Ballard senior Jordan Travis' score and senior keeper Berni Cardon's relentless protection of the net kept the Ballard High School girls soccer team's postseason hopes alive as it beat Newport High School 1-0 Oct. 14 and held onto the sixth and final playoff spot.

Travis scored the match's lone goal in the 65th minute off an assist from sophomore Kat Anesini to defeat Newport, a team still looking for its first KingCo win.

The victory improves the Beavers' record to 3-4-1 in KingCo. After starting with three straight losses in conference play, Ballard has gone 3-1-1 with two matches remaining.

Those final two matches – against Roosevelt High School and Bothell High School – will be very important to Ballard. The Beavers, currently in sixth place, are only two points ahead of seventh-place Roosevelt and three points behind fifth-place Bothell. The top six KingCo teams make the postseason.

Ballard faces off against Roosevelt and its 2-3-2 KingCo record at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Nathan Hale High School.