Marathon tops Greene in sudden fashion

Evening Sun Report

Field Hockey

Oxford Tournament

Marathon 2, Greene 1 (OT)

Oxford 7, Whitesboro 1

OXFORD – Missed scored opportunities, in large part due to stellar goaltending and defense by Marathon, allowed the Olympians to stretch the finals of the Oxford Blackhawks Tournament to seven-versus-seven overtime.

In that format, Trojans coach Sue Carlin conceded it was more to the tourney champions' benefit. “They have a lot of talented kids,” Carlin said. “We had a lot of chances in their defensive end and we played extremely well. I think we frustrated them and we executed our game plan perfectly other than putting the ball in the goal.”

Marathon's Hannah Griep ended overtime play just 1:01 into the extra period putting the ball away on a fast break. The Olympians gained possession after a turnover and soon had the Trojans in a three-on-one situation. “We got caught in transition big time,” Carlin said of the final play. “A team as good as Marathon, you can't make those kinds of mistakes.”

Greene accumulated more shots and penalty corners than Marathon and led 1-0 after one half. Megan Boeltz's long hit from outside the penalty circle was deflected into the cage by Holly Davis at the 11-minute mark.

Marathon's Stephanie Fisher evened the count 7:17 into the second half.

Oxford rolled to a 7-1 victory in the consolation game – the third time this season the Blackhawks have had at least 20 shots.

Christi Baker scored twice in each half for four goals, while Tori Lints, Jessica Martin, and Vanessa Pierson had tallies.

Marathon 2, Greene 1 (OT)

Score by half OT

Mar. 0 1 1-2

Gr. 1 0 0-1

Goals-assists: (G) Davis, 1-0, Boeltz, 0-1. (M) Fisher, 1-0, Griep, 1-0.

Shots-corners: (G) 14-10, (M) 10-5

Saves: (G) J. Smith, 6, (M) 11.

Oxford 7, Whitesboro 1

Score by half

Whit. 0 1-1

Oxf. 3 4-7

Goals-assists: (O) C. Baker, 4-0, V. Pierson, 1-1, T. Lints, 1-0, J. Martin, 1-0, Kristen Ballard, 0-2; J. Farwell, 0-1, E. Law, 0-1.

Shots-corners: (O) 24-10, (W) 3-4.

Saves: (O) 1, (W) 9.

S-E Tournament Finals

V-V-S 1, S-E 0 (OT)

SHERBURNE – Vernon-Verona-Sherrill found a way to contain Sherburne-Earlville’s prolific offense, and scored in sudden-death overtime to win the Marauders’ tournament Saturday night.

Shannon Siriano scored with 2:25 remaining in the first overtime in the shutout. In the previous two contests this season, the Marauders racked up nine goals.

The Marauders advanced to the finals defeating Moravia, 3-1.

Down by one goal at halftime, Courtney Kurtz tied the game with 18 minutes left, and Samantha Crandall tallied the go-ahead goal eight minutes later.

Kurtz, Bree Neisinger, and S-E goalie Kayde Low were named to the all-tournament team, Danielle Green was chosen as a top offensive player, while Leanna Brown shared the top defensive award honor.

VVS 1, S-E 0

Score by half OT

VVS 0 0 1-1

S-E 0 0 0–0

Goals: (V) Shannon Siriano, 1-0.

Shots-corners: (SE) 3-7, (V) 14-7.

Saves: (SE) Kayde Low, 10; (V) Brittany Capron, 1.

S-E 3, Moravia 1

Score by half

Mor. 1 0-1

S-E 0 3-3

Goals-assists: (M) Dusseau, 1-0, McLean, 0-1. (SE) C. Kurtz, 1-1; S. Crandall, 1-0; K. Harris, 1-0.

Shots-corners: (M) 5-3, (SE) 11-9.

Saves: (M) Amanda Stone, 8, (SE) Kayde Low, 3.

Girls’ Soccer

NY Pizzeria Tournament

Unadilla Valley 2, B-G 2 (Championship game)

DeRuyter 8, G-MU 0 (Consolation game)

NEW BERLIN – Jessica Lorence forced a penalty kicks shootout scoring in the second of two overtimes, and a single goal in the shootout by the Storm was enough to prevail over the Bobcats and win the NY Pizzeria Tournament title Saturday.

B-G had moved ahead in the first overtime getting a goal from Jennifer Patten.

Lorence, who was named tournament MVP, scored two goals for UV Friday night in a 3-1 win over G-MU. Meanwhile, B-G advanced after shutting out DeRuyter 4-0. Patten and Samantha Spalholz netted a pair of goals.

Unadilla Valley 2, B-G 2 (Championship game)

Score by half OT

*UV 1 0 0 1–2

B-G 1 0 1 0–2

*UV wins penalty kicks shootout

Goals-assists: (UV) Sarah Talbot, 1-0, Jessica Lorence, 1-0; Jenn Convis, 0-1. (B) Celestia Nabinger, 1-0; Jennifer Patten, 1-1; Marcie Day, 0-1.

Shots-corners: (UV) 8-4, (BG) 11-10.

Saves: (UV) Emily Sugar, 5; (BG) Anna Feltham, 5.

DeRuyter 8, G-MU 0 (Consolation game)

GMU 0 1–1

DeR. 5 3 –8

Goals-Assists: (G) Whitney Theis, 1-0. (D) Chelsea Way, 4-1; Carissa Clark, 1-0, P. Gallarani, 1-, K. Custer, 1-2; Jennifer Cizenski, 1-0; Morgan Mierkie, 0-1.

Saves: (G) Jen Pedersen, 8; (D) Kayla Hampton, 2.

Shots-corners: (G) 4-0, (D) 16-5

All Tournament Team: GMU– Brittney White and Courtney Hillman; DeRuyter– Chelsea Way and Lori Forshee; B-G– Sam Spalholz, Jenn Patten, Marcie Day; Unadilla Valley– Megan Persons, Sarah Talbot, Jenn Convis, Emily Sugar and Tourney MVP from UV, Jessica Lorence

Friday’s Games

UV 3, G-MU 1

Score by half

UV 1 2 – 3

GMU 1 0 –1

Goals and Assists: (UV) Jessica Lorence, 2-0, Jenn Convis, 1-0; Sakura Gysin, 0-1. (G) Andrea Wing, 1-0; Kelly McCarthy, 0-1.

Shots-corners: (G) 2-1; (UV) 14-9

Saves: (UV) Emily Sugar, 1; (G) Jen Pedersen, 10.

B-G 4, DeRuyter 0

Score by half

DeR 0 0-0

B-G 1 3-4

1-0 at half

Goals-assists: (B) Patten, 2-1; Sam Spalholz, 2-0; Marcie Day, 0-1.

Shots-corners; (D) 8-5, (BG) 14-8.

Saves: (D) Kayla Hampton, 7, (BG) Anna Feltham, 6.

Hamilton Optimist Tournament

Norwich 1, Hamilton 0 (Finals)

HAMILTON – Norwich coach Scottie Decker has been with the soccer program since its inception 20 years ago, and in her recollection, Saturday’s achievement at Hamilton was a first.