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Wallenpaupack Area began its quest for a District Two soccer crown with a big win over Pittston Area.
The Lady Bucks erupted for six first half goals en route to an 8-1 victory. This opening round contest was played at Paupack on Wednesday.
With the win, Coach Mike Soskil’s squad upped its overall record to 12-4-2 on the year. Next up for the Lady Bucks is a battle with top-ranked Wyoming Valley West. These two teams have met twice during the regular season with the Spartans sweeping the series.
Paupack and Valley West will meet for the third time on Tuesday afternoon at Lake Lehman High School.
On the Attack
Paupack wasted no time in going on the offensive Wednes-day against Pittston Area.
Jillian Alderfer opened the floodgates with a pair of unassisted goals early in the first half. The Lady Buck striker beat Patriot keeper Lauren Smicherko at the 10:45 mark. Less than two minutes later, Alderfer struck again. This tally came at with 11:58 gone and gave the home team a 2-0 lead.
That would prove more than enough support for a red-hot Heather Michael.
Paupack’s veteran keeper faced just five shots on the day and stopped all but one of them. To date, Michael has logged more than 1,400 minutes between the pipes. She’s piled up 110 saves, nine shutouts and boasts a minuscule 0.944 goals against average.
Gina Boccia upped the ante to 3-0 two minutes after Alderfer’s second goal. Boccia tallied the first of her two scores at the 13:51 mark, courtesy of an Alderfer assist.
Brittany Davis made it 4-0 with another first half goal. This one came with 19:42 gone in the game off a pass from teammate Kyla Wentz.
Desiree Spindler finally got Pittston Area on the board. The Patriots’ striker converted on a penalty kick just six minutes before halftime.
Alderfer wouldn’t stand for that, though, and tacked on one more. This goal, which completed a Hat Trick for Paupack’s top scorer, was the result of a pass from Davis.
Jillian leads the Lady Bucks with 15 goals and two assists on the season.
Over & Out
Coach Soskil reined his girls in a bit in the second half, but Paupack still managed to tally three more goals.
Rosie Tamam scored off an assist from Boccia at the 47:33 mark. Gina then got back into the act herself seven minutes later. Boccia bagged her second goal of the game with 54:39 gone n the match.
Wallenpaupack Area began its quest for a District Two soccer crown with a big win over Pittston Area.
The Lady Bucks erupted for six first half goals en route to an 8-1 victory. This opening round contest was played at Paupack on Wednesday.
With the win, Coach Mike Soskil’s squad upped its overall record to 12-4-2 on the year. Next up for the Lady Bucks is a battle with top-ranked Wyoming Valley West. These two teams have met twice during the regular season with the Spartans sweeping the series.
Paupack and Valley West will meet for the third time on Tuesday afternoon at Lake Lehman High School.
On the Attack
Paupack wasted no time in going on the offensive Wednes-day against Pittston Area.
Jillian Alderfer opened the floodgates with a pair of unassisted goals early in the first half. The Lady Buck striker beat Patriot keeper Lauren Smicherko at the 10:45 mark. Less than two minutes later, Alderfer struck again. This tally came at with 11:58 gone and gave the home team a 2-0 lead.
That would prove more than enough support for a red-hot Heather Michael.
Paupack’s veteran keeper faced just five shots on the day and stopped all but one of them. To date, Michael has logged more than 1,400 minutes between the pipes. She’s piled up 110 saves, nine shutouts and boasts a minuscule 0.944 goals against average.
Gina Boccia upped the ante to 3-0 two minutes after Alderfer’s second goal. Boccia tallied the first of her two scores at the 13:51 mark, courtesy of an Alderfer assist.
Brittany Davis made it 4-0 with another first half goal. This one came with 19:42 gone in the game off a pass from teammate Kyla Wentz.
Desiree Spindler finally got Pittston Area on the board. The Patriots’ striker converted on a penalty kick just six minutes before halftime.
Alderfer wouldn’t stand for that, though, and tacked on one more. This goal, which completed a Hat Trick for Paupack’s top scorer, was the result of a pass from Davis.
Jillian leads the Lady Bucks with 15 goals and two assists on the season.
Over & Out
Coach Soskil reined his girls in a bit in the second half, but Paupack still managed to tally three more goals.
Rosie Tamam scored off an assist from Boccia at the 47:33 mark. Gina then got back into the act herself seven minutes later. Boccia bagged her second goal of the game with 54:39 gone n the match.
Boccia is another genuine scoring threat for Paupack. To date, she’s tallied 12 goals and handed out four assists.
This penultimate goal came off an assist from Jillian Jansco. Jansco, who is one of Paupack’s captains and last year’s defensive Player of the Year, has a pair of assists this spring.
Lauren Cassel closed out the scoring on this particular day. The team-leader in assists in ‘09, Cassel broke loose for an unassisted goal at 78:31.
Coda
Valley West drew an opening round bye in the Class AAA tournament.
Should the Lady Bucks upset the Spartans in Tuesday’s semifinal, they would take on the winner of Abington Heights and Hazleton Area.
The Comets are the #2 seed and also earned a bye, while the Cougars advanced to the semis via a 3-0 win over DV.
