As has become usual this season, the Miners girls soccer team easily dispatched another opponent in Juan Diego Catholic Thursday, winning 6-0.  A 2-0 lead taken into halftime by Park City allowed the team to play 22 of its players in the win. The Miners saw all six of their goals scored by six different players. Goalscorer Elsa Dellenbach led the team with two assists.  The win was Park City’s eighth-straight. In this winning streak, the Miners have outscored opponents 49-1.  Ranked third in 4A, Park City is working to perfect their craft ahead of October’s playoffs. They have seven regular season games left, including Sept. 24 senior night against Murray. They plan to host the game at the remodeled Dozier Field, which is opening during later construction stages for Friday night’s Miners football game.  “Last night was a good representation of what we’re capable of,” Miners Head Coach Anthony DiCicco said. “Our depth is certainly a strength of ours. … We have so many players who are a threat on any given day.” DiCicco said his team has been playing so well rounded he couldn’t come up with an immediate answer when recently asked by a ref who their leading scorer is. That player is junior Ashtyn Holder with nine goals, though Holder is one of five Park City players with five or more goals this season.  Park City is now looking ahead to Monday’s game against Cottonwood. Credit: Photo courtesy of Kendra Bowers/Miners girls soccer DiCicco said Holder was one of a few junior varsity players last season who got playing time on varsity. He likes to offer such opportunities so these players are ready to step up if needed in the playoffs. The Miners will have a perfect opportunity to spread the ball around again at 3:30 p.m. Monday when they travel to face Cottonwood. They will face a combination junior varsity and varsity team against Cottonwood, who doesn’t have a junior varsity team this season. Park City defeated Cottonwood 9-0 doing the same thing Aug. 27.  “It will actually be an entirely different squad than saw them the first time,” DiCicco said. “And so that comes with its own unique challenges: a group that hasn’t together quite as much has to come together on the fly and problem solve, and Cottonwood is not the easiest place to go play. We know we’ll be the better team, we just have to go execute.” Aside from working in those younger players, DiCicco believes his team can continue to work on breaking other team’s rhythms and finishing in front of the opposing nets down the final stretch of the season. He said they constantly work on these things in practice and in games. DiCicco believes the Miners’ strongest opponent and best challenge can often be themselves in practice.  With the playoffs having been paired down from 24 to 16 teams this season, there will be less margin for error for Park City. They will need to hit the ground running against what could be more battled tested teams from other parts of Utah.  “The St. George, Provo and Northern regions are regions where you get teams that maybe don’t have records that are as good as ours but are very much battle tested because of the quality of some of the opposition that they’re seeing throughout the regular season,” DiCicco said. “One thing about this group that’s been true over these last several years is that they are up for it. They don’t take teams lightly, and their focus is on themselves and being the best version of ourselves that we can be.” DiCicco said crowd support has been strong thus far at their home games in Quinn’s Junction. They’d certainly appreciate further support as they work toward playoffs.  For a complete look at the Miners’ schedule or for further information about the team, see their MaxPreps page: maxpreps.com/ut/park-city/park-city-miners/soccer/girls. The post Miners girls soccer dominates Juan Diego Catholic Thursday appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less