Girls Preparatory School got three goals from Sydney Morris in a second-half eruption and defeated Brentwood Academy 4-2 in a TSSAA Division II-AA soccer quarterfinal Saturday.
That puts the Bruisers in the state final four along with Baylor, with GPS (11-5-2) facing Briarcrest Christian on Thursday at 8 p.m. EDT in Murfreesboro. Meg Priest had the first-half goal on a direct kick Saturday, when Lane Lawrence, Leila von Kessler and Myra Brock assisted on the Morris goals.
Also advancing to Murfreesboro on Saturday were Chattanooga Christian in Division II-A, East Hamilton in Division I Class AA and Signal Mountain in Class A. East Hamilton won 3-1 over Stone Memorial and Signal romped 6-0 past East Robertson in state sectionals.
CCS edged University School of Nashville 2-1 in a quarterfinal with two second-half goals from Olivia Hoffman. Lillie Cate and Sarah O’Shea had assists for the Lady Chargers (20-1-2), who outshot USN 16-9.
Arielle Fortune, Gabby Larson and Julia Kaset scored and Kaset also had an assist for East Hamilton (16-3-1), which had a 14-2 advantage in shots over the Crossville school.