Albion rallies for U18 soccer victory
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Brylie Hapeman looks to advance the ball up field for Albion during Sunday’s win over visiting Batavia as Lexi Wolck comes in to help.
Albion’s Abbie Pappalardo battles for control of the ball.
Coming from behind twice, Albion edged past visiting Batavia 4-3 Sunday evening in a Rochester District Youth Soccer League girls U18 Division game.
Albion first rebounded from an early 1-0 deficit to pull even on a goal by Abigail Scanlan.
Batavia though quickly regained the lead on a breakaway goal.
However, Albion came battling back again behind a big scoring burst by Brylie Hapeman.
Hapeman scored before half-time to pull Albion back to within one at 3-2.
She then completed her hat-trick with a pair of second half goals to rally Albion into the narrow victory.
Quinn McCue helped to anchor the defense for Albion which improves to 2-1-1.
Previously Albion had defeated Fairport 3-0, tied Canandaigua 2-2 and lost to Gananda 3-2.
Albion next hosts Caledonia at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Alyson Knaak works the ball up field for Albion as Pappalardo supports.
