Remaining a very busy unit, the Liverpool girls soccer team would test itself plenty in advance of Tuesday night’s rematch with Baldwinsville, who m it los to, 1-0, the first time they had met on Sept. 18.
In last Wednesday’s visit to West Genesee, the Warriors needed every bit of its patience to overcome a modest halftime deficit and beat the Wildcats 4-1.
Try as it could, Liverpool couldn’t break through in the first half and, thanks to Olivia Price’s goal, WG had a 1-0 advantage. But once the Warriors got on the board, it took charge,
Leanne Barnard finding the net twice as Brisa Salinas and Meagan O’Neil also got goals. Sierra Dorr added an assist as Julia Richey stopped 11 of the 12 shots she faced and Liverpool overcame 12 saves by Wildcats goalie Mikayala Kerr.
From there, the Warriors were off until a weekend tournament at the Wright National Soccer Complex in Oneonta, which began Friday afternoon with a 9-1 romp over the host Oneonta Yellowjackets.
Nearly getting to double digits, the Warriors had seven different goal-scorers, led by Brianna Kovarik, who scored twice and added an assist, and Salinas, who had a goal and two assists. Amanda Angotti also had two goals as Dorr and Carli Kovarik both had one goal and one assist. Sarah Seymour and Emily Wu earned the other goals, with Barnard contributing an assist.
Liverpool won again on Sunday, blanking another Section IV opponent, Chenango Forks, in a 3-0 decision. Only up 1-0 at the half, the Warriors got away as Brianna Kovarik earned two of her team’s three goals, and Seymour had the other. Barnard and Emily Heberger notched assists, with Richey stopping all six shots she faced.
Cicero-North Syracuse had broken a weeks-long drought with a 2-0 win over Guilderland on Sept. 26, but two days later it again could not get on the scoreboard at Auburn, taking a 1-0 defeat to the Maroons.
Much of the game was a clash between the Northstars’ fledgling attack and Auburn goalkeeper Ally Nicolisi. No matter what it did, C-NS could not get anything past Nicolisi, who stopped all 15 shots she faced.
Meanwhile, the Northstars’ defense also proved tough, Olivia Haven recording six saves, but in the second half the Maroons broke through when Lacey Netti scored off a feed from Marguerite Cuddy, and Auburn held on from there.
C-NS again was kept off the board Thursday night in a 3-0 defeat to Baldwinsville. Haven had seven saves, but the Bees grabbed a 2-0 edge by halftime and went from there, Jade Gentile twice finding the net and Bella May adding the other goal. The Northstars saw none of its six shots get past B’ville goalies Mackenzie Hanna and Julia George.
At 2-8, the Northstars would then join Liverpool on its trip to Oneonta, where it played Chenango Forks to a 1-1 draw. Leading 1-0 at the half thanks to Ciera Murphy’s goal, C-NS could not hang on, instead hoping that it could find some kind of form this Thursday against West Genesee.
