A'dack beats Bay State 2-1, to collect their 5th win in a row.
Lynx in first place in the WPSL Eastern Division
image: Adirondack Lynx
Danielle Small, pictured above, scored her first WPSL goal of the season in the match against Bay State Select, helping the Lynx win the game 2-1.
By AL Staff -- AdirondackLynx.com
Thursday, July 7, 2006
Brockton Mass - The Adirondack Lynx have followed up last weeks win against the #19 ranked women’s team in the World, the New England Mutiny, by beating Bay State Select 2-1in an WPSL matchup played at Stonehill College, Brockton, Massachusetts.
The win improves the Lynx record to 6-2 on the year keeping them at the top the Northern Division of the Eastern Conference of the WPSL.
Brooke Knowlton, a Niskayuna, NY High School soccer standout and member of the U17 National team pool connected for a goal and an assist on the evening, and Australian World Cup and Olympian, Danielle Small, posted her first WPSL goal. Also getting an assist was NCAA All-American Mary Velan from the State University of New York at Oneonta.
It took Adirondack almost the entire first half to find the back of the net, but In the 42nd minute a free ball inside the six yard box was pushed by Brooke Knowlton to Danielle Small. In a great effort among the chaos in the goalmouth, Small stuffed the ball into the back of the net.
Brooke Knowlton, a Niskayuna, NY High School soccer standout and member of the U17 National team pool connected for a goal and an assist on the evening, and Australian World Cup and Olympian, Danielle Small, posted her first WPSL goal.”
The second Lynx goal came in the 69th minute as Mary Velan chased a rolling ball down the right flank and served it into the box perfectly. Knowlton timed her run perfectly and put the away the final Lynx goal, and the eventual game winner.
image:A'dack Lynx
Brooke Knowlton had great night and a hand in all the Lynx scoring against Bay State -- assisting on the first goal, and then scoring the second one.
In the 83rd minute, Bay State finally cracked the Lynx defense as Anne Foley scored off an assist from Jaclyn Zywien to cut the Lynx lead in half. Unfortunately Bay State just ran out of time to create another scoring opportunity.
The Lynx win sets up a WPSL showdown against the Long Island Fury (4-0-1) on Saturday night at 7:30pm, pitting the best 2 teams in the Eastern Conference to duke it out.
The match is also the final home game of the Lynx season. It will be held at Clifton Commons, at 7:30 p.m. The Fury are currently undefeated, and unscored upon, so it should be a great match to watch.
This may become a major rivalry in the WPSL as it will determine bragging rights in the state of New York. Downstate NY (Long Island) vs. Upstate NY (Adirondack). The game is currently scheduled to be filmed and televised by Time Warner.
The top two teams from the North and South division of the Eastern Conference play on July 21-23 to determine who will advance to play in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 28-29th for the WPSL Championship.
6/29/2006 – Brockton, Mass |
Per 1 |
Per 2 |
FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|
Adirondack Lynx |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Bay State Select |
0 |
1 |
1 |
LINEUPS:
Adirondack : P. Carrol, A Wallace, H. Garriock, A. Moore, M. Velan, J Petronis, B. Knowlton, D. Small, T. Jaeger, J. Frisch, A. Clinton.
Bay State Select: K. Thomas, M. Thomson, J. Cabral, C. Schmmel, K. McCArthy, D. Gordon, D. Lima, J. Morrisey, L. Zickl, A. Murphy, L,Lims
GOALS:
Adk: Small 42nd minute, (Knowlton)
Adk: Knowlton 69th minute (Velan)
BSS: Foley 83rd minute (Zywein)
SAVES:
Adk: Carrol 3, Morcone 5
BSS: Thomas 7, Gordon 5
SHOTS:
ADK: 12
BSS: 9
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