Girls Soccer: Higgins’ rebound shot a winner for Penncrest

NEWTOWN SQUARE >> The last two weeks have been rough on Penncrest, and few have felt that as acutely as Tara Higgins. Thursday’s task for the sophomore wasn’t just to get up and down the wing, but to do so sporting a new sleeve over her left knee, a remnant of an injury picked up in Tuesday’s overtime loss to Conestoga. Add in an early Marple Newtown goal forcing Penncrest to chase Thursday’s Central League contest, and the latest installment of disappointment seemed inevitable for the Lions … until Higgins decided otherwise.

Higgins connected on a corner kick that rattled around in the box 55 seconds into overtime, helping the Lions banish some recent setbacks and score a 2-1 win. Gia Martyn delivered the corner, which danced chaotically through a couple of attempts to nudge it this way or that. It took a deflection off Penncrest defender Sarah Hughes and sat up perfectly for Higgins to lash with her right foot and deposit her eighth goal of the season.

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