FCIAC 25-14, 25-19, 25-23 Staples Highlights Libby Murray – 22 assists Bella Jagenberg – 13 kills Jan Van Arsedale – 6 kills, 4 digs
Ridgefield 3-0 3 Ludlowe 0-0 0 Ridgefield: Maddie McGrath 2g; Aerin Krys 1g Goalies R – 7 L – 2
FAIRFIELD — The three-time defending Class L girls soccer winner got rolling Tuesday night at Taft Field. The defending FCIAC champion had its offense clicking.
And that comes at quite a time for St. Joseph.
Jessica Mazo scored two goals and two others had a goal and an assist apiece to lead the Cadets to a 5-0 win at Fairfield Ludlowe.
“We came together pretty well. We really executed and came out with energy,” Mazo said. “We came out to play.”
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TRUMBULL — Pele would have been proud.
A two-goal Trumbull lead had just been sliced to one and the momentum was on the side of the Warde Mustangs. It was still anyone’s game, a game crucial to the FCIAC standings, but Trumbull’s Skylar Jorge changed everything with a play for the ages.
Stationed at the right side of the field, about 20 yards out and with her back to the goal, Jorge took control the ball and then sent a bicycle kick over her head and it ended up floating just over the outstretched hands of Warde keeper Maura Dougherty, a goal that not only restored the Eagles two-goal cushion but drove Trumbull to an eventual 4-1 win over the Mustangs Tuesday night.
“It was right after they (Warde) scored and I just thought, why not try to hit it and it ended up working,” Jorge said. “I made pretty good contact with the ball and I turned around and saw it going in and I was just so surprised.”
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RIDGEFIELD — As far as regular-season soccer games are concerned, they don’t get much bigger than Tuesday afternoon’s battle between unbeaten Staples and unbeaten Ridgefield.
And as far as scoreless ties go, they don’t get any more entertaining than said clash, which was a rematch of last year’s Class LL state championship match.
Both teams’ senior goalkeepers were flat-out sensational, with Zoe Barnett making seven saves for Staples (9-0-3) and Lauren Castle making five saves for Ridgefield (10-0-1), which has not surrendered a goal this season.
“Every game, for every season that I’ve been here, the goal is to keep the zero,” Castle said, “because if you don’t get scored on, you can’t lose.”
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The cross country meets for Week Four were disrupted by the storms which hit Fairfield County on Tuesday, Oct. 2. Several of the races were run on that day, while some of the girls varsity races were postponed to dates later in the week. • Updated Boys Cross Country Standings • Updated Girls Cross Country Standings … Read more
Darien 1-1 2 Ludlowe 0-1 1 Darien: Johan Trippitelli 1g; Will Henry Harmon 1g Ludlowe: Zaid Atta 1g; Amar Sumra 1a
Staples: Nicholas DiMasi 1g; Austin Sholes 1a Stamford: Kenly Lalanne 1g
New Canaan 0-0 Darien 4-2 6 Darien: Shea van den Broek 1g, 2a; Molly Hellman 1g, 1a; Bridget Mahoney 1g; Lily Kulesz 1g; Catie Duggan 1g; Brinsley Rushe 1g Goalies NC – Emily Gaeta 6 saves D – Catherine Vogt and Monisha Akula 4 saves