Lady Colonels Win Second Region Title in Penalty Shootout
The Henderson County girls' soccer team, the Lady Colonels, won their second region title in dramatic fashion, defeating the University Heights Blazers 5-4 in a penalty shootout after coming back from a 2-0 deficit and playing a player down. The…
Evansville, IN, October 22, 2026 —
The Henderson County girls’ soccer team, known as the Lady Colonels, won its second region title by defeating the University Heights Blazers 5-4 in a penalty shootout. Henderson County advanced after recovering from a 2-0 deficit and playing with a player down, according to the information provided about the match.
The result sends the Lady Colonels to the state championship rounds. The available account does not specify when or where the match was played, how Henderson County reduced the deficit, or how long the team played a player down. It also does not provide the score at the end of regulation or any extra time before the shootout.
The 5-4 result was recorded in the penalty shootout; no separate final score for the match was provided. Details about individual goal scorers, the player who was sent off, and the circumstances of that incident were also not included.
The team’s title is described as its second region championship. The information provided does not identify the year of its previous title or offer further details about the regional tournament. The Lady Colonels’ next step is the state championship rounds, but no schedule, opponent, or location for those rounds was provided.
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