OLD TOWN, Maine — Defending two-time Class B North girls soccer champion Hermon High School finally received a stiff test on Thursday night after outscoring its first seven opponents 47-4 in building its regular season winning streak to 51 games.
In fact, Hermon trailed Old Town 1-0 at the half.
But senior striker Lyndsee Reed scored her 20th and 21st goals of the season and senior midfielder Jaylin Hills added an important insurance goal with 5:10 left as Hermon triumphed 3-1.
Hermon is now 8-0 while Old Town fell to 6-1.
Freshman midfielder Karina Dumond was credited with Old Town’s first-half goal when her cross was sliced into the goal by a Hermon player who had just entered the game and was trying to clear it out of danger.
Reed tied it eight minutes into the second half when a Madi Stewart pass deflected over to her at the top of the penalty area and she turned and launched a left-footed shot past Old Town goalie Danica Brown.
Two minutes later Reed had a chance to give Hermon the lead off a penalty kick but Brown made a save going to her right. A handball in the penalty area resulted in the penalty kick.
But Reed broke the tie with 15:55 left off a perfectly placed corner kick by Stewart.
Reed, standing in the middle of the penalty area, volleyed the corner off the outside of her right leg past Brown.
Hills capped the scoring when she directed a loose ball past Brown after Reed’s header off a Natalie Tardie corner pinballed around in the box.
Bella Bowden made two saves off 11 shot attempts for Old Town while Brown finished with 10 saves off 30 shots.
