Mandeville sophomore Emily Descant scored what proved to be the winning goal during the 60th minute of a 2-0-home district win over Northshore Tuesday.

In a scoreless match, Descant took a shot from the middle of the field and got it by Northshore goalkeeper Chloe Castro.

“I just dribbled through the defense, then I shot it, and it went into the upper corner,” Descant said.

Mandeville'€™s Emily LeBreton (10) and Northshore'€™s Sydney Johnson go after a loose ball near the sidelines during their district match held Tuesday at MHS. (Staff Photo by Chris Kinkaid)

Descant added she thought her shot had a chance of getting in.

“I felt pretty confident about it,” she said. “I just tried to aim it to the higher corner.”

The win put MHS (11-1) at 3-1 in district, while Northshore (6-3) fell to 2-3 in district.

Mandeville added another one in the 65th minute when Julia Hunter took a pass from Abigail Schmidt. Castro came out, and Hunter got the shot by her to give the Lady Skippers a 2-0 lead.

The offenses struggled the first part of the match. MHS finally took a shot that went wide and was picked up by Castro in the 14th minute.

The Lady Skippers had a great chance to score in the 27th minute when a shot was dropped by Castro. Kaitlin Davis got a foot on it, but Castro did a good job of getting on the ball and saving a potential goal.

In the second half, Northshore had a chance to get on the board during the 50th minute when Lindsey Dixon took an open shot, but it hit the crossbar.

Then in the 45th minute, Mandeville’s Davis took another shot, but it went wide left.

Two minutes later, Dixon missed a shot wide left.

Mandeville broke the ice in the 60th minute to go up, 1-0, and later added one more.

Lady Skippers’ coach Sean Esker talked about the second half.

“We were fortunate to continue to create chances and we played the second half with a great sense of urgency,” Esker said. “We just kept battling, kept fighting and put a couple of them in.”

Mandeville named Kirstin Kellar its top defender.

Northshore coach Rich Heffernan credited the Lady Skippers on their play.

“We had to play well because Mandeville is a very organized and well-coached team,” Heffernan said. “Defensively, they got pressure on us both halves. We had no other choice but to play defense most of the game.”

NHS named Leland Emory its top defender.