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NCCC Women’s Soccer off to a great start
SARANAC LAKE – In what promises to be a very good year for the North Country Community College Women’s Soccer team, their first game (versus Paul Smith’s College) was a big success.
It was Friday, August 31, at 1 p.m. on the NCCC field, before the regular school year had even started, but when the game was over the score was … oh, wait, let’s look at the stats first.
North Country had ten shots at the goal, compared to Paul Smith’s eight. Kevin Mellon, “I was extremely excited to see the women to take shots. Last year we did not have the confidence to shoot the ball. Already your can see that they are not shy.”
When it came to saves in the goal, NCCC’s Amanda Demers made ten to PSC’s Karlie Zurmuhlen’s six. Coach Mellon is of the opinion that, “This was Amanda’s first collegiate soccer game and she performed exactly how I expected her to. I think she will do very well for us this year.”
Not to give away the secret, rather to get to the final score, the only Goals of the game were both scored by NCCC’s Samantha Allison (St. Regis Falls) in the 54th minute; and by Sunny Reed (Keene Valley) in the 59th minute, with assists by Rebecca Schwartz (Samantha Allison’s Goal), and Kristy Harrigan (Sunny Reed’s Goal).
The astute among you will by now noticed that the final score was North Country CC : 2, and Paul Smith’s College : 0. While this statistic – one victory – hardly makes the whole season, Mellon is quick to add, “Well, the team was very happy for their first victory. It was a big win especially since it was against our cross town rivals and at home. The team understands though that we are taking one game at a time and now we have to get ready for Hudson Valley CC on Wednesday.”
The next game for the North Country Women’s Soccer team is Wednesday, September 5, again at home, against Hudson Valley Community College at 4:30 p.m.
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