MONROE — Mila Miropolskaya mentally prepared for this exact moment.

Shorewood girls soccer engaged in a hard-fought battle on the road against Monroe in a slick, rainy District 1 3A quarterfinals that, after 80 minutes and two five-minute overtime periods, remained tied 1-1 to send it into penalty kicks.

Shorewood’s sophomore goalkeeper, who entered the match to start the second half and kept a clean sheet, recalled what she said to herself on the bus ride over to the game as she set herself on the line for Monroe’s first attempt.

“If we go to PK’s, first one, I’m going left,” Miropolskaya said. “Doesn’t matter who it is, I’m going left.”

With her mind made up hours ago, she didn’t waste any time overthinking as Monroe senior Emily Hobbs backed up for the kick. As promised, Miropolskay

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