Font ResizeWorst of all, her Bermudian Springs field hockey team was sputtering in the steady rain at Eastern York on Wednesday. After 40 minutes of dominance, the Eagles had yet to score.
After another near-miss early in the second half, the senior forward voiced her frustration to her teammates.
"I had a little emotional breakdown," Harris said after the Eagles' soggy 3-0 victory. "But I'm better now."
A pair of goals will do that.
Harris scored twice in the second half, helping the visiting Eagles (4-0) finally break through against overmatched Eastern York.
Perhaps the biggest surprise was that Bermudian didn't score earlier. The Eagles racked
"The law of averages says you're going to score eventually when you get all those shots and all those corners," Bermudian coach Neil Bixler said. "That's usually what happens."
Sure enough, it happened Wednesday. But there were a few nervous moments before Harris hammered home a loose ball with 16:54 left.
"You get frustrated at each other," Harris said. "You just have to step back and take a couple of deep breaths."
The Eagles seemed to do just that after Harris' opening goal. Junior Abigail Orwig added a second goal five minutes later, and Harris deflected home Rachael Kotula's rocket with 1:29 remaining.
Eastern York goalkeeper Tina Clawson made 20 saves to help the Knights stay close .
Bermudian has scored 19 goals in its first four games, nine of those by Harris.
For an experienced Eagles squad -- 10 of its 11 starters played a role for last year's 19-2 team -- that's one more reason to be optimistic.
"We want to go all the way, even better than we did last year," Harris said. "Hopefully get to states again."
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