GIRLS U17 TRAVEL

Oakwood Tournament

 

In the Oakwood Tournament held in Glastonbury over the Memorial Day weekend, the U17 Newtown Premier team went 2-2, losing in penalty kicks in the semi-finals.

In a 3-1 win over South Central, Chelsea Morin scored a pair of goals and Colleen Davis added one to lift Newtown. Cara Delvecchio and Kendall Zimmerman anchored a strong defensive effort. Cassie Bagaglio and Jen Russell had good games at midfield.

In a 6-0 win in Game 2, Alex Helfer, Morin, and Davis scored two goals apiece. Kim Helfer and Alison Frobey played well in the back while Carrie Lipnick and Stephanie Miles dominated the midfield.

Needing only a tie to advance to the semi-finals, Newtown came back in the final 15 minutes on a Morin goal. Kristin Smith played strong on defense as Karoline Kunkel, Erin McDonald and Becky Corrigan played well in the midfield.

Allison Smith and Kate Bouteiller combined on a shutout through regulation against Odyssey of Maine in the semi-finals, forcing overtime and the eventual penalty-kick shootout. Oakwood made all of its five shots in the PK situation, while Newtown made just four of five to hand Oakwood the win.

 

GIRLS U10 TRAVEL

 

STRATFORD 1, NAVIGATORS 0: In a weel-played, evenly-matched game, Stratford scored with less than three minutes to play to win. Julie Landin and Rachel Maley, though, managed to get off a shot from 15 yards out with seemed to deflect off a Stratford defender for the tying goal but the referee ruled that the goaltender had stopped the ball. Jaclyn Petrasanta and Christie Attansio led the defense and Bethany Morin was solid in goal.

NAVIGATORS 2, SEYMOUR 0: Racheky Maley, Harriet Morgan, Ashley Braun, Julie Landin and Katie Kirrane hustled all game long and Maley used her superior foot speed to beat the defense twice for breakaway goals. Caroline Kraich and Claire Ober smother the Seymour offense while Dana Schunter and Bethany Morin shared time in goal.

BOYS F DIVISION

 

LASERS 5, BULLS 1: Jacon Dauz scored a pair of goals while Ralph Sergiovanni, Alex Kron and Luke Fiore added one apiece to power the Lasers to the win. Adam Buccino and Nathan Barrett led the defense. For the Bulls, Kevin O’Connell scored the lone goal with support from Colin Smith. Mike Cox and Jerry Russell led the defense.

TIGERSHARKS 3, PYTHONS 0: Stephen Sapienza drew first blood for the ‘Shark attack with a break-away goal early in the first half.  Brandon McGuinn added a goal off a perfectly played give-and-go from Bobby Davenport. Jason Hanna finished the scoring with a beautiful chip shot over the outstretched hands of the Python goalie. Billy Simms anchored the T-Shark defense; while Ben Wicki shut the door with some big second-half saves in goal. Ian Cooper kept the game close with brilliant saves as the Python keeper. Craig Schreckenghaust displayed gallant effort on offense for the Pythons.