Evening Sun Report
Girls' Soccer
Norwich 2, Chenango Valley 1 (OT)
NORWICH – Norwich made the most of its scoring opportunities to beat Chenango Valley Wednesday in overtime for its first STAC win of the season.
Alyssa Welch scored two more times for Norwich giving her four goals on the season. Welch connected on go-ahead goal just three minutes into the first overtime. Shelby Benjamin initiated the play with a free kick to the left corner of the 18-yard box. Norwich left wing Cora Manwarren chipped a crossing pass to Welch on the right side of the goal, who then guided the ball in.
Aside from Welch, two other Norwich players were in position to field Manwarren's pass.
"It was nice to have players in the right position," said Norwich coach Adam Sprague.
Chenango Valley scored the opening goal just two minutes into the game, but was held off the board the next 98 minutes.
Kassidy Seary made six saves for Norwich, including what was likely a game-saver in the final minutes of regulation. Chenango Valley's Alaina Carman had a breakaway on the right side, and fired a hard, low shot to the right side. Seary made a diving save punching the ball wide of the goal. "We worked on one-on-one plays with Kassidy for 45 minutes the day before in practice, and it clearly paid off," Sprague said.
Welch scored the game's tying goal on a direct kick making it a 1-1 game at the end of the first half.
Norwich (2-3) plays at Oneonta Monday.
Summary
(1-1 end of regulation, Norwich scored in first OT)
Goals-assists: (N) Alyssa Welch, 2-0, Cora Manwarren, 0-1. (CV) Dani Forbidussi, 1-0.
Shots-corners: (N) 3-0, (CV) 7-13.
Saves: (N) Kassidy Seary 6, (CV) 1
Girls' Tennis
Norwich 7, Windsor 0
NORWICH – Norwich shuffled the bottom-half of its lineup due to absence, and the new rotation yielded positive results in Wednesday's victory over Windsor.
Senior Robyn Berger won her first varsity singles match rallying in the second set to beat Courtney Darling, 7-5, 6-4 in the fourth singles matchup.
Caroline Stewart also came from behind to win in three sets, while Marysa Campbell and Danielle Williams moved up to second doubles, and came away with a straight sets victory.
Makenzie Maynard and Taylor Stroh easily captured wins at singles, while Cohley Acenowr and Sam Gage won in straight sets at first doubles. "We inserted some kids in some tougher spots in the lineup, and they all played good matches today," said Norwich coach John Stewart.
The Tornado play a non-league match tonight at Oneida.
