The Brockport boys soccer team defeated Brockport 3-2 on a penalty kick with just 89 seconds remaining, but the Saints girls followed with a 3-0 shutout in the nightcap of the soccer doubleheader played in Churchville.
In the early game, the Saints jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 11:10 as Marko Mitrevski sent a through-pass sending Lukas Fernandes in alone. His shot went off the goalkeeper’s hands and into the net.
But it took Brockport just 1:36 to tie the game at 1-1 as Zachary Langelotti chipped a ball toward the net that deflected off the keeper’s hands and across the goal-line.
The Blue Devils took a 2-1 lead five minutes later off a scramble following a corner kick by Jason Hayes as Alex Ricci was able to convert.
But that lead lasted just 11 minutes when Mitrevski converted a turnover created by Umaru Andrews and found the left corner of the net from 30 yards out to tie the game 2-2.
It remained that way through a tightly played second half before Hayes was taken down in the box, resulting in a penalty kick that he converted into the upper right corner for the game-winner.
“It is always a battle between Churchville and us,” Hayes said. “The corner kick was one of our set plays and Alex worked hard and was able to put it in. You never know who is going to win when we play these guys.”
Churchville-Chili rebounded with a 3-0 win in the girls nightcap. They jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 30th minute when Macaylah Arieno sent a lead pass ahead of Emma Bennett, who ran through the midfield and sent her shot into the net off the goalkeeper’s fingers.
The Saints added to their lead in the 58th minute when Katie Cosgrove weaved through the defense and sent a 15 yard cross for a tap-in goal by Jamie Cooper.
At 66:32, Cosgrove converted a pass from Arieno, who had drawn the defense to her before sending a pass into the box for a 3-0 lead.
Saints goalkeeper Gabby D’Ambrosio made eight saves to register her first varsity shutout.
“We’ve been in every game, but it hasn’t quite clicked, but today everything came together” first year head coach Mimi Rague said.
