DIVISION I-A GIRLS SOCCER: South Tahoe stops Pahrump in final

Brittany Hubberts scored two goals Saturday as South Tahoe’s girls soccer team surprised Pahrump Valley, 3-2 in the Division I-A state title match at Dayton.

Pahrump (18-1-2) was bidding for its third straight state title and suffered its first loss since Nov. 3, 2012 when it fell to Faith Lutheran in the Southern Region final. The Trojans had gone 22 consecutive matches without a loss, a streak that started with an 8-3 win over South Tahoe in last year’s state semifinal.

“They were really good in the air,” Pahrump coach Pamela Larmouth said of South Tahoe. “That team just had us in the air. Every ball in the air, they owned. We talked at halftime about how we needed to keep the ball on the ground, and we probably had three passes on the ground in the second half.”

Hubberts struck in the 36th minute to give the Vikings a 1-0 halftime lead.

Allison King tacked on a goal early in the second half to make it 2-0 before Pahrump finally got on the board on a goal in the 55th minute by Sydney Sladek, who finished her career Saturday as Nevada’s all-time leader in goals with 205. Sladek scored 75 goals this season.

“Our program was made around Sydney,” Larmouth said.

Hubberts converted again on a deflection with just more than 15 minutes to play to put South Tahoe up 3-1.

Jennifer McCaw’s goal with about two minutes to play completed the scoring.

“Having that goal in the last two minutes was great,” Larmouth said. “They just kept playing hard.”

The Trojans won last year’s Division I-A state title and captured the 2011 fall Class 4A title, but will lose seven seniors who combined for 111 goals this season. Goalkeeper Kiaya Nauck also departs after posting 15 shutouts this season.

“We started off with 12 girls that were spread out over three years who played together on a club team,” Larmouth said. “This is the last of that group. They were the youngest. All of the girls have been such an important part of our success the last three years.

“They had a major impact on our program.”