Section V Girls’ Soccer Class B1 heads to Canandaigua and Caledonia-Mumford for its Final Four. All top four seeds remain. Here’s the breakdown:
No. 1 seed PALMYRA-MACEDON RED RAIDERS (15-2/Finger Lakes East Division) vs. No. 4 seed BATAVIA BLUE DEVILS (9-7-1/Monroe County Division IV)
How they got here: Palmyra-Macedon (No. 10 NYSSWA Class B) opened with a 10-0 win over No. 9 seed Greece Odyssey. Batavia defeated No. 5 seed Waterloo, 2-0
Total goals scored: Palmyra-Macedon (76), Batavia (42)
Total goals allowed: Palmyra-Macedon (8), Batavia (22)
Last time they met: Palmyra-Macedon defeated Batavia, 6-1, in the 2018 Class B1 sectional quarterfinals.
Trends: Palmyra-Macedon has won five of its last six games with four shutouts in that span. Batavia snapped a three-game skid with its quarterfinals win.
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Players to Watch for Palmyra-Macedon: Clare Boesel Jr. GK 77 saves, eight goals allowed, 1,390 minutes in goal; Mercedes Buckingham Sr. D/MF two goals, 10 assists; Reagan Diehl So. MF eight goals, six assists; Maya Ikewood So. MF/F 23 goals, 14 assists; Emma Robinson Jr. F 20 goals, six assists; Molly Seither Jr. MF nine goals, 11 assists; Kylie Waeghe Sr. MF/F five goals, six assists
Batavia: Maddie Barone Sr. GK 99 saves, 21 goals allowed, 1,350 minutes in goal; Olivia Halpin Sr. MF five goals, 10 assists; Mackenzie Harmon Sr. MF three goals, nine assists; Lily Miller Sr. D five goals, three assists; Anna Varland So. MF 19 goals, seven assists
Coaches: Mike Karns (Palmyra-Macedon), Roger Hume (Batavia)
A 6 p.m. kickoff is scheduled Tuesday at Canandaigua Academy.
No. 2 seed GREECE OLYMPIA SPARTANS (14-3/Monroe County Division IV) vs. No. 3 seed HORNELL RED RAIDERS (15-2/Livingston County Division I)
How they got here: Greece Olympia (No. 18 NYSSWA Class B) opened with a 2-0 win over No. 7 seed Geneva. Hornell (No. 16 NYSSWA Class B) defeated No. 6 seed Newark, 4-1.
Total goals scored: Greece Olympia (65), Hornell (58)
Total goals allowed: Greece Olympia (20), Hornell (13)
Last time they met: Hornell defeated Greece Olympia, 2-0, in last season’s Class B1 sectional final.
Trends: Greece Olympia has won eight of its last nine games and outscored its opponents, 32-8, in that span. Hornell has won six consecutive contests and outscored its opponents, 23-3, in that span.
Players to Watch for Greece Olympia: Julayshea DeRosa Jr. D/MF two goals, five assists; Kuditra Derosa Sr. F 31 goals, eight assists; Elizabeth Faulkner So. GK 52 saves, 14 goals allowed, 1,035 minutes in goal; Sarah Tawaf Fr. MF/F six goals, 10 assists; Morgan Welch Sr. MF seven goals, nine assists
Hornell: Lilly Adams F six goals, six assists; Tayghan Doorley F five goals, four assists; Ireland Harrison F 16 goals, three assists; Juliet Marino GK 42 saves, 12 goals allowed, 1,260 minutes in goal; Sophie Wilkins MF nine goals, six assists
Coaches: Danielle Boneberg (Greece Olympia), Mike Wilkinson (Hornell)
A 7:15 p.m. kickoff is scheduled Tuesday at Caledonia-Mumford High School.
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