Tri-Nine girls soccer teams hope to heal, regroup

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By J. Mike Blake, mblake@newsobserver.com

As Tri-Nine Conference girls soccer teams get set for a break in the action, eight of the league’s nine teams are hoping a week off for spring break allows them to heal enough to make a strong charge up the standings.

The exception would be the team that can’t climb any higher. Green Hope, now ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN Rise, remains unbeaten and untied. Only Apex has been able to stay within a goal of the Falcons thus far.

“We were disappointed in ourselves last year” after losing in the third round of playoffs, said Green Hope junior Alexis Degler. “It puts a bigger target on your back and makes you work that much harder.”

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Tri-Nine girls soccer teams hope to heal, regroup