Bentonville edges Fayetteville with penalty kicks

The senior goalkeeper wrapped her hands around Fayetteville’s first try, and that led to the Lady Tigers’ 4-2 decision in penalty kicks after the two teams played to a scoreless tie at Harmon Field Anslea Haikey had already hit Bentonville’s first penalty kick when Miller correctly chose to go to her left and denied Hannah Davis’ kick.

Mary Rose Warren’s kick, however, hit the crossbar and bounced away, then Bentonville sealed the win when Merrill Leak and Alyssa Carlson connected on their kicks.

Tyler Roberts hit a game-tying goal with 1 minute, 36 seconds left in regulation, and Bentonville went to win its third straight game with penalty kicks.

Chase Hunter gave the Tigers (8-2-1, 5-2) a 1-0 edge when he hit the first penalty kick, and goalkeeper Ben Barron made it stand with two straight blocks.

Josh Belford gave Fayetteville (5-6-1, 2-5) its only goal in regulation off a deflected corner kick with 31:44 left in the first half.

But Vega tied the game in the second half and then scored the game-winning penalty kick with six minutes left.

Garcia scored back-to-back goal early in the second half to give Heritage a 2-0 lead.

Har-Ber scored with 3 minutes, 58 seconds left on a goal by Juan Mejia and then missed just wide with the potential tying goal with about two minutes left.