Real Supporters dominate, Youngsters squeak by during intramural sports
Real Supporters 12, Hot Shots 1
The Real Supporters easily defeated Hot Shots in the HPER Building Monday night, beating them 12-1 in co-rec intramural indoor soccer.
Striker Aubrey Loomis got things started one minute into the match, scoring the first goal for the Real Supporters to put them up 1-nil.
Then came the onslaught.
The Real Supporters ran out to a 6-0 lead, with goals coming from Loomis, Scott Laneri, Seth Hilton, Shonne Mecham and Andy Millerberg.
“We’ve been training hard all preseason,” said Millerberg, who is the team’s captain.
The Hot Shots’ only goal came from forward McKay Stoker with a little more than eight minutes remaining in the first half.
Millerberg scored a hat-trick in the first half, which ended with an 8-1 Real Supporters advantage.
“Without our striker Aubrey Loomis, I don’t think we would have done so well,” Millerberg said. “We have an excellent keeper, Landon Howard, who stopped lots of goals.”
Howard, who was a First-Team All-State goalkeeper for Bingham High School in South Jordan last year as a senior, subbed out from goal in the second half and started playing forward, where he too scored a goal.
The Real Supporters scored four goals in the second half to beat Hot Shots 12-1 and improve to 2-0 on the season. They will face The Internation next Monday in HPER 213 at 5:30 p.m.
Hot Shots fell to 0-2 and will face the Italian Stallions at the same time in HPER 209.
Youngsters 3, A-Team 2
The Youngsters narrowly escaped the A-Team in co-rec intramural volleyball Monday night, winning 3 sets to 2.
The Youngsters jumped out to an early lead, winning the first set 25-16 and the second 25-17.
Then the A-Team struck back. Led by team captain Larry Bucio, A-Team won each of the next two shortened sets 15-12 and 15-11.
“We just stayed aggressive and swinging hard,” Youngster outside hitter Liz McArthur said of her team’s performance in the sudden-death fifth set.
Down 14-6, the A-Team looked to be making a comeback before McArthur showed why she was an All-America selection while playing volleyball for Utah State.
“We never gave up,” the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Tournament MVP said. “We dug deep.”
With the win, the Youngsters move to 2-0 on the season and will face Dig It next Monday at 5:30 p.m. in HPER 201B.
The A-Team drop to 0-2 and will face James Gardner at the same time in HPER 201A.
– tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu