{"id":5724,"date":"2013-05-28T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2013-06-14T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T15:33:24","slug":"christina-gibbons-leads-cardinal-gibbons-to-state-soccer-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=5724","title":{"rendered":"Christina Gibbons leads Gibbons to state soccer title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cardinalgibbons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cardinalgibbons-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"cardinalgibbons\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cardinalgibbons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cardinalgibbons-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cardinalgibbons-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Christina Gibbons scored a pair of goals to lead Cardinal Gibbons to a 3-0 victory over Hickory St. Stephens on Saturday afternoon for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A girl&#8217;s soccer championship at Dail Soccer Field at N.C. State University.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbons, a Duke signee who scored five goals in a playoff game against Burlington Williams earlier in the playoffs, was named Most Valuable Player of the championship match.<\/p>\n<p>The Crusaders exerted heavy pressure in the first 20 minutes and tallied just 2:08 into the contest when all-American Morgan Reid found the back of the net.  Then Cardinal Gibbons made it 2-0 in the 11th minute with a two on one that resulted in a goal by Gibbons.<\/p>\n<p>In the 60th minute, Gibbons dribbled down the right side and then tucked it into the left corner of the net for a 3-0 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The Crusader defense, with senior Kristen Twomey in goal, recorded its 18th shutout in 25 games. Twomey had five saves as Gibbons outshot St. Stephens 20-9.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Gibbons finished the season 22-2-1 and played for the NCHSAA women\u2019s soccer championship for the fourth time, winning its second state crown.  The Crusaders won the 2-A title in 2007 and now have an amazing 38-6 record in state playoff competition in the last eight seasons.  St. Stephens made its first appearance in the championship and the Indians ended the campaign 21-4-2.<\/p>\n<p>The Raleigh Sports Consortium serves as the primary host city partner for the women&#8217;s soccer championship, along with the Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the game, including quotes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cghsnc.org\/cf_news\/view.cfm?newsid=167\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nNORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION<\/p>\n<p>STATE 3-A WOMEN&#8217;S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dail Soccer Field, N.C. State University<\/p>\n<p>Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 2 1 &#8212; 3<\/p>\n<p>Hickory St. Stephens\t0 0 &#8212; 0<\/p>\n<p>SCORING<\/p>\n<p>3rd minute CG\u2014Morgan Reid<\/p>\n<p>11th minute CG\u2014Christina Gibbons<\/p>\n<p>60th minute CG\u2014Christina Gibbons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Gibbons scored a pair of goals to lead Cardinal Gibbons to a 3-0 victory over Hickory St. Stephens on Saturday afternoon for the North&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","wpcat-79-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5839,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions\/5839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}