A quick 11 minutes into play Wednesday, Sedona Bisek already had three goals for the Fauquier Falcons during their 3-1 win over the Liberty girls soccer team.

Granted, Bisek entered the day having scored two of those goals when the match began April 3. Lightning suspended the game with 6 minutes, 45 seconds remaining in the first half after Bisek had given Fauquier a 2-0 lead on the road in Bealeton. So her hat trick didn't happen entirely Wednesday, but the Eagles still had no answer for her.

Sedona scored her third goal of the match – and first goal Wednesday – with 35:51 remaining in the second half. It ended any hope Liberty had of rallying.

"I was just thinking like I hadn't scored in this game yet," Bisek said of her mindset 26 days after the match had begun. "I was like, 'I need to get one.' It's hard for me to go a game without scoring. It makes me upset."

A freshman forward, Bisek has six goals this season for the Falcons, but she likely wouldn't even be a member of Fauquier's varsity team had injuries not devastated the roster of coach Rich Ashley. The Falcons have played much of the spring without about one-third of their projected starting lineup, including star senior forward Megan Enos (committed to VCU), who has sat out with an injury after playing only in Fauquier's first match.

So for the Falcons' second game, Ashley moved Bisek up from junior varsity.

"She's just very gifted player," Ashley said. "She reminds me a lot of Megan Enos when Megan was a freshman. She's one of those players that's physically strong enough and fast enough — and has a strong enough leg — that she can literally walk on at the varsity level and make an impact right away."

During her first varsity game, Bisek scored a pair of goals in the opening 20 minutes of a 3-2 loss to Chancellor on March 19.

"It was just that fast," Ashley said. "Sedona's just got tremendous speed and she does a really good job of winning the ball … and finding gaps for through balls. So she gets a lot of quality scoring chances."

Against the Eagles, Bisek scored her first two goals April 3 on through balls. She twice beat Liberty's defenders to the ball, scoring her first goal under the Eagles' goalkeeper and then chipping the ball over the keeper for the second goal.

"She's somebody we didn't see prior to that game," Liberty coach Miranda Locuratolo said. "So we didn't notice her and we didn't mark her up like we should have."

Bisek said the impending poor weather that day played into the Falcons' strategy.

"We wanted to get in goals quick because we knew the lightning and thunder was coming," she said.

By completing the victory Wednesday, Fauquier has won consecutive games for the first time this season. It defeated Chancellor, 4-1, Tuesday to break a four-game losing streak and then beat Liberty (2-6-1) to improve its record to 3-6.

"It feels really good to get the team back up on track," Bisek said. "Hopefully we can keep it going."

Ashley hopes the Falcons can continue to recover from their early-season injuries. Senior midfielder Mia Barreda (George Washington), for example, sat out Wednesday but was healthy enough to play 60 minutes the night before against Chancellor.

"I was thrilled that we were able to score four" goals Tuesday, Ashley said. "I felt like we were finally starting to create some really good chances and convert those chances. That's just not something we've done this year."

Prior to scoring seven goals this week, Fauquier had scored only five goals over its first seven games. Bisek has played a significant role in creating and converting scoring opportunities. 

"Sedona creates space for other players, so she's been a major, major factor," Ashley said. "Her crosses are just fantastic. … So what we've got to work on now is getting on the end of those" and having other players convert for goals.

Bisek scored Wednesday on a cross to herself, so to speak. With Fauquier holding its 2-0 lead, she ran down a ball on the left side and tried to pass it into the box. The ball, however, bent in toward the goal.

It likely would have landed in the net had Liberty goalkeeper Taylor Dodson not dove back toward the goal to deflect it away. That ball again found the foot of Bisek, though.

"People were trying to go in for the rebound, but I was the closest to it," she said. "So I just ran up and booted it in."

That goal eliminated the momentum that Liberty had built during the final 6:45 of the first half. The Eagles attempted the first four shots Wednesday, but they couldn't convert any.

"We definitely won possession the first six minutes," Locuratolo said. "We wanted to get a quick goal in there but … that is one of the hardest things — to know that they have to climb out of a [2-0] hole like that."

"We were glad that it was a six-minute half and we had time for a halftime talk," Ashley said of ending Liberty's early attack.

Bretton Butler scored Liberty's lone goal with 23:39 remaining in the second half with an assist by Amy Hayes.

Locuratolo said the Eagles had little time to prepare for the conclusion of that suspended game after they suffered a tough loss on the road Tuesday to King George. Liberty lost that match, 4-3, despite leading 2-0 and 3-2. 

She expects the Eagles to perform better when they next face Fauquier on May 8.

"I think it's going to be a different story," she said. "Actually looking forward to that game and [a chance at] redemption."

Liberty has lost six consecutive games after going undefeated early in the season with a 2-0-1 run. That early stretch included a rare win over county-rival Kettle Run, 1-0, March 27.

"We wasted all of our energy on that Kettle Run game," Locuratolo said. "Our seniors really wanted to win. I think they got too relaxed after that win and it's been very hard to pull them back and get them focused.

"We've got to finish strong."A quick 11 minutes into play Wednesday, Sedona Bisek already had three goals for the Fauquier Falcons during their 3-1 win over the Liberty girls soccer team.

Granted, Bisek entered the day having scored two of those goals when the match began April 3. Lightning suspended the game with 6 minutes, 45 seconds remaining in the first half after Bisek had given Fauquier a 2-0 lead on the road in Bealeton. So her hat trick didn't happen entirely Wednesday, but the Eagles still had no answer for her.

Sedona scored her third goal of the match – and first goal Wednesday – with 35:51 remaining in the second half. It ended any hope Liberty had of rallying.

"I was just thinking like I hadn't scored in this game yet," Bisek said of her mindset 26 days after the match had begun. "I was like, 'I need to get one.' It's hard for me to go a game without scoring. It makes me upset."

A freshman forward, Bisek has six goals this season for the Falcons, but she likely wouldn't even be a member of Fauquier's varsity team had injuries not devastated the roster of coach Rich Ashley. The Falcons have played much of the spring without about one-third of their projected starting lineup, including star senior forward Megan Enos (committed to VCU), who has sat out with an injury after playing only in Fauquier's first match.

So for the Falcons' second game, Ashley moved Bisek up from junior varsity.

"She's just very gifted player," Ashley said. "She reminds me a lot of Megan Enos when Megan was a freshman. She's one of those players that's physically strong enough and fast enough — and has a strong enough leg — that she can literally walk on at the varsity level and make an impact right away."

During her first varsity game, Bisek scored a pair of goals in the opening 20 minutes of a 3-2 loss to Chancellor on March 19.

"It was just that fast," Ashley said. "Sedona's just got tremendous speed and she does a really good job of winning the ball … and finding gaps for through balls. So she gets a lot of quality scoring chances."

Against the Eagles, Bisek scored her first two goals April 3 on through balls. She twice beat Liberty's defenders to the ball, scoring her first goal under the Eagles' goalkeeper and then chipping the ball over the keeper for the second goal.

"She's somebody we didn't see prior to that game," Liberty coach Miranda Locuratolo said. "So we didn't notice her and we didn't mark her up like we should have."

Bisek said the impending poor weather that day played into the Falcons' strategy.

"We wanted to get in goals quick because we knew the lightning and thunder was coming," she said.

By completing the victory Wednesday, Fauquier has won consecutive games for the first time this season. It defeated Chancellor, 4-1, Tuesday to break a four-game losing streak and then beat Liberty (2-6-1) to improve its record to 3-6.

"It feels really good to get the team back up on track," Bisek said. "Hopefully we can keep it going."

Ashley hopes the Falcons can continue to recover from their early-season injuries. Senior midfielder Mia Barreda (George Washington), for example, sat out Wednesday but was healthy enough to play 60 minutes the night before against Chancellor.

"I was thrilled that we were able to score four" goals Tuesday, Ashley said. "I felt like we were finally starting to create some really good chances and convert those chances. That's just not something we've done this year."

Prior to scoring seven goals this week, Fauquier had scored only five goals over its first seven games. Bisek has played a significant role in creating and converting scoring opportunities. 

"Sedona creates space for other players, so she's been a major, major factor," Ashley said. "Her crosses are just fantastic. … So what we've got to work on now is getting on the end of those" and having other players convert for goals.

Bisek scored Wednesday on a cross to herself, so to speak. With Fauquier holding its 2-0 lead, she ran down a ball on the left side and tried to pass it into the box. The ball, however, bent in toward the goal.

It likely would have landed in the net had Liberty goalkeeper Taylor Dodson not dove back toward the goal to deflect it away. That ball again found the foot of Bisek, though.