Bath-Haverling and Penn Yan will meet in sectionals, Friday, for the second time in the last four years to decide the 2021 Section V Class B2 Girls’ Soccer Championship. Here’s the breakdown:
No. 1 seed BATH-HAVERLING RAMS (17-1/Livingston County Division I) vs. No. 3 seed PENN YAN MUSTANGS (10-5-3/Finger Lakes East Division)
How they got here: Bath-Haverling opened with a 3-0 win over No. 8 seed Livonia in the quarterfinals and advanced past 4 seed Dansville, 4-0, in the semifinals. Penn Yan defeated No. 6 seed Attica, 5-0, in the quarterfinals and No. 2 seed Mynderse, 3-1, in the semifinals.
Total goals scored: Bath-Haverling (80), Penn Yan (46)
Total goals allowed: Bath-Haverling (8), Penn Yan (19)
Trends: Bath-Haverling has won 17 consecutive matches with 12 shutouts in that span. Penn Yan has won four straight and shut out its last four opponents before the semifinals.
Players to Watch for Bath-Haverling: Sydney Burns Sr. MF four goals, six assists; Lola Coots Fr. GK 52 saves, eight goals allowed, 1,140 minutes in goal; Meredith Czajkowski Jr. MF seven goals, five assists; Lillian Dickson Sr. 13 goals, 16 assists; Keegan Smith So. F 16 goals, four assists; Ella Yartym So. MF 26 goals, 26 assists
Penn Yan: Morgan Andersen MF/F nine goals, seven assists; Elle Harrison GK 125 saves, 19 goals allowed, 1,520 minutes in goal; Sierra Harrison MF/F 23 goals, eight assists; Maihue Miranda-Wiltberger MF/F three goals, 10 assists
Coaches: Braedyn Ordway (Bath-Haverling), Kyle Nelson (Penn Yan)
History 101: Bath-Haverling defeated Penn Yan, 6-0, in their lone meeting on September 17th. Bath-Haverling is the reigning sectional champion. The Rams defeated Le Roy, 5-1, to win last year’s title. This is the second time in the last four years these squads match up in sectionals. The Rams defeated the Mustangs, 1-0, in the 2018 Class B2 quarterfinals.
A 5:30 p.m. kickoff is scheduled at Finger Lakes Community College.
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