Lady Hawks capture Hall of Fame Tournament title with a second straight 1-0 victory

Contributed Photo – The Holley girls soccer team celebrates after capturing the Albany Hall of Fame Tournament championship today with a 1-0 win over Frankfort-Schuyler.

Completing a very successful season opening weekend trip into the Mohawk Valley, the Holley girls soccer team edged Frankfort-Schuyler 1-0 this afternoon at Central Valley Academy in Ilion near Herkimer.

The victory capped a 2-0 weekend and earned the Albany Hall of Fame Tournament championship for the Lady Hawks which nipped Lake George by an identical margin of 1-0 on Saturday.

Freshman Philomena Arnold scored the game’s lone goal for the Lady Hawks with 18:20 remaining in the second half off an assist from eighth grader Alexa Mosier.

Goalie junior Zoey Warner and her defensive mates including junior Jayna Burris, sophomores Brianna Tomasino and Carsyn Mogle and freshman Emma Burne did the rest to preserve the shutout.

Warner had 6 saves on the afternoon including one big leaping stop of a direct kick shot in the first half and then two more huge saves in the second half with the later coming in the final two minutes.

“These girls fought to the end of both games this weekend. We have very few players on the bench, so most of the girls played the entire game,” said Coach Renee Wolf. “Our middle helped hold us all together this weekend and Zoey Warner came up with some great saves. It was great competition for us to start our season and I’m super proud of their grit and determination.”