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Mariman leads Leafs past Moline
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By Chris Steele, chrissteele@qconline.com
By Chris Steele, chrissteele@qconline.com
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After suffering a sprained ankle, Geneseo's Jade Mariman characterized her first two games back for the Maple Leafs girls' soccer team as not her best. However, Wednesday night's outing was a different story for Mariman. The senior midfielder felt ready for contact again, and was back at the top of her game. She scored twice and added an assist in the Maple Leafs' 4-1 win against Moline (12-6). In the 30th minute, Mariman won a rebound off the hands of Moline keeper Rachel Holt in front of the net and put the Maple Leafs (15-1-1) on the scoreboard. "I just saw the open spot and knew that if I didn't score my coach (Ian Kline) was going to be mad," said Mariman with a laugh. "I'm notorious for putting those shots over the crossbar, but I made sure that I used good technique and went at it hard." In the first two minutes of the second half, Mariman was at it again. She distanced Geneseo further after her pass across field ricocheted off a Maroon defender into the net for a 2-0 lead. After a 1-0 loss to DeKalb last week, Kline thought something was still lacking in the Leafs' 5-0 win against Rock Island Saturday. However, Tuesday's game against Moline was the kind of effort he wanted to see our of his team. "What happened in the DeKalb game is that we never shot the ball like we should have," Kline said. "If you don't shoot the ball, you can't score, and if you don't get shots, you can't get rebounds. We have been stressing on getting good shots and having good rebounds and staying in position and getting good opportunities." Mallory Wirth's score in the 48th minute gave Geneseo some insurance, but Moline showed life after Bre Hughes scored on a header into the back of the net off Kelsi Smith corner kick in the 59th minute. Geneseo's Kelsey Nystrom answered with a late score in the 73rd minute to cap the Geneseo victory. While Moline coach Rick Sanchez hoped his team would build off the weekend's championship win at the State Line Challenge, he remained confident after the nonconference loss that his team would be prepared for the postseason challenges in the coming weeks. "It's a matter of playing consistent and minimizing mistakes," Sanchez said. "We had a couple of opportunities. We took advantage of one, but we dug ourselves a deep hole that we couldn't get out of." 
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Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Fanatics have grown wonderfully civil since the president snubbedthem by revoking Burnside's infamous attack upon the freedom of the press.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Passengers were stunned yesterday when lightning struck a LongView street car at 9th Ave. and 25th St.
1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Radio station WQAD in Moline is being considered by the NationalCivil Defense Office for selection as a "secured communication center" Mrs. Gault,executive deputy director of the Moline Civil Defense unit reported today.
1988 -- 25 years ago: "Marketplace 29 A.D." an unusual vacation Bible school programthat will allow children to live three days as people did during the Bible Times June 21-23. The three day program, is a joint project of Aldersgate and Bethel-Wesley UnitedMethodist churches.
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