The VA Rush team Mirror Donnas started off the tournament easily defeating the SOCA team "Quad" 8 to 4 with everyone on the Mirror Donnas team scoring at least one goal and with Jessica Cavolt scoring a Hat Trick.
The next game the Mirror Donnas battled the Strikers team "Allie’s Kats" to a 6 to 6 tie with most of the Mirror Donnas team scoring goals and Chandler Monk scoring a Hat Trick.
The final pool play game Saturday was another fierce battle between the Mirror Donnas and the Strikers team "Xtreme" resulting in a 4 to 4 tie. The fierce defensive and offensive play from Taylor Russ and Marie Shoen were key to securing this tie.
In the Quarter Finals, the Mirror Donnas defeated the Striker team "Flash" 4 to 3 in another impressive display of offense and defense by Marie Shoen and Jessica Cavolt.
In the Semi Finals, the Mirror Donnas had a rematch with the SOCA team "Quad" and this time SOCA put up an incredible fight. The game ended in a 5 to 5 tie thus sending the game into overtime where both teams scored 1 goal a piece to end the overtime period 6 to 6. In the game ending penalty kick shoot out, Chandler, Marie, and Taylor made 3 penalty kicks to the 2 made penalty kicks of SOCA in order to send the Mirror Donnas through to the Championship match. Erica Jackson was a goal scoring machine with 5 goals this game.
In the Championship match, the Mirror Donnas played the Striker team "Pink Daisy Frolickers". The regular game time ended in a 3 to 3 tie with Chandler Monk scoring her second Hat Trick of the weekend. In overtime, it was the intense defensive effort of Marie Shoen stopping everything in her part of the field and the two powerful offensive strikes by Taylor Russ and Erica Jackson that pushed the Mirror Donnas to a 5 to 3 victory by the end of the overtime period and making the Mirror Donnas the Tournament Champions of the U13 Girls travel division.
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