The 2018 Peninsula Conference Soccer Tournament,the first conference tournament under the new two division soccer format, opened Thursday at Soldotna High School with play-in games for the #4 and #5 seeds in the five team conference tournament.
The Nikiski girls advance with a 2-0 victory over the Seward Seahawks; the Seward boys also advance by downing Nikiski 3-1 in first round action.
Nikiski Girls 2 – Seward 0
America Jefferies scored a pair of goals and Abby Bystedt recorded the shut out in goal for Nikiski . Jefferies scored on a first-half, penalty kick and scored an insurance goal late in the game.
Nikiski advances to play the tournament’s #1 seed Soldotna in the 5 p.m. game on Friday at Soldotna High School.
Nikiski Boys 1 – Seward 3
The Nikiski boys managed only a single, Michael Mysing goal in the boys opening contest at the Peninsula tournament.
The Seward boys advance to play the tournament’s #1 seed Kenai in the 7 p.m. game on Friday at Soldotna High School.
Peninsula Conference Tournament: Friday Schedule All games at SoHi
Homer Girls vs Kenai Girls 1 p.m.
Homer Boys vs SoHi Boys 3 p.m.
#1 SoHi Girls vs Nikiski 5 p.m.
#11 Kenai Boys vs Seward 7 p.m.
Peninsula Conference Tournament: Saturday Schedule All games at SoHi
Girls 3rd Place Game 10 a.m.
Boys 3rd Place Game noon
Girls Championship Game 2 p.m.
Boys Championship Game 4 p.m.
Peninsula Conference Tournament Seeding
Girls Seeding and Brackets
The Soldotna girls earn the top seed with a 9-0-1 conference record, based on regular season play. The Homer girls at 7-2-1 earn the #2 seed; followed by Kenai (7-3); Nikiski (3-7); and Seward (3-7).
2018 Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket
Boys Seeding and Brackets
The Kenai boys earn the #1 seed with a regular season 7-0-1 conference record. Homer (5-2-1) is seeded second followed by SoHi (5-3), Seward (1-7) and Nikiski (1-7).