Bay exacted some revenge after falling to Rocky River in last season's state semifinal.
MACEDONIA, Ohio — The Rocky River Pirates have been a major hurdle that the Bay Rockets had not been able to clear.
The only other time Bay’s seniors experienced a win over the Pirates was their freshman year. They lost all three of the other matchups prior to their tie in September. Rocky River controlled possession and had a couple of solid opportunities to score early on. That didn’t stop Bay from putting the first points on the board when a corner kick ricocheted off of a defender right to Tessa Knapp’s feet. With a pair of defenders closing in she took a shot from the top left side of the box that the keeper deflected but couldn’t stop from going in.
Addison Russell nearly put the Pirates on the board on two separates occasions. The first was a lefty shot from the top of the box that hit the crossbar and went straight down. The next was a header that bounced off of the football goalpost. The Rockets were able to put shots on goal and make some dangerous runs early in the second half, but goalkeeper Caitlin Rose and the Pirate defense stood firm time and time again. And they needed to because they had a difficult time creating scoring opportunities of their own.
“I found space. I was one-v-one against a defender, and then I put the ball in the back of the net,” Knapp said. “That really secured our lead, and then we just kept pushing from there.”
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