Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Unionville Women's Soccer: Unionville 2, Downingtown East 1

Unionville played back to back games with another tough opponent in Downingtown East (#8 team in District One) on the schedule Wednesday.  Downingtown East got on the board 10 minutes into the giving them a 1-0 lead.  The momentum was clearly in Downingtown’s favor, but a direct kick by Alexxa Conroy was popped in by Sophia Detweiler to enter the half giving Unionville 1-1 tie. 

 

The second half went back & forth until Unionville got a perfectly placed corner kick from Salem Carlow that was directed in by Detweiler to score her second goal of the night.  Unionville took control with the 2-1 lead with 15 minutes to play.   This tough match went down to the final moments with Unionville walking away with a hard fought victory.  The Unionville defense was led by goalie, Katie Borlie (4 saves) along with Lyndsay Hastings & Sophie Schenk.