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Lady Hornets shutout North Penn-Mansfield
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | September 7, 2019
The Wellsboro Girls Soccer team shutout rival North Penn-Mansfield 2-0 on Friday, September 6 in their home opener.
The Lady Hornets scored 1 goal in each period. In the first with 3:36 left on the clock junior Jena Boyce headed in a corner kick by junior Cara Tennis to put Wellsboro up 1-0. Later in the second period freshman Jordyn Abernathy cleaned up a missed Hornet shot and found the back of the net to make it 2-0.
Wellsboro took 20 shots on goal on the night compared to Mansfield's 3, which sophomore Lilly Abadi saved. Wellsboro had a 9-4 advantage in corner kicks and 3-0 edge in direct kicks.
The win is the first of the 2019 season for the Lady Hornets, improving their record to 1-0-1 (1-0-1 NTL). The team is back in action this morning on the road at 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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