SHORELINE — In hindsight, Shorecrest girls soccer felt they weren’t ready.

Their match against Edmonds-Woodway had barely kicked off when Warriors junior Akiko Ikegami settled a cross and slotted it into the bottom left corner, giving the visiting side a 1-0 lead in the second minute at Shoreline Stadium on Tuesday.

“I just think I wasn’t locked in yet,” Shorecrest goalkeeper Mickie McNeil said. “That was my problem, and I’m going to fix that.”

McNeil shouldered the blame, but her teammates in the field echoed accountability for allowing it to happen. In a fairly balanced Wesco South 3A/2A division, there’s no room for giving goals away, so the Scots (3-1-2, 2-0-1 league) battled back and found an equalizer midway through the first half before ultimately settling for a 1-1 draw against

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