UNIONVILLE — The Community Viqueens have been playing at a high level for a while.
Since falling to Cascade in a 3-2 thriller on September 20, the Purple and Gold has rattled off eight-straight wins, the most recent being a 9-0 decision over Marion County to advance Community to the Region 3-A championship against 2021 state runner-up Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences.
“This team has come on really strong at the end. It’s one of the most complete teams I’ve coached because we’ve got good mids, good forwards and our defense been playing stellar,” Viqueen coach Chris Brothers said.
Tuesday’s region semifinal was never in doubt as Community found the back of the net three times in the first eight minutes.
Senior Zoey Dixon led the way as she set the single-season goals mark for Community, as she banked a hat trick and set the record at 27 goals by the end of Tuesday night’s match.
Taylar Wessner slotted home the first goal in the fourth minute and Dixon assisted Abby Murrill on a header off a corner kick to make it 2-0 in the 6th minute.
Dixon struck in the eighth and 21st minute before fellow senior Addison Brothers got in on the scoring mix in the 29th minute.
Wessner scored her second of the match in the 33rd minute to make it a 6-0 lead at the half.
The Viqueens got three more goals in the second half to reach the scoring limit and end the game with 16 minutes left on the clock.
Jennifer Zuniga scored in the 52nd minute and Dixon capped her hat trick with a strike in the 62nd minute, while Sarah Woolbright scored the ninth goal to end the game.
Dixon’s hat trick, which set the single-season scoring mark for Community, has been just another accolade for the Purple and Gold during her stellar career.
“She can play defense, she can play mids, and I can move her up to play forward. She’s just an all-around good athlete and is a joy to coach,” Brothers said.
While Dixon’s mark was the latest for the Viqueens, it’s been a historically stingy defense that has the Viqueens knocking on the door of the state tournament.
“In the back with Abby Murrill is kind of shutting everything down with her speed and athletic ability. And then Addison beside Zoey—this senior group is really, really tremendous and I’m very proud of them,” Brother said.
Just how good has the Viqueen defense been as of late?
During the eight-game win-streak, Community has allowed just one goal, which came in the regular season finale against the Middle Tennessee Golden Eagles.
Tuesday night’s 9-0 shutout over Marion County was the 10th shutout of the season and the fifth match to reach the nine-goal scoring limit.
Community gets a tough task in the region championship, hosting Chattanooga School of the Arts and Sciences on Thursday night.
CSAS returns a large portion of its roster that played for a Class A state title a year ago.
“We’ve got to have our defense step up even more. They have a lot of players who can score, a lot of seniors coming back this year, which they were in the state finals last year,” Brothers said.
The winner of Thursday’s region championship will host Saturday’s state sectional.
“We just have to play good defense and keep doing what we’ve been doing,” Brothers added.
Match time is set for 6 p.m. in Unionville.

Marion Co. 0 0 — 0
Community 6 3 — 9

First Half
C — Taylar Wessner goal, (4th minute).
C — Abby Murrill goal, Zoey Dixon assist (6th minute).
C — Dixon goal, (8th minute).
C — Dixon goal, (21st minute).
C — Addison Brothers goal, (29th minute).
C — Wessner goal, (33rd minute).
Second Half
C — Jennifer Zuniga goal, (52nd minute).
C — Dixon goal, (62nd minute).
C — Sarah Woolbright goal, (64th minute).