The Gorham girls soccer team finished the season ranked sixth in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas national rankings.

The Rams are tied for sixth with Eastlake of Sammamish, Wash., in the season-ending national top 25 poll. The Rams won their third Class A championship Nov. 7 with a 2-1 win over Waterville.

The odds seemed to be stacked against Luci Pike, the starting goalie for the Gorham girls soccer team. Monday, playing despite a groin injury and the sun in her face during most of the second half, Pike made 12 saves in a 4-3 win over Greely to help the Rams reach their third Class A championship game.

"I think when you get this far, what I'm starting to learn, that's senior experience, being in the playoffs," Gorham Coach Jeanne Zarrilli said of the senior goalie. "She shook it off because of the adrenaline, of wanting to be here and to finish it out. When you've been here a couple years and it's your senior year, I guess that's the only answer."

The Gorham girls soccer team shares the top spot in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America Region I girls soccer poll.

Gorham (11-0) and Acton-Boxborough (Mass.) are the No. 1 teams in a weekly top ten poll that's actually a top 11 this week and includes Falmouth (11-0) at No. 6.

NSCAA Region I girls soccer poll