Woodstown scores two late goals to turn back Pennsville; also includes scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar
BOYS SOCCER
Woodstown 5, Pennsville 4
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown 5, Pennsville 2
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown 5, Penns Grove 0
Schalick 5, Overbrook 0
Pitman 4, Pennsville 1
Glassboro 5, Salem 0
By Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — Ayden Ellis scored on a 35-yard free kick with 5:13 left in the match and Woodstown scored twice in the final 14 minutes to finally shake Pennsville 5-4 in an intense season-opener for both teams.
The Wolverines could never seem to shake their hosts until the end. Woodstown held leads at three different times in the match, but each time the Eagles tied it.
“We were really close on scoring many opportunity, but just couldn’t put it away,” Woodstown coach Darren Huck said. “They ended up taking advantage of some mistakes we made in the back to go up and then my guys showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit and kept working.”
The Eagles looked like they had all the momentum after Lucas Cooksey and Sam Hassler scored in the first two minutes of the second half to give Pennsville its first lead 4-3 and Lachlann Hooks was turning back the Wolverines in the goal.
Jake Lewis got Woodstown’s equalizer with 13:56 to play and then Ellis won it with his second goal of the match on the free kick.
“I thought the second half we played a lot better and we had the ball down at our end most of the time, but scoring goals is not easy,” Huck said. “We found a way to score a couple goals late and pull out the victory.”
Nick DiTeodoro also scored a pair of goals for Woodstown. Hassler scored twice for Pennsville. Justin Muchaca’s header off a Cooksey corner kick was Pennsville’s other goal.
Both teams had shots hit the pipes in the first half that could’ve been their second goal. Pennsville’s John Sassi hit the cross bar midway through the half and Woodstown’s Ethan Cotton banged one off the right post seven minutes later.
Top photo: Woodstown’s Tommy Tucci brings the ball upfield under the watchful eye of the Pennsville defense.
Girls soccer
WOODSTOWN 5, PENNSVILLE 2: Freshman Korynn Hernandez burst on the local scene with a hat trick and Hailey Kucharczuk scored two goals to power the Wolverines in their first full game of the season. They opened the season with a scoreless draw with Vineland in a game that was suspended at halftime due to the excessive heat.
On this day, the Wolverines erupted for four goals in the first half. They scored their five goals on 10 shots.
“Hailey was our leading scorer last year so it was great to see her find the back of the net right away,” Woodstown coach Kieran Keyser said.
Tennis
WOODSTOWN 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Madison LaPalomento (WO) def. Adanelys Lopez Melendez, 6-0, 6-0
Emma West (WO) def. Kavila Pulchard, 6-1, 6-3
Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Valeria Torres, 6-1, 6-0
Emilee Kehr-Elliana Norman (WO) def. Andrew Chaparro-Stephani Recinos, 6-0, 6-0
Isabella Lindenmuth-Eleanora Lawson (WO) def. Cadence Jackson-Clarisleidy Smith, 6-2, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 1-2, Penns Grove 0-1.
SCHALICK 5, OVERBROOK 0
Olivia Lunemann (S) def. Isabella Sepulveda, 6-0, 6-1
Sebrina Bradford (S) def. Madison Rikard, 6-0, 6-1
Jasmine Hunt (S) def. Heaven Williams, 6-0, 6-0
River Wojcik-Abigail Sotela Hernandez (S) def. Nicola Cusato-Emma Acevedo, 6-0, 6-3
Janae White-Brooke Brown (S) def. Gianna Harding-Liana Grant-Williams, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Schalick 2-1, Overbrook 0-1.
PITMAN 4, PENNSVILLE 1
First singles not reported
Kendall Bennett (PI) def. Naomi Hess, 6-2, 6-1
Paisley Weber (PV) def. Mikaela Totora, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
Listella Eisenhardt-Delaney Pierson (PI) def. Aubrey Hall-Juliana Thomas, 6-1, 6-0
Anna Jones-Mia Gladney (PI) def. Marissa Dowell-Yasary Clemente Brito, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Pitman 1-3, Pennsville 1-1.
GLASSBORO 5, SALEM 0
Alana Killelea (G) def. Heaven Jones-McCullough, 6-0, 6-3
Taylor Adcock (G) def. JaNye Hubbard, 6-2, 6-4
Alice Dinzeo (G) def. Evangelyn Jiminez Barreto, 6-1, 6-0
Amani George-Sofia Dungca (G) def. Erica Brewer-Aleena Allen, 6-1, 6-0
Conception Soriano-Ijeoma Ufomba (G) won by forfeit
Records: Glassboro 1-0, Salem 0-1.
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