SUNY Oneonta freshman
Sophia Calabrese (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) tallied six goals today to lead the Red Dragons to a 14-11 victory against Scranton. Calabrese scored her six goals on seven shots including converting 1-of-2 free position shots. She now has 23 goals on the season for the Red Dragons who upped its overall record to 6-4-1.
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A free position goal for each team got things started this afternoon. Elena Gallo put Scranton (6-6) on top just 18 seconds into the contest before senior
Jaime Morris (West Nyack/Clarkstown South) evened things up in the sixth minute.
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Morris' goal was the start of six unanswered goals for the Red Dragons to put them in charge with a little more than 10 minutes to go in the opening half. Calabrese and junior
Kelsey Cohen (Baldwin/Baldwin) scored a pair during the run while freshman
Jordan Ilchert (West Islip/West Islip) tallied a solo goal.
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Sophomore
Shannon Giddens (Franklin Square/H Frank Carey) capped the scoring in the first half with an unassisted goal in the 28
th minute to give Oneonta an 8-3 lead heading into halftime.
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Gallo registered back-to-back goals to start the second half cutting the Royals' deficit to three goals at 8-5.
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The Red Dragons then ripped off four consecutive goals including two more by Calabrese to push its lead back to seven goals at 12-5 with 10 minutes remaining in the game. Ilchert scored from Morris and sophomore
Victoria Varone (Commack/Commack) scored from freshman
Christen Patalano (Mineola/Kellenberg Memorial) to account for the other two goals for Oneonta.
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Calabrese's final goal of the game gave Oneonta its largest lead of eight goals with just over seven minutes left.
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The Royals made the game interesting scoring the final five goals of the game including a pair by Jill Henson, who finished the game with four goals to lead Scranton.
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Winning goalie
Lexi Keen (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) made 12 saves today to record her fourth win of the season. Erin Putnam made four stops for Scranton.
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Scranton outshot Oneonta 31-25 in the game and won 18-of-27 draws. Oneonta collected 26 ground balls to only 14 for the Royals. Both teams converted four free position shots into goals.
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Oneonta's home stand will continue this Saturday when they host Brockport on Red Dragon Field beginning at 1pm.
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