Newfane girls tip Albion in double OT
Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Allie Page (6) works to advance the ball up field against Newfane’s Erica Flagler during this evening’s double overtime contest at Albion which was won by the visiting Lady Panthers.
In a tight sea-saw battle, Newfane scored late in the second overtime period to outlast host Albion 5-4 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League girls soccer game.
Kayleigh Daniels scored the game winner for Newfane with 2:20 remaining in the second 10 minute overtime.
Both teams had scored once in the first overtime. Albion grabbed a 4-3 lead on a goal by Emily Blanchard with 8:28 remaining only to see Newfane answer right back to retie the contest at 4-4 on a tally by Kaylee Heschke with 2:51 to go.
The teams likewise traded goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation play which ended deadlocked at 3-3.
Albion regained a 3-2 lead when Mariah Elsenheimer netted her third goal of the night with 10:37 to go off an assist from Allie Page.
Newfane though quickly rallied back into a 3-3 tie when Erica Flagler scored with 8:29 remaining.
Albion had jumped out to a 2-0 lead when Elsenheimer scored with 12 minutes to go in the first half and again early in the second half, both off assists from Blanchard.
However, Newfane used a quick two goal scoring burst to pull even as Daniels tallied with 30 minutes to go in regulation time and Emily Foltz tallied just two minutes later and the sea-saw battle was on.
Newfane is now 2-0 and Albion 1-1 in N-O action.
