Bishop Guertin's EmersonBrown tries to get to the ball while double-teamed by Nashua South's Ella Bois (1) and Maria DeVito during Tuesday night's game at Stellos Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA – Bishop Guertin’s Emerson Brown has no problem with long distance relationships – with a soccer goal, that is.

Brown boomed two rockets from 25 and 42 yards out that found the back of the net to give the Cards a 2-0 win over city rival Nashua South on Tuesday night at Stellos Stadium.

“Over the years I’ve had a lot of practice with my club and here we do a lot of shooting drills,” she said, adding that she didn’t expect her second booming kick, early in the second half, to go in.

“Honestly, no,” she said. “I was just trying to redirect in in the direction of the goal.”

Brown’s first came just beyond the halfway mark of the first half, just out of the reach of South keeper Corrine Rivera, into the upper left corner of the net. Her second, early in the second half was also high, and Rivera could barely get a fingertip on. No chance.

“Those were two firecrackers,” BG coach Chris Millett said, his team now 12-1-1 and looking at Nashua North on Thursday. “And Corrine’s a phenomenal goalie too. They were just beautifully placed.

“Emerson works hard every single day in practice, she’s a great captain for us. She’s a three-year starter as a junior, so we’ll have her again next year.”

Next year is what the injury-riddled Panthers will be looking forward to as it’s been baptism by fire for their young players as they fell to 1-7-5 but still barely alive for a tourney spot with three games to play thanks to those ties.

“I’m proud of the girls effort, they played really well,” South coach Curt Dutilley said. “At one point we had six freshmen out there. All we gave up was two long bombs that were unstoppable. They weren’t going to be saved by anybody.”

BG had some other chances but either misfired or had shots blocked by the Panther defense led by Ayvah Chrisman or saved by Rivera.

“They got the job done tonight,” Millett said. “South is very, very good defensively. … We were having trouble penetrating from the outside. … I think we could have connected and finished a few more. But Emerson’s goals were amazing.”

“We played well from the back to the midfield,” Dutlley said, “and our scoring struggles continue.”

South also lost valuable senior Salome Castillo Valencia to a knee injury in the second half, which adds to their health woes. At one point this season Dutilley was missing six regulars and still has four out.

They did have a Julia Stutz line drive free kick right on target that BG keeper Olivia Baker had to make a save on about 13 minutes into the game, but that was the extent of their optimal chances.

“I’m happy that it was a good, well played solid game bouncing back from a tough game,” Dutilley said, referring to a 5-0 loss to Goffstown late last week. “That’s development, because when you’re not scoring, it gets tougher and tougher.”

It gets tougher for the Cards, too, because now they have a day before they face 11-1 Nashua North in a rematch of last year’s classic Division I quarterfinal. The teams are two-three in the standings as of now, and Millett had to warn his players in practice earlier this week to take things one game at a time going into South.

But Thursday at 4 p.m., 2 with Brown and North’s Sarah Frye, you’ll see two of the best long distance kickers in the state.

“It’s going to be a big game,” Brown said. “Hopefully we can pull through for that one.”

“We turn the page,” Millett said. “A really good team on Thursday. It’s going to be an awesome game.”