Girls’ Soccer
Greene 1, Southern Cayuga 0
GREENE – Greene will point to head coach Randy Smith’s credo after Wednesday’s matchup: “Win and move on.”
It was not the Trojans’ typical display of offense, but it was an opening-round playoff win for the number four seeded team in Section IV’s Class C playoffs. “We escaped,” Smith said. “They had nine back in the defensive third, and we could not generate much offense. We did not pass well, and their goalie played great.”
Southern Cayuga keeper Hillary Chidsey stopped three one-on-one breakaways, but was unable to contain the Trojans’ Megan McDermott on what was the equivalent of a broken play.
McDermott scored with 11:16 left in the first half, her 33rd goal of the season, after taking a deflected pass off a Southern Cayuga player’s leg. “Their keeper and their style of play kept them in the game,” Smith said.
Greene will host Delhi Saturday afternoon.
Summary
(1-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (G) Megan McDermott, 1-0.
Shots-corners: (G) 7-2, (SC) 5-2.
Saves: (G) Emily Pierce 3, (SC) Hillary Chidsey, 6.
Candor 3, Unadilla Valley 2
CANDOR – Candor abrupted ended the Storm’s hopes at extending their Class C playoff game to overtime tallying with just 16 seconds remaining in the game.
Kristen Cleveland, who had the Indians’ first two goals, played the ball to the middle for Kaity Wilcox, who then delivered the winning goal. “We played well as a team and had excellent crosses that we could not connect,” said UV coach Chris Bieniek. “We battled from two goals down, we never gave up, and we showed a lot of character coming back.”
Cleveland’s second goal came 5:31 into the second half to provide the two-goal margin.
UV (9-8-2) started its comeback when Samantha Tumilowicz found the net on a long shot outside the 18-yard box less than three minutes after Cleveland’s tally. Kara Collins tied the game at 25:14 picking up a loose ball.
Summary
(Candor 1-0 at half)
Goals-assists: (C) Kristen Cleveland, 2-1; Kaity Wilcox, 1-0. (UV) S. Tumilowicz, 1-0; Kara Collins, 1-0.
Shots-corners: (UV) 10-9, (C) 9-3.
Saves: (UV) Emily Sugar 4, (C) Christina Cociolla 3.
