Field Hockey
Sherburne-Earlville
SHERBURNE - In their first game of the season Thursday, the Sherburne-Earlville varsity field hockey team took on Central Valley Academy and won handily, beating the visiting team 5-0.
The first half started and ended well for the Marauders as slipped shots past the opposing team's defense and scored their first two goals to get up on CVA 2-0 at the end of the half. Approximately half way through the first half it was Megan Rodman got it started for S-E and scored the first goal of the game. With 3:36 left to go in the first Alexa Bates fired a shot and scored her first goal of three to make the score 2-0 at the end of the first half. "It was a great win for us," said Sherburne-Earlville coach Sheila Cooman. "We lost to this team last year so it felt nice to get the win."
To start of the second half Bates was back at it, scoring her second goal of the game to push the score to 3-0. It wasn't all offense that won the game for the Marauders as the goal keeper Lexi Jordan registered seven saves on the game. Getting back at it was Kaley Judge who scored with 13:40 left to go in the game. "It has been a long time since we had scoring like this," Cooman said. "I saw a lot of good things from our girls."
The final goal of the game came with 5:12 left in the game and capped off Bates' hat trick for the day, putting an exclamation mark on the 5-0 win.
The Marauders are back in action when they travel to New Hartford High School Tuesday, September, 8.
Individual statistics: Sherburne-Earlville; Alexa Bates, 3 goals. Megan Rodman, 1 goal. Kaley Judge,1 goal, 1 assist. Caitlin Lawrence, 1 assist. Nikki Turner, 1 assist. Alanna Stumpf, 1 assist. Lexi Jordan, 7 saves.
Team statistics: Sherburne-Earlville; goals, 5. Assists, 4. Saves, 7.
Soccer
Norwich
CHENANGO VALLEY - In their third game in three days the Norwich Purple Tornado girls’ varsity soccer team traveled to Chenango Valley Thursday to take on the Warriors, ultimately losing 1-0.
The game winning shot came with approximately ten minutes to go in the first half by CV’s Maria Forbidussi. Taking the ball down the sidelines Forbidussi fired a cross towards the net which slipped past Norwich defense and into the goal for the score. “It was a tough game for us,” said Norwich Coach Adam Sprague. “This was our third game in a row and it was catching up to us. We were tired.”
The stats sheet showed a very different game, with Norwich out shooting Chenango Valley 13 to four. It was clear that the Purple Tornado girls had a lot of offense, but could not capitalize. “It was a frustrating day,” Sprague said. “I think that we definitely out worked them, but we were just too tired after three games in three days.”
Norwich will get their chance to get revenge when Chenango Valley comes to Norwich High School on October, 10 to play.
Individual Statistics: Norwich; Kassidy Seary, 4 saves. Chenango Valley; Maria Forbidussi, 1 goal. Abigail Pavelski, 10 saves.
Team Statistics: Norwich; shots, 13. Corner kicks, 1. Saves, 4. Chenango Valley; shots, 4. Corner kicks, 3. Saves, 10.
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