The Republic Lady Tigers put together what was probably their best all-around performance of the season in an 8-0 blowout victory over Carthage to open Central Ozark Conference play at home Tuesday. The Lady Tigers jumped on top 5 1/2 minutes into the game, and never looked back, keeping the ball on the offensive end of the field for most of the night.
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Republic’s first two scores came from Sierra Casagrand, who scored off a rebound at 34:30, then got in the scorebook again at 27:00 with an assist from Sara Marcotte. The Lady Tigers made it 3-0 when Morgan Cantrell scored on a corner kick from Emily Jordan. Jordan assisted on the next goal by Marcotte with 12:00 left in the half to make it 4-0. Marcotte scored again at 8:30 to give Republic a five-goal lead. And it was 6-0 after Lesleigh Fenton boomed a 40-yard free kick into the top of the net over the outstretched arms of the Carthage goalkeeper.
In the 2nd half, Marcotte completed her hat trick with a score on a penalty kick to make it 7-0. Fenton scored again to complete the scoring.
Republic improves to 6-1 overall, 1-0 in conference play. They’ll compete in the Ozark Shootout over the weekend.