How Lady Vikings Can Use Deja Vu to Unlock Their True Potential
The French word “already-seen” can be used to describe the fleeting feeling of experiencing similar things prior to. It’s a familiar feeling and could be unsettling.
Jada Lewis has been in a blaze lately in the 3-point range. In her four games in the last six she Vikings player has scored at least one three-pointer.
Bethany Vs. Martin Luther
This season, nine of the Vikings 14 players are underclassmen. Savannah Dhaliwal is the lone senior.
Jada is leading the league for making three pointers each game, with an average of 2.42. In the three of her recent games, she’s had five triples or greater.
The first time they played the Wildcats this season the Vikings lost in the half, but they rallied to win by 2 goals. Asia Jota created Azkue for the match’s opener in the second period, and Azkue made a critical save late during the game. The Vikings increased their record to 6-2 for the season.
Olaitz Azkue Scores Game-Winner
Olaitz Azuke made the difference in the Vikings’ scoreless halftime. He did this in less than five minutes from the break. Asia Jota played a perfect ball to Azkue who managed to strike the ball in to give the Vikings an advantage and ultimately take the match by 2-0.
Brooke Wolanin was in net for Bethany and registered her eighth shutout in the league which was a record-breaking single-season school record. She also has 109 saves on the year which is the second most ever recorded by a team in history.
The Vikings will take on Northwestern Wednesday as they begin with the UMAC Tournament. This is the team’s first shot at making the semi-finals in the history of the team.
Asia Jota Scores Second Goal
Jota scored Jota scored Liverpool alongside Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo when the Reds beat Leeds, staying top in Premier League. Liverpool was in complete control after scoring a number of frantic second-half scores as they beat the Elland Road team.
Mane thought he had added a third but his effort was ruled offside by VAR. Mane thought he had scored a third but VAR ruled it offside. Senegal international was later denied the same goal as an Alexander-Arnold-Trent free-kick bounced off the crossbar.
The defender then created an additional goal as his low cross was tipped into Maddie Perry. Minnesota Morris tried to press late, but Cienik was able to stop a series of shots. Jota made it 2-0 in close quarters following an amazing building with Kyogo, Callum McGregor and Jota.
Bethany Wins by the score of 2-0
This is the second time in this season the Vikings went into halftime scoreless against Martin Luther and it was the same Olaitz Azkue who scored the game’s winner less than five minutes into the second quarter to earn Bethany the win. Bethany’s win improves its overall record from 7-4-1 to 7-4-1 as well as its UMAC standings to 7-6-2.
The team is struggling to score regularly, defense has been the mainstay for the Lady Vikings. In only four out of nine recent games, the team allowed its opponents to score greater than 30 percent in the three-point region. They are also leading the Big Sky Conference with an remarkable free throws rate.
Alaya Fitzgerald, nicknamed Lay and has been one of major reasons for the Vikings their success in the first week of the current season. She has scored a league-leading 13.0 point per game during the 9 games played since when the season started. In addition, she scores 4.6 rebounding, 1.9 steals and 1.8 assists.
