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10-25-2007

Coop girls win 5-1; boys home on Friday

By ERIC AHLQVIST

Editor

Here they go again. The Cooperstown girls soccer team began its quest for a third straight Section Three Class C title with a 5-1 victory over Thousand Islands Tuesday in Cooperstown.

CCS, the sixth seed, will play either at third seed Utica- Notre Dame on Friday, or host Westmoreland Saturday.

Those two teams played Wednesday night.

CCS senior Anna Kieler scored the first three goals in the final home game of her four-year varsity career. Thousand Islands scored just over one minute into the game, but Kieler tied the score when she headed in a perfect cross from Claire Petroskey with just over 20 minutes left in the half.

The Lady Redskins, 13-4-2, dominated play for the remainder of the half but did not score. That changed quickly in the second half when Kieler scored again less than five minutes in and made it 3-1 a few minutes later. Another senior, Lindsay Valentine, scored the fourth goal on a laser shot from 20 yards out CCS added final goal with just four seconds left when Laura Derouin's shot glanced off a Thousand Island's defender and into the goal.

"We played a great passing game," said CCs head coach Jennifer Pindar. "Getting Laura Rowley (who missed the last nine games due to injury) back was important and we're healthy and ready to play." Manlius-Pebble-Hill is the top seed in Class C, as they were last year when Cooperstown defeated them in a penalty kick shootout in the championship game at Cortland.

The Cooperstown boys soccer team earned the top seed in the Section Three Class C boys tournament, and will host the winner of the Tully- Bishop Grimes first round game. Cooperstown is 13-2-1 on the season.

If they win Friday, they will likely meet Frankfort- Schuyler in a semifinal contest on Tuesday or Wednesday. FS is one of the teams which beat the Redskins this year, 2- 2, in overtime. Cooperstown won the first game between the teams in overtime as well.

"This team has far exceeded my expectations this season," said Cooperstown boys coach Frank Miosek. "Having the number one seed is nice, but it also puts a bulls-eye on our backs. We just need to continue to play as a team and we'll be fine."