<\/a>Ella Schug steals the ball away from a Rogers player. Ben Ray \/ The Reporter<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
But Sparks wasn’t the only one with that confidence that this group would make the jump. Mora wanted to go out with a bang.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Chargers didn’t take long to get going against Rogers, almost as if they wanted to get the game over faster than the 80-minute allotment. Mora took the team’s second corner kick and placed it right at the feet of Sparks, who flicked the ball into the net inside the third minute of the game.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Just seven minutes later, Sparks got her second of the night. She hit a rocket from 35 yards out, which hit the crossbar and caromed off the keeper for her second of the game. That second goal settled the nerves for the Chargers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Before the game we were super nervous not knowing what the outcome would be. As soon as those first two went in, we kind of knew, ‘Oh yeah, we got this in the bag,’” said Sparks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The rest of the first half was dominated by the Chargers, and at the end of the half, they were rewarded. This time Sparks set up her teammate Mora, who snuck the ball past the keeper and into the net for the third goal of the half for Kentridge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
It seemed at times like Kentridge was playing on a power play — every time there was a loose ball or deflected pass, it fell at the feet of a Charger. That momentum carried over into the second half when Mora found herself at the center of the Kentridge attack again. This time she sent a ball over the top of the Rams’ back line and Shiney Mayanja rifled a shot past the Rogers goalie for the Chargers’ fourth goal of the night.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t