The Spencerport girls soccer team used a pair of come-from-behind rallies to win the semi-finals and the final to earn their second straight New York State Class A crown.
They faced North Shore from Long Island in the semi’s and trailed for the first time all season halfway into the first half before senior Aleah Martone tied it with a goal just minutes prior to the half.
Spencerport juniors Erin Coykendall and Leah Wengender each netted goals in the second half to send the Rangers into the state final versus Pearl River where the Section I champ pushed the Rangers to the limit as they twice took the lead.
In the final seven minutes of regulation in a scoreless duel, Pearl River took a 1-0 lead, but the Rangers responded as Wengender scored with an assist from Martone with 4:12 remaining.
That sent the game into overtime where Pearl River again jumped ahead almost midway through the second ten-minute extra session, but Wengender again responded 31 seconds later to again tie the game 2-2.
After two more five-minute scoreless overtime sessions the game was declared a tie and the teams declared co-winners.
The Rangers became just the third girls soccer team in Section V history to repeat as state champions joining Aquinas and Wheatland-Chili, who also accomplished the feat this season.
Seniors Martone, Luca Fahmer, Nicole Pecora, Amy Joerger, Taylor Simoncelli, Ana Lawrence, Olivia LoPresti, Natalie Wiebeld and Rianna Viavattene finished their high school soccer careers.
