Class 2A girls' state soccer: Lewis Central, Union both score four goals to advance to final

Cody Goodwin | The Des Moines Register

Scores and highlights from Friday's Class 2A semifinals at the 2017 Iowa high school girls' soccer state tournament in Des Moines.

Lewis Central 4, ADM 1

The top-seeded Lewis Central girls' soccer team ran past fourth-seeded ADM, 4-1, on Field 9 at James Cownie Soccer Park in the first Class 2A semifinal on Friday afternoon.

The star of the game was Kelsey McSorely, a senior for a Titans (18-3) team now one win away from repeating as the 2A state champions. McSorely, an Iowa State signee, scored twice for Lewis Central, and assisted on the other two goals.

The Titans opened the scoring in the second minute, when McSorely found Grace Guidry in the penalty box. Guidry then slotted home the lone goal of the first half.

Lewis Central broke the game wide open in the second. McSorely scored her first goal thanks to a pass from Guidry in the 50th minute. ADM (18-3) responded in the 64th minute, when Delaney Barton scored from 25 yards out

But the Titans pushed their lead back to two when McSorely found Suzie McDonald in the 69th minute. McDonald then weaved through the ADM defense and scored easily. McSorely scored her second goal on a free kick from 21 yards out in the 73rd minute.

BOX SCORE

ADM/Van Meter...0 1 -- 1

Lewis Central...1 3 -- 4

First Half: 2' -- Guidry (McSorely assist)

Second Half: 50' -- McSorely (Guidry); 64' -- Barton; 69' -- McDonald (McSorely); 73' -- McSorely

Union 4, North Scott 3

A frantic final 11 minutes saw the Union girls' soccer team turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 victory over North Scott on Cownie's Field 6 on Friday afternoon.

North Scott held a commanding lead over the Knights after 60 minutes of soccer. A pair of goals from Rylie Rucker and another from Savannah Bogner put the Lancers (12-7) up 3-1 heading into the second-half water break.

But when time became an issue, Union flipped a switch. Courtney Powell scored on a long shot that bounced over the North Scott keeper in the 69th minute to bring the Knights closer at 3-2.

Then, in the 78th minute, Emma Rottinghaus, who scored Union's first goal in the 50th minute, sent a corner kick into the box, where Powell tapped in the tying goal. The senior struck again a minute later by slotting home the go-ahead goal from point-blank range in the box. Powell is now up to 80 goals on the year.

BOX SCORE

Union...0 4 -- 4

North Scott...1 2 -- 3

First Half: 36' -- Rylie Rucker (Karli Rucker assist)

Second Half: 50' -- Rottinghaus; 51' -- Bogner (Karli Rucker); 58' -- Rylie Rucker (Karli Rucker assist); 69' -- Powell; 78' -- Powell (Rottinghaus); 79' -- Powell

Saturday's Class 2A schedule

Championship Game: Lewis Central (18-3) vs. Union (19-2), 1:30 p.m., Field 9

Cody Goodwin covers high school sports, college basketball recruiting and Drake athletics for The Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.