Kendall booters sweep rival Holley in OT
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Maya Rutland, who scored the game’s lone goal in today’s win over rival Holley, tries for a shot against Taylor DeSimone of the Lady Hawks.
Kendall’s boys and girls soccer varsity soccer teams apparently enjoyed today’s Homecoming celebration so much that they played nearly an extra 30 minutes (a total of 3 extra periods) to score a pair of overtime victories over rival Holley in a Genesee Region League action.
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Sam Barniak tries to advance the ball against Kendall’s Tania Arellano.
The Kendall girls nipped Holley 1-0 on a goal by Maya Rutand just 19 seconds into the first overtime period off an assist from Emily Boyle. The goal was the team leading 13th of the season for Rutland.
The victory keeps Kendall undefeated at 8-0 in G-R competition and 9-0 overall while Holley slips to 2-5-1.
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Tyler Hill kicks the ball away from Kendall’s Skyler Heller, who netted the game’s lone goal for the host Eagles.
The Kendall boys followed up with an identical 1-0 overtime win over Holley as Skyler Heller made his first goal of the season a huge one as he tallied with 3:37 to go in the first extra period off an assist from Riley Iqbal.
Kendall again stays perfect at 6-0 in the league and 10-0 overall.
The loss drops Holley to 2-2-1 and 5-4-1 overall.
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Kendall’s Justin Barrett tries to keep the ball away from Holley’s Gabe Mendoza.
