Evening Sun Report
Boys' Soccer
Greene 5, Bainbridge-Guilford 3
GREENE - Greene rallied from two deficits to deal Bainbridge-Guilford its first league loss of the season Tuesday night.
Luke Day had his second hat trick in as many games, but his first goal with 37 seconds left in the first half may have been the most important.
After the Trojans' Brian Leone scored with 10:03 left in the opening half to make it a 2-1 B-G lead, Day's tying goal set the stage for a big second half. "No question, that equalizer (by Day) was huge going into halftime," said Greene coach Rick Tallman.
Bainbridge-Guilford's Jake Cuozzo tallied his second goal of the game to move his team on top before Day had the next two tallies. Christian Klecha added an insurance goal for Greene (13-1) late in the game.
"I felt we did a pretty decent job trying to control play on he field, we just weren't taking advantage, and B-G did," Tallman said. "Luckily, we got it going a little better at the end of the first half."
Kyle Hanvey also scored for Bainbridge-Guilford (12-2).
Greene hosts Norwich Thursday.
Summary
(2-2 at half)
Goals-assists: (BG) Jake Cuozzo, 2-0; Kyle Hanvey, 1-0. (G) Brian Leone, 1-1; Luke Day, 3-0; Christian Klecha, 1-0; Ben Kinney, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (BG) 5-1, (G) 13-3.
Saves: (BG) Brandt McCall, 7, (G) Marcus Lindstrom, 2.
Walton 9, Afton/Harpursville 5
AFTON – Walton scored six first-half goals, and held off a surging Afton/Harpursville club in the second half to win a shootout Tuesday.
Jared Beech had three goals for Walton, who built a 6-1 halftime lead.
Over the first 13 minutes of the second half, Afton countered with four goals, while giving up three more Walton tallies.
"Our kids are pluggers, and what we don't have in skill, we have in will," said A/H coach Todd Dancesia. "My guys kept fighting and pressing the goal, and after we scored our fifth goal, the Walton coach put his starters back in."
Conor Graven-Briggs scored three times for the Crimson Knights, and Joe Birch had the other two goals.
Summary
(6-1 Walton at half)
Goals-assists: (W) Jared Beech, 3-3; Nate Pieper, 2-1; Noah Rhinehart, 2-0; Owen Pieper, 1-1; Tyler Rubera, 1-1. (AH) conor Graven-Briggs, 3-0; Joe Birch, 2-0; Nolan Erckert, 0-1; Paul Kurig, 0-1.
Shots-corners: (W) 29-5, (AH) 9-2.
Saves: (W) Dylan Walley, 4, (AH) Nate Austin, 20.
Unadilla Valley 2, Norwich 1
NORWICH – Unadilla Valley avenged an earlier defeat to Norwich from earlier this season to put a damper on Norwich senior recognition night.
Brendan Brooker scored twice for the Storm (7-6). The first goal came on a 20-yard shot with 13 1/2 minutes expired in the first half, and the second was tallied in the first two minutes of the second half.
Norwich's lone tally came nine minutes into the game. On a partial clear after a Norwich cornerkick, Ricky Finnegan connected on a 30-yard shot in the upper left netting.
Norwich (7-7) plays at Greene Thursday night.
Summary
(1-1 at half)
Goals-assists: (N) Ricky Finnegan, 1-0; (UV) Brendan Brooker, 2-0.
Shots-corners: (N) 8-4 (UV) 7-2
Saves: (N) Prime, 6, (UV) Austin Taylor 6.
Unatego 2, Oxford 1 (OT)
OXFORD – Zach Carey's second goal of the game just 1:39 into the second overtime gave Unatego a come-from-behind win over Oxford Tuesday.
Oxford's Kyle Crawford scored at 20:02 of the first half, and that lead stood up until Carey's tying goal midway through the second half.
"It was a great game and nice to be competitive all the way through," said Oxford coach Matt Dorman.
Summary
(1-0 Oxford at half)
Goals-assists: (O) Kyle Crawford, 1-0; (U) Zach Carey, 2-0.
Shots-corners: (U) 18-7, (O) 8-3.
Saves: (U) Noah Blake, 7, (O) David Gregory, 16.
Girls' Soccer
Edmeston 3, G-MU 1 (OT)
COPES CORNERS – Danielle Ruffles tied the game for Edmeston with 1:24 left in regulation, and Amanda Tersigni scored just 48 seconds into the first overtime as Edmeston rallied for the win Tuesday.
G-MU led 1-0 at halftime on the strength of Tayler Nichols' goal off an Elaina Palada assist.
"The stats don't really do wonders for the game," said G-MU coach Meghan Benoit. "It was really evenly matched with our girls taking some great opportunities to move the ball around in the 18, but not really capitalizing."
Raiders defender Lexus Coughlin had a big game, Benoit said, making three saves of possible goals from her sweeper position.
Summary
(1-1 end of regulation; Edm. scored once in each OT)
Goals-assists: (G) Tayler Nichols, 1-0; Elaina Palada, 0-1
Shots-corners: (G) 8-5, (E) 16-6.
Saves: (G) Katie Schultes, 6, (E) Sarah Lawrence, 4.
Unadilla Valley 5, Oxford 0
