Weekend Soccer Update

I've been away since Friday so it's time to catch up on what has happened on the soccer pitch. Tomorrow we'll take a look at football results which include a surprisingly close Chatham win, the first win of the Titans season and the Bluehawks continuing their impressive start.

BOY'S SOCCER

THURSDAY

Maple Hill v. ICC

I made it over to this game and for the second straight contest against a quality team the Riders thoroughly seemed to outplay them. Mitchel Niemeyer headed home a corner from Nick Boardman early and added another before halftime. Kenny Wengler came in to tally one of his own in the second half for a 3-0 ICC win.

Although play was a bit tighter in the second half the Riders were clearly the better team on the field Thursday night. It is far from a shocking loss for MH who is viewed as slightly "down" compared to last year's team. For the Riders the win is the second this week in a rough 3 game stretch where they look to prove they are the team to beat in the Patroon.

Catskill v. Coxsackie Athens

If I had to make a choice prior to the game I would have taken the Indians 2-1 in this game feeling they are a better overall team, but the Cats Matel Anasta would eventually find the back of the net and Meyers in goal could at least slow C-A down. In the end the game finished as a 1-1 draw.

The Indians struck first before Anasta evened the game finishing off a free kick. This result essentially shows C-A is still a little bit back from those top tier teams they'd like to be mention with while the Cats are on again and off again are a middle to lower of the pack team who can pull out solid performances.

Cairo Durham v. Taconic Hills

As expected undefeated Cairo took care of business with a 5-0 win over the Titans. Andy Fishman netted four of the five goals for the Mustangs.

C-D is known for their defense and showed it off here. They have some players who can score, add Fishman to that list. This win helped to set up a big time showdown against ICC Saturday.

Hudson v. Greenville

The Bluehawks remained winless this season after falling to Greenville 2-0. Mike Sanchez continued his torrid scoring pace with a pair of goals. Interestingly Brett Delamater was not in goal for Hudson, I don't know if he was injured or what but he is a quality keeper. Although at this stage I'm not sure Hudson has the talent for his goal keeping to make a difference.

SATURDAY

ICC v. CD

In a battle of two unbeatens the Riders went into Cairo and came away with a 1-0 victory thanks to a Will Poetszch in the second half. The scoreless win moves ICC to 4-0-1 with their defense having given up 0 goals to this point in the season.

The Riders now stand alone in first place having tied Chatham, and beat MH and C-D in a brutal 3 game stretch this week.

GIRL'S SOCCER

FRIDAY

Greenville v. Hudson

In a game that many people would have thought to be a blowout for the Spartans, Greenville had to scrape an fight to pull out a 3-1 win over the Bluehawks.

Hailey Hollenbeck scored the games first goal for Hudson before Greenville evened things before half on a goal from Erika Hamilton.

In the second half the Spartans made sure they'd remain unbeaten netting a pair of goals, one each from Stephanie Boullion and Michelle Schoenborn. Despite not getting a goal for herself Alex Van Auken did pick up a pair of assists.

Coxsackie Athens v. Catskill

The Indians beat up on the Cats en route to a 6-1 win. C-A scored 5 goals in the first while the teams each scored one apiece in the second half. Brianna Blunck and Emily Proper each scored two goals for C-A.

Although the win over Catskill is nothing to write home about the Indians are now 3-1 with their only loss being a tough 7-1 defeat to ICC in the opening game of the year. Their match up with MH on Tuesday should give the Indians a good idea how far they've come since that first game.

Taconic Hills v. Cairo Durham

Cairo picked up their second win of the season while keeping the Titans off the board in terms of wins with a 6-0 contest. Three players each scored 2 goals for the Mustangs, Sarah Daily, Maureen Selner and Nicole Zacchio.

Maple Hill v. ICC

In the biggest game of the evening the Wildcats travelled to ICC and the two undefeated teams walked away with a 1-1 draw. Lacey Powers scored for the Riders right before half and Ashley Cross tied the game up in the second.

This game was a far cry from the 8-8 draw that Maple Hill earned against Greenville last week, although the two teams did pepper the goal with 35 combined shots despite only scoring 2 goals.

The draw keeps these two teams at the top of the heap along with Greenville as the three league unbeatens.