Emma Morris lifts PHS past Hurricane in MSAC showdown

Hurricane's Auri Barnett and Parkersburg's Layla Hill battle for possession during Tuesday's match at Stadium Field. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)

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– Parkersburg banged a pair of first-half shots off the crossbar here Tuesday night at Stadium Field in a Mountain State Athletic Conference showdown with Hurricane, but the Redskins were unable to get a ball past keeper Addi Mosso as Emma Morris tallied the lone goal in the 63rd minute via a Reagan Ashley assist to lift the Big Reds to the 1-0 victory.

PHS, which improved to 10-3-2 overall and 9-1-1 in the MSAC, won its third straight match and now welcomes in Morgantown for a 5:30 p.m.

Thursday affair on senior night. "We did well. On our goal it was a beautiful combination play," admitted PHS head coach Jarric Hoskins. "Found the backside.

"I think we had about three or four passes around the box. We played it up to the middle and then back and then across.

Great placement on it." Ashley, whose 11 goals only trails teammate Hailey Warman's dozen tallies, earned her eighth assist of the campaign.