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Prep girls notes: Cervantes sets Catholic Memorial scoring record

04/16/2015, 7:45am CDT
By ERIC ANDERSON
Emily Cervantes

Becoming your high school's all-time leading scorer is quite an accomplishment. Even more so when you're a girls soccer player at Waukesha Catholic Memorial, which has a long history of success and a star-studded list of alumni.

With three goals in Tuesday night's 6-0 win over Waukesha North, junior Emily Cervantes broke the Catholic Memorial career record for points – a mark held since 2001 by former U.S. women's national team midfielder Leslie Osborne.

Cervantes, who has verbally committed to Tennessee for 2016, has 123 goals and 29 assists for 275 points. Osborne finished her Crusaders career with 97 goals and 79 assists for 273 points, then went on to have a tremendous college career at Santa Clara, earn 61 international caps and play five seasons of professional soccer.

Just six games into her junior season, Cervantes ranks fifth in state history in goals and points, according to the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association record book. She is 13 goals and 36 points away from third place in each category, totals Cervantes figures to reach this season provided she remains healthy.

Reigning WIAA Division 3 state champion Catholic Memorial (6-0-0), which won Division 2 state titles in 2012 and '13, has outscored opponents 29-1 this season and is unbeaten in its past 17 games (16-0-1) dating to last year.

WAUKESHA CATHOLIC MEMORIAL CAREER SCORING LEADERS

Player Years Goals Assists Points
Emily Cervantes 2013-present 123 29 275
Leslie Osborne 1998-2001 97 79 273
Nicole Cameli 2000-03 103 34 240
Carrie Watts 1993-96 84 49 217
Stefanie Hosni 1994-97 77 46 200

WISCONSIN GIRLS TOP PERFORMANCES: CAREER POINTS

Player School Years Points
Ashley Bares Ozaukee 2004-07 505
Heather Willihnganz Waunakee 1990-93 344
Eimile Pesch Brookfield Academy 2009-12 321
Brandi Peltier Hustisford 2008-11 308
Hannah Kernen Sugar River 2008-11 307
Emily Cervantes Waukesha Catholic Memorial 2013-present 275
Leslie Osborne Waukesha Catholic Memorial 1998-2001 273

WISCONSIN GIRLS TOP PERFORMANCES: CAREER GOALS

Player School Years Goals
Ashley Bares Ozaukee 2004-07 224
Heather Willihnganz Waunakee 1990-93 158
Brandi Peltier Hustisford 2008-11 136
Hannah Kernen Sugar River 2008-11 131
Eimile Pesch Brookfield Academy 2009-12 129
Emily Cervantes Waukesha Catholic Memorial 2013-present 123
  • Milwaukee DSHA slipped one spot to No. 15 and Catholic Memorial rose one place to 29th in this week's Top Drawer Soccer Spring Fab 50 rankings. The Dashers dropped despite not playing a match last week, while the Crusaders won all four games on their trip to South Carolina and Georgia. The teams remained first and third, respectively, in the website's Great Lakes Region rankings and lead the TDS Wisconsin rankings, with Waukesha West checking in at No. 3. Full TDS rankings: Fab 50 | Great Lakes Region | Wisconsin
  • The next National Soccer Coaches Association of America national and regional polls will be released next Tuesday.
  • Waunakee saw its 19-game winning streak end, but it became a 20-game unbeaten streak with a 1-1 tie against host Schofield D.C. Everest on Saturday. The Warriors also have a 58-game winning streak in Northern Badger Conference play, a run that dates to their lone loss in the league: 1-0 to Reedsburg on May 20, 2003. Waunakee, which opens its conference schedule April 23 at DeForest, is 69-1-0 all-time in Northern Badger matches. The Warriors are ranked second in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 2 state poll; the Evergreens are No. 2 in Division 1.
  • Ashland's 1-0 loss to Pulaski in its season opener Saturday in Schofield snapped the Oredockers' 18-game unbeaten streak (14-0-4).
  • Freshman Megan French scored her first prep goal in the 74th minute and junior Piper Brown recorded the shutout as host Germantown, ranked fourth in Division 1, posted a 1-0 victory over Whitefish Bay – third in Division 2 – in a North Shore Conference opener Tuesday night. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel match report
  • Six state teams will play in the ninth annual adidas Tournament of Champions from April 30 to May 2 in Burlington, Iowa. DSHA is in the Heartland Lodge Bracket, Middleton and Pewaukee are in the adidas Bracket, Waunakee and Whitefish Bay are in the Greater Burlington Bracket and Sussex Hamilton is in the Iowa Economic Development Bracket at the 42-team tournament, which includes teams from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Tournament website

Editor's note: This article has been edited from its original version to reflect information that became available after posting.

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