FORT MADISON - Fort Madison’s girls soccer team needed some fun.
The Bloodhounds got it in Monday’s 10-0 win over Fairfield at the Baxter Sports Complex, and seeing her players enjoy the match was something coach Carrie Burken appreciated.
“That’s more commentary on the field than I’ve ever heard before,” Burken said, smiling. “It was definitely entertaining.”
“Oh yeah, it was fun,” said sophomore Teagan Snaadt, who scored six goals and added an assist. “The most fun this season, by far. You just have fun when you’re beating a team, and you can switch things up and people can play different positions, try new things. It just makes it fun.”
The Bloodhounds (5-2 overall, 5-1 Southeast Conference) had already beaten the Trojans (0-8, 0-6) 8-0 this season, and that, Burken said, helped give her team confidence.
“I think just not having so much pressure on, knowing we can beat them, having already beaten them 8-0 last time out, there’s just that comfortable feeling,” Burken said. “It made us looser.
“It’s fun to score goals. It’s fun to see your teammates try to score goals when it’s something they don’t normally do. I just love how they support each other and want each other to do better. So yeah, it was fun.”
Snaadt scored five consecutive goals in the first half, helping the Bloodhounds to a 7-0 halftime lead.
“I think she takes direction really well,” Burken said. “She knows when we make adjustments, she knows where to go. But I think she’s a little bit of a hound, knowing that when there’s an opportunity (to score), she’s going to take it.
“I think there were a couple of balls that hit the crossbar, and Teagan was right there for the rebound. Because she knows, like, ‘I have the opportunity to score, I’m going to be in position to get that goal.’”
“It feels good, but I definitely couldn’t do it without my teammates,” Snaadt said. “This was a crazy game. To mercy-rule a team, it feels good.”
The Bloodhounds scored early and often. Hadley Wolfe had the first two goals of the match, scoring with 2:48 gone in the first half and with 30:21 to play.
Snaadt then took over. She had two goals within the span of 42 seconds, then added three more in the half to give the Bloodhounds a commanding margin.
Snaadt scored 4 1/2 minutes into the second half for her final goal. Halle Menke scored with 15:17 to play, then Wolfe finished the match with a goal with 3:46 to play.
Menke had three assists. Camille Kruse had two. Wolfe, Paetyn Wiegand, and Jenna Hellman each had one assist.
It was the first of a stretch of three matches in four days for the Bloodhounds. Fort Madison plays host to Central Lee on Tuesday, then plays at Washington on Thursday.
“It’s a busy week,” Burken said. “That’s why it was nice to get this one.”
“We’re playing good,” Snaadt said. “We’ve just got to keep it rolling.”
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