Chapel Hill High School beat Asheville High School Saturday with a 4-3 victory.
The decisive goal was in penalty strokes scored by junior Alexis Hebert of Chapel Hill. Faith Westdorp successfully defended the goal in all but one of Asheville’s attempts. Jessica Barfield also scored in strokes for the Tigers.
The Tigers and Cougars were tied 2-2 and remained scoreless through 2 sudden-death overtime periods. Hebert and Barbara Parks scored goals in regulation play.
Last fall, Chapel Hill High beat Asheville for the state championship title .
For the second year, the Tigers are coached by Diego Caballero.