who calms the others down.”
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