Even with signs of improvement to be found everywhere, the Fayetteville-Manlius field hockey team is still stuck behind the top Class A sides.
That was seen again in last Tuesday night’s match against defending champion Rome Free Academy, as the Hornets got on the board, but still lost to the Black Knights 3-1.
Back at home on Thursday afternoon, F-M got even closer to success against Liverpool, but still lost to the Warriors 2-1.
F-M finally ended the skid on Saturday, beating Cicero-North Syracuse 2-1 (the makeup of a Sept. 16 postponement) behind goals from Lindsay Trachtenberg and Kendra Napierala. Kaitlyn Osborn earned an assist as Cunningham and Rutkowski combined for eight saves.
To start its week, East Syracuse-Minoa tried to complete a regular-season sweep of Cato-Meridian, but could not quite pull it off as it tied the host Blue Devils 1-1.
Back home Wednesday night to face Port Byron, the Spartans took a 4-1 defeat to the Panthers, unable to recover from falling behind 2-0 in the first half.
ESM’s third game of the week came Friday, at Weedsport, where it took a 2-0 loss to the Warriors. It was 0-0 until the second
half, when LeAnn Springer and Allison Chase both scored for Weedsport. Nieset played most of the time in the net and earned 11 saves.
When F-M played CNS again Tuesday night at Bragman Stadium, it was a “Stick It to Cancer” event benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer, with T-shirts being sold by the CNS team. More than $14,000 was raised in a similar event in 2009, when the Northstars played Liverpool.
