Jess Unkel (Meagan Schulz Photo)

Lady Marauders falls short in comeback

GREENE – After opening up the 2019 season with 2-0 road loss to Burnt Hill/Ballston Lake, the Lady Trojans of Greene responded with a big win in front of the home crowd, shutting out the Windsor Black Knights 6-0 Tuesday night.

The Trojans took eight shots in the first half of the game but only found the back of the cage once. Olivia Kennedy fired the first of her two goals scored in the game by Windsor’s Miranda Bickham after receiving a pass from Greene teammate Kenzie Drew with 16:51 remaining in the half.

“We had a slow start in the first half,” said Greene’s head coach Christine Battgalini. “We had plenty of opportunities in the half, but couldn’t convert. We made some adjustments and began to score more as the second half went on.”

Those changes Battaglini and her squad made led to a large amount of possession time in the offensive half of the turf and 15 opportunities at the goal. Five attempts from Greene players ending up in the back of the net in a span of 18 and a half minutes.

Starting the second half scoring stretch was Jess Unkel recorded her first of the night on a penalty stroke. Unkel scored a second goal with 7:48 remaining in the contest.