Soccer: Kinnick rules in big-school turf rankings

Soccer: Kinnick rules in big-school turf rankings

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Nile C. Kinnick’s boys and girls soccer team made school history some 1,000 miles apart on Friday afternoon at Yokosuka Naval Base and Kadena Air Base - with two wildly different outcomes in their respective Far East Division I soccer tournament finals.

Maggie Donnelly, Jenna Lynch and Jillian Mock each scored in the shootout at Yokosuka as the Red Devils outlasted Kadena 3-2 in penalty kicks to win their second D-I Tournament title in three years. Kinnick’s girls have played in the Far East finals the last five years.

In the boys final on Okinawa, where such drama was hardly a bother, Kinnick’s defense held Kadena’s potent offense scoreless, and Jack Boran and Ryo Nishiyama each got their ninth goals of the season as the Red Devils blanked the Panthers 2-0 for their school-first D-I title.

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