Girls Soccer falls to Athens
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 15, 2015
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Soccer team dropped their first game of the season with a 2-1 loss to Athens on Monday, September 14.
Neither team found the back of the net in the first half as the game was a scoreless tie at halftime. Senior Sarah Ingerick opened up scoring in the 23rd minute of the second half off an assist from senior Jenny Young to take a 1-0 lead. Taylor Reynard for Athens answered in the 36th minute to tie it up and Emily Lunger scored the game-winning goal in the 38th minute.
Athens outshot Wellsboro 15-3 and had a 6-5 advantage in corner kicks. Sophomore Kailee Clymer recorded 11 saves in goal for the Lady Hornets.
In the JV game, the Lady Hornets lost to Athens 4-0.
With the loss, the Lady Hornets fall to 1-1-1 (0-1-1 NTL). The team will be back in action on Wednesday, September 16 as they host Northeast Bradford.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
