Albion booters surge past Medina

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Natalie DiCureia (13), who scored two goals, takes control of the ball from Medina’s Morgan Roach (8) during the host Purple Eagles win over the Mustangs this evening.

Taking charge in the second half, Albion posted a 5-1 victory over visiting Medina this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.

Finishing the N-O campaign at 8-6, Albion erupted for four unanswered second half goals, including two each by Natalie DiCureia and Emily Blanchard, to break away from a 1-1 half-time deadlock.

Albion moved on top to stay at 2-1 when DiCureia scored on a rebound shot just 8:23 into the second half.

Blanchard doubled the Purple Eagles advantage to 3-1 when she scored off a corner kick by Monica Benjovski just 10 minutes later.

Blanchard then put a firm lock on the Albion victory when she scored off an assist from Mikayla Yaskulski with 18:43 remaining for a 4-1 Purple Eagles lead.

DiCureia rounded out the big scoring half with a goal in the final 10 seconds.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Ellen Narburgh (14) battles for control of the ball with Medina’s Martha Gardner (3).

Albion also jumped out to a 1-0 lead with 17 minutes to go in the first half as Ally Page scored on a breakaway off an assist from Yaskulski.

Medina quickly knotted the contest two minutes later on a penalty kick goal by Kyla Leno but the Mustangs could not dent the Albion net again.

Medina finishes the N-O season at 4-8-2.

The final three games of the N-O campaign will be played on Thursday with Roy-Hart at CSAT, Barker at Wilson and Newfane at Akron.

N-O Standings:

Wilson 13-0-0
Akron 10-2-1
Newfane 9-4-0
Albion 8-6-0
Roy-Hart 5-8-0
Medina 4-8-2
Barker 1-11-1
CSAT 1-12-0