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Lady Hornets fall to Troy
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | October 7, 2018
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Soccer team dropped their fourth straight game as they fell to Troy 3-1 on Saturday, October 6.
Nicole McClellan scored a pair of goals in the first half for Troy to give them an early lead. Her first came with 31:55 left on the clock and the second was with 25.16 remaining.
Wellsboro cut the lead in half three minutes into the second half. Sophomore Jena Boyce crossed the ball but a Troy defender kicked the ball into their net resulting in an own goal.
Both teams were scoreless until under the 5 minute mark when Morgan Graybill scored unassisted to make it 3-1.
Troy outshot Wellsboro 12-6 and had a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks. Freshman Lilly Abadi made made 7 saves in goal for Wellsboro while Brianna Rathbun stopped 1 shot for Troy.
Wellsboro won the JV game 2-1 on goals by junior Savana Baltzley and sophomore Madelyn Rudy. The JV team is now 5-6.
The loss in the Varsity game drops the Lady Hornets to 6-7 (6-4 NTL). The team will be back in action on Monday, October 8 against Williamson.
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Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
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