Girls Soccer: Sectional Results

A number of local teams made sectionals and began their quest for a sectional title this week. In Class D the New Lebanon Tigers were seeded second and after a first round bye were set to start action Friday evening. Two local teams will compete in Class C as Chatham was seeded 8th while Maple Hill got the second seed after a second place finish in the Patroon Conference. Both Coxsackie-Athens and Greenville would be competing in Class B while Patroon Conference champions Ichabod Crane were awarded the sixth seed in Class A.

Four of the six local teams got their sectional bids underway on Thursday.

Broadalbin Perth v. Coxsackie Athens

After a successful regular season in which they knocked off both Greenville and ICC this year the Indians were seeded 8th and hosted the Patriots on Thursday. Broadalbin scored a goal in the first half and added two more in the second half en route to a 3-0 win.

Cheyenne Guisti recorded a hat trick for the Patriots while Tori Marrotta added a pair of assists. Jenna Morse made 5 stops in goal for the Indians in the loss.

Cohoes v. Greenville

Fifth seeded Greenville hosted the Tigers of Cohoes and advanced to the second round with a 4-1 victory on Thursday. Greenville jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the half before each team scored one goal in the second.

As they have all year long Taylor Anne Young and Alex Van Auken led the charge for the Spartans as each player recorded a pair of goals and an assist. Bonnie Harvey made 3 saves in goal for Greenville to help earn the win.

Up next for the Spartans is a big match against fourth seeded Stillwater Friday at 6.

Lake George v. Chatham

The eighth seeded Panthers took care of business on their home turf on Thursday with a dominating 6-0 victory over ninth seeded Lake George. Chatham exploded for five first half goals before adding in one more in the second half.

Cailey Nieto continues to lead the Chatham offensive with 3 goals and an assist while Taylor Wenk added a goal and an assist. Regina Behn and Abby Wheeler each added a goal while Caroline Connor and Alyssa Keeler each had an assist. Brittany Lossow made 11 stops in goal for Chatham in the win.

The Panthers now must fight an up hill battle as they now face top seeded Hoosick Falls on Saturday morning.

Gloversville v. Ichabod Crane

After a 14-1-1 regular season the Riders were seeded a surprisingly low sixth in Class A and began their quest for a title hosting 11th seeded Gloversville. Despite dominating the game for nearly the entire time the Riders fell 1-0 on a goal in the second overtime.

The Riders fired shots on goal at a rapid rate but struggled to finish despite a number of quality chances. Headers, deep shots, short shots, give and goes, through balls, nothing could get the ball into the back of the net for ICC.

After 80 minutes of play the game headed to the first overtime and the teams continued the scoreless drought through 10 more minutes. Early in the second overtime Melissa Snyder finished a corner kick that would be enough to lead the Dragons to the upset.

Despite just having one goal on the scoreboard each team hada goal called back. The Riders looked to have finished a corner kick in the second half but a brief celebration the officials decided the ball was in possession of the goalie before having it knocked out. Gloversville took a corner kick late in the game that found the back of the net but was disallowed after it was deemed the ball had crossed the endline and then curved back into play.

The shocking loss ends the Riders season as they are set to lose 11 players. We'll go into the players lost and key returners more after all teams have completed post season play.


NEXT ROUND

After first round byes the New Lebanon Tigers play Friday night while Maple Hill gets underway on Saturday. Greenville's win pushed them into the next round and were also scheduled to play Friday night. We'll update the 3 teams progress this weekend.