Monarch boys blank Lo-Ma in soccer at home

The Denison-Schleswig boys varsity soccer team shutout Logan-Magnolia 10-0 at a home game on Thursday, April 11.

Head Coach Nate Desy listed the following hightlights.

Jackson Saravia led the Monarchs with two goals.

Angel Jimenez, Emmanuel Prado, Kevin Sanchez, Chris Lara, Luke Wiebers, Victor Menendez, Rene

Vargas and Brailyn Desy each scored one goal.

Sebastian Contreras and Christopher Magana combined for seven saves on goal for the night.

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Monarch girls shutout Lo-Ma in soccer

On Thursday, April 11, the Denison-Schleswig girls’ varsity soccer team improved its season record to 3-0 with a 2-0 win over Logan-Magnolia.

Denison-Schleswig had eight shots on goal to four for Lo-Ma. The Monarch’s Sam Chandler had four saves on goal.

The halftime score was 1-0.

Libby Leon scored her third goal of the season on an assist by Rosy Segoviano (third assist of season) on a shot from five yards out with 36:46 remaining in the first half.

Aremy Santos scored her sixth goal of the season on an assist by Libby Leon (second assist of

season) on a shot from 10 yards out with 35:42 remaining in the match.

“We beat a good soccer team tonight. Lo-Ma has some players with good speed and some players who have powerful legs,” said Head Coach Chris Eller. “I was really impressed with our defense tonight as we did a great job of keeping everything in front of us by not waiting too long to drop back on their counters. Our midfielders did a great job of marking up the drops and we really didn’t give up a great shot attempt all night due to a great team effort on defense.

“Offensively, I was really happy to see that both of our goals came as the direct result of things we’ve been working on in practice,” said Eller.

“We worked quite a bit on switching the ball from side to side and that was our first goal on a great cross from Rosy (Segoviano) to Libby (Leon), who did a great job of spreading out wide and keeping the cross pass in front of her. Our second goal came from a great throw-in coupled with a great box out on a defender to win the ball. After that, Aremy (Santos) went to work and scored a very impressive goal beating a double team.

Monarch girls fall to Lewis Central soccer team

The Monarch varsity girls fell 7-0 in a soccer match against Lewis Central in Council Bluffs on Friday, April 12.

Lewis Central had 23 shots on goal to none for Denison-Schleswig.

Sam Chandler had 16 saves on goal for the Monarchs.

The score at the half was 1-0.

The loss put the Monarch girls’ season record at 3-1 and 1-1 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference.

Head Coach Chris Eller said that Lewis Central does a great job of possessing the ball.

“They move the ball around the field very well with very few bad touches, so they don’t beat themselves. When we got a touch, we weren’t able to string three or four consecutive passes together to maintain possession,” Eller commented. “Part of that was because our midfielders were too hesitant to push up on offense and help out the forwards.”

He said the Monarchs played great defense in the first half.

“We stayed marked up and forced them to take shots outside of the box and Sam (Chandler) was able to have a lot of saves. Their only goal came on a beautiful corner kick for a header just inside the back post,” Eller said.

He continued that Lewis Central changed its playing style in the second half because the Monarchs were effective in stopping the short passing game down the middle.

He added that fatigue was a factor in the second half as his team was down two regulars and the girls had to play more minutes than usual.

“We played defense almost the entire game and really did a good job for the most part against a great team. Sam (Chandler) had a great game in goal with some clean catches on some really hard shots on goal. If we can continue to defend like we did, we should be able to stay in games against all the tough teams on our schedule.”

D-S teams split soccer matches with St. Albert

The Denison-Schleswig boys topped St. Albert 5-3 on Monday, April 15, at YMCA Fields in Council Bluffs while the Monarch girls fell 5-1 to St. Albert.

For the boys, Chris Lara led the team with three goals and Carlos Zamago finished the night with two goals.

Emmanuel Prado had two assists and Richard Gonzalez and Carlos Zamago each had one assist.

Sebastian Contreras had a total of nine saves on goal.

The Denison-Schleswig girls’ loss put their record at 3-2 overall and 1-2 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference.

The Monarch girls’ goal was scored by Libby Leon (her fourth for the season) with eight minutes remaining in the match. Karla Sanchez made her fourth assist of the season when she passed the ball from the left wing to Leon who was 18 yards away from the goal.

“St. Albert has a very nice team and is another team that does a great job of possessing the soccer ball,” said Head Coach Chris Eller. “I thought we did a great job defensively on staying marked up and making their shots tough, especially for their leading scorer. Janet Castillo and Lynnae Johnson had a great game defensively on their all-state forward. Our trouble was possessing the ball. We gave up two goals, turning the ball over due to being unable to complete simple, short passes that led to steals and open shots. We just weren’t able to string together enough consecutive passes to create many shots.”

St. Albert had 23 shots to four for the Monarchs. Shots on goal were 15 for St. Albert and three for the Monarchs. The Monarchs’ Jocelyn Serrato had 10 saves in goal.

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