STATE COLLEGE — The State College girls soccer team went 3-1 in a week, including a 3-0 win over Cedar Cliff on Sept. 29 at home, a 5-3 victory at Williamsport on Oct. 3 and a 4-1 win over Altoona on Oct. 5 at home.
The Lady Little Lions also lost at Cumberland Valley, 9-0, on Oct. 1.
State College’s Ayda Bayly scored three goals against Williamsport. Her first goal came six minutes into the game off of an assist from Leah Sampsel. With Williamsport holding a 2-1 lead in the final two minutes of the half, Bayly scored again off of an assist from Shae Dwyer.
Three minutes into the second half, Dwyer fed Natalia Andrews, who booted in the goal to give the Little Lady Lions (5-6) a 3-2 lead. With 12 minutes left in the game, Bayly netted the hat trick off an assist from Andrews. Andrews scored her second goal off a beautiful pass from Natalie Rosamilia.
Williamsport scored the final goal with less than 2 minutes left.
“It was a big one for us,” State College Kent Dwyer said. “We’ve been putting together stretches of really solid combination play. Against Williamsport, we didn’t panic when we were down 2-1 on the road. We kept moving the ball and attacking spaces. I’m very proud of the girls’ response. We can build off of this result.”
Bayly scored two goals against Altoona, booting in the last two goals for the Lady Little Lions. She scored with 15 minutes left in the first half and again 23 minutes into the second half off a Sampsel assist.
Sampsel scored the first goal off of an assist from Abbie Lutz. Dwyer scored the second goal about 16 minutes in. Nara Harzbecker scored for Altoona.
“State College played on the front foot from the beginning of the match, pressuring Altoona with combination play and creating multiple chances,” Coach Dwyer said. “Altoona came out in the second half and tried to ramp up pressure. Play opened up quite a bit and there were solid chances on both sides.”
State College and Cedar Cliff were scoreless until the 20-minute mark of the second half. That’s when Lutz took a pass from Bayly and scored. Three minutes later, Teagan Case scored when Taylor Langer dished the ball off. Andrews scored the final goal off an assist from Lutz.
Kali Hazel and Sarah Mellot combined for 11 saves in goal to preserve the shutout.
Cumberland Valley’s Amyla Edmonds netted a hat trick, while three others had two goals each.
BELLEFONTE
The Bellefonte girls team erupted for a combined 18 goals in two games, crushing Johnstown, 11-2, on Sept. 29 at home and winning at Central Cambria, 7-2, on Oct. 1. And then it earned a 4-0 win over Huntingdon on Oct. 5 at home.
The Lady Red Raiders (8-0-1) scored 10 goals in the first half against Johnstown. Sydney Miller scored four goals, while Norah Davis also had a hat trick with three goals.
Claire Halterman booted in two goals, while Reese Manning and Emily Culley had a goal each. Kaylee Knepp also had an assist. Ronni Spotts, who was of three Bellefonte goalkeepers, got the win in goal.
The Lady Red Raiders scored five goals in the first half against Central Cambria. Patterson scored four of the seven goals, while Miller booted in two goals and assisted on two other goals. Davis scored a goal and Halterman had an assist. Spotts made one save.
Miller netted a hat trick with three goals against Huntingdon. Patterson scored the other goal, and Culley had an assist. Spotts made four saves in goal.
BALD EAGLE AREA
The Bald Eagle Area girls were able to win at Penn Cambria, 2-1, on Oct. 1, but the Lady Eagles (5-7-1) lost to Bedford, 9-0, on Sept. 29 at home, to Central Mountain, 3-1, on Oct. 3 at home and to Tyrone, 1-0, on Oct. 5 at home.
Penn Cambria held a 1-0 lead until BEA’s Addison Tice scored at 37:31 off of an assist from Addison Mottin. Savanna Albright scored the final goal off of a dish from Tice at 37:57. BEA goalkeeper Cami Walker made seven saves, including an important late stop.
“We did not start out the game well at all,” BEA coach Jared Moore said. “We conceded a goal early and were on our heels for a bit, but we righted the ship.
“We came out strong in the second half. We had a scare late, but Kendall Smith made a 30-yard sprint to catch their forward and disrupt her shot. Our keeper Cami Walker dove on the ball to seal it.”
Tice scored the first goal of the Central Mountain game off an assist from Natalie Michaels, but then Central Mountain’s Lily McMonigal scored three goals from there. Walker did make six saves, and CM outshot BEA 9-1.
The Tyrone game was scoreless until Allie Blaska scored at 72:31. Walker made nine saves, while Tyrone’s Piper Sparklin made four stops.
The Lady Eagles only trailed 2-0 against Bedford after one half, but a relentless Bedford scored seven times in the second half, including five in the last 7 minutes as BEA rested some starters.
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA
The Philipsburg-Osceola girls lost three games over five days, but the Lady Mounties did score in a 3-1 loss on Oct. 3 at Moshannon Valley.
P-O also lost to Penn Cambria, 6-0, on Sept. 29 at home and at Chestnut Ridge, 4-0, on Oct. 1.
PENNS VALLEY
The Penns Valley girls team sustained two shutout losses over three days. The Lady Rams lost to Bishop Carroll, 6-0, on Sept. 29 at home and at Johnstown, 2-0, on Oct. 1.
WEEK OF OCT. 8 SOCCER SCHEDULE
OCT. 8
GIRLS
Penns Valley at Huntingdon
OCT. 10
GIRLS
Moshannon Valley at Penns Valley
