By Becky Walz,

The Decorah girls’ soccer team (1-1) picked up its first win Thursday, defeating North Fayette Valley (0-1) on the road, 2-1.
After a scoreless first half where both teams had some good opportunities to score, Decorah came up with two early goals in the second half, which was enough to keep a spirited NFV side at bay.
Grace Neal broke the ice just one minute in on a nice assist from Isabella Bishop. Five minutes later Gabrielle Dixon scored from 10 yards out to complete the scoring for Decorah. A consolation goal for the TigerHawks was scored with two minutes left in the game on a penalty kick, awarded when a Viking defender, trying to clear the ball, ran into a NFV forward on her follow-through.
In all, the Vikings had eight shots on the goal by five different players. Leading the way with three was Neal while Dixon had two. With one apiece were Ella Grouws, Isabella Bishop and Kylie O’Hara. Standing in the goal, senior Mya Redenius had two saves.
“Our girls played better in this game than they did in Dubuque recently, but we really need to make better decisions with the ball and better passes, in general,” said Coach Loren Hendrickson.
The Vikes hosted Independence Monday and will be back on their home pitch Thursday, April 13, versus Gladbrook-Reinbeck at 5:30 p.m.
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