Manchester earns key victory over Bristol Central
Oct. 15—The month of October has not been kind to the Manchester High girls soccer team. And if the Red Hawks want to play in the postseason in November, they need a strong finish to the month.
A second-half surge Friday may get them going in the right direction.
Liz Schoeneberger and Addie Hall scored second-half goals as Manchester topped Bristol Central 2-0 in CCC interdivisional action at Memorial Field.
The victory snapped a three-game winless streak for the Red Hawks (4-4-3), who had not won since beating Plainville Sept. 29.
Nina Montague earned the shutout in goal for Manchester with four saves and was aided by the defensive play of Savanah Reid.
Bristol Central is 6-4-1.
Manchester is at South Windsor Tuesday.
TOLLAND 3, NW CATHOLIC 2. Audrey Cadman's goal with 2:18 left lifted unbeaten Tolland to a CCC interdivisional home win.
The Eagles (9-0-2) overcame a 1-0 deficit as goals by Aiyanna Robles Sedano and Taylor Sztaba in a 2:05 span put them up by one with 26:12 to go. Emily Nicholas' second goal tied it for Northwest Catholic (6-3-2) three minutes later but Cadman, assisted by Petra Ali, netted the game-winner.
Ella Santini and Kelis Hurst combined for seven saves in the Tolland goal while the Lions received five saves from Charlotte Polking.
Tolland is at Enfield Tuesday.
ENFIELD 4, MIDDLETOWN 2. In Middletown, Izzy Huffman scored twice as Enfield captured the CCC interdivisional win.
Huffman's goals gave the Eagles (8-1-2) a 2-1 halftime lead. Sydney Marshall's goal gave Enfield a two-goal lead but Gabrielle Butler answered for Middletown (3-6-1) with 11 minutes left.
It stayed that way until Mattie Alaimo netted an insurance goal with three minutes to go.
Mia Daly made five saves for the Eagles. Madi Archer, Audrey Mazzarella, and Lilly Jaeger also starred.
Enfield entertains unbeaten Tolland in a key CCC East matchup on Tuesday.
EAST CATHOLIC 6, PLAINVILLE 2. In Plainville, East Catholic scored five unanswered goals in a 20:41 span of the second half to erase a one-goal deficit and claim the CCC interdivisional win.
The Eagles (9-1-1) trailed 2-1 after Nayelle Heredia netted her second goal for Plainville (5-5-0) 1:58 into the second half. Sydney Ledoux, assisted by Anya Tansil, tied it for East Catholic with 32:42 left and the Eagles took the lead 1:25 later when Shea Boyle scored on a free kick. Boyle then assisted on Kaitlyn Nyberg's goal to make it 4-2 and Tansil — who had her team's first-half goal — scored twice in a 3:36 span, both assisted by Emma Desautels, to put it away.
Marina Juan made four saves in goal for East Catholic, which plays at East Hartford Tuesday.
SOMERS 3, STAFFORD 0. Goals by Devon Dalessio, Katie Brown, and Avery D'Amour helped Somers to its third straight win in NCCC action.
Mackenzie Bridge assisted on Dalessio's goal and Brown's goal made it 2-0 at halftime. D'Amour iced it with her goal midway through the second half. Three goalies — Grace Dina, Deidre Dalessio, and Maya Serrano — combined on the shutout with four saves. Drea Oswell made 14 saves for Stafford (3-6-0).
The Spartans are at St. Paul Wednesday.
The Bulldogs host Rockville Tuesday.
ROCKVILLE 2, WINDSOR LOCKS 1. In Vernon, Jenna Schmidt scored twice as Rockville picked up an NCCC win.
Jordan Galica had two saves for the Rams (5-6-1). Windsor Locks (1-8-0) received six saves from Alison Gough.
Rockville will go for its fourth straight win at Stafford Tuesday, the same day Windsor Locks hosts Granby
GRANBY 5, COVENTRY 0. Addyson Earl had a hat trick and Alyssa Mackowski added two goals as host Granby did all its scoring in the first half of an NCCC win.
Divine Collins had eight saves for the shutout for the Bears (6-4-1), who earned a Class M state tournament bid with the victory.
Coventry (0-10-1) received eight saves from goalie Hannah Case.
The Patriots entertain the East Windsor/SMSA co-op Tuesday.
