Hats off performance
Cresanti's hat trick lifts Trojans in prequarterfinals
Photo courtesy of Shelly Phillips Southwestern's Marlana Cresanti steps into a shot for one of her three goals against Albion in the Section VI Class B prequarterfinals at Charles A. Lawson Field on Wednesday.
Photo courtesy of Shelly Phillips The Trojans' celebrates Cresanti's goal.
Photo courtesy of Alex Kolstee Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove's Alyssa Howard shoots her first goal against Lake Shore in the Section VI Class A playoffs on Wednesday.
Photo courtesy of Shelly Phillips Southwestern's Marlana Cresanti steps into a shot for one of her three goals against Albion in the Section VI Class B prequarterfinals at Charles A. Lawson Field on Wednesday.
Photo courtesy of Shelly Phillips The Trojans' celebrates Cresanti's goal.
Photo courtesy of Alex Kolstee Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove's Alyssa Howard shoots her first goal against Lake Shore in the Section VI Class A playoffs on Wednesday.
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Marlana Cresanti netted a hat trick and No. 8 Southwestern eliminated No. 9 Albion 3-0 in the Section VI Class B girls soccer prequarterfinals on Wednesday at Charles A. Lawson Field.
Makenna Johnson and Mikaela Luce picked up an assist each and Braelynn Dykstra made five saves for Southwestern.
Southwestern (8-9-0) travels to No. 1 Allegany-Limestone (14-2-0) on Saturday at noon.
Albion finishes the season 7-8-0.
RED & GREEN ADVANCE ON PKs
SANBORN -- JaLeiya Glover made the only save in penalty kicks and No. 11 Jamestown knocked off No. 6 Niagara Wheatfield 0-0 (1-0) in the Class AA prequarterfinals.
Jamestown received goals by Payton Gibbs, Kinsley Berg, Carley Daneils, Sophia Napolilo and Amy Noll in the penalty shootout, while Glover made five saves in the contest.
No. 11 Jamestown (5-12-0) advances to No. 3 Orchard Park (12-1-3) on Saturday at noon.
Niagara Wheatfield finishes the season 5-11-0.
DUEL HAT TRICKS POWER ‘BILLIES
FREDONIA -- A pair of hat tricks sent No. 6 Fredonia past No. 11 Springville 6-0 in a Class B prequarterfinal.
Cece Tonelli and Nora Polhamus both scored three times for Fredonia (12-5-0), while Addie Stellrecht had two assists and Callie Draggett, Juliana Snyder and Mady Polhamus provided an assist each.
Fredonia will travel to No. 3 Alden (11-3-0) for a quarterfinal matchup on Saturday at noon.
Springville finishes the season 3-12-0.
BLACK KNIGHTS PREVAIL IN OVERTIME
SILVER CREEK -- Amelia Sternisha scored in overtime to send Silver Creek/Forestville past Tonawanda 2-1 in the Class B prequarterfinals.
No. 7 Silver Creek/Forestville tied the game in the 77th minute when Abby Cook scored from Eliza Mahaney. Kendall Strychalski made two saves for the Black Knights (11-5-1).
Chloe Janowsky scored for Tonawanda (8-9-0) and Lillie Stickney made nine saves.
The Black Knights travel to No. 2 Akron on Saturday at noon.
WARRIORS ROLL NEWFANE
SALAMANCA -- Arleigh Chudy scored twice and Salamanca dispatched of No. 12 Newfane 4-1 in the Class B prequarterfinals.
Presleigh Jimerson scored a goal and had an assist for No. 5 Salamanca, Brielle Massagli had a goal and Molly Duhan provided one assist with Gwyn Emborsky making two saves.
Newfane finishes the season 0-14-0.
Salamanca travels to No. 4 Eden (12-5-0) on Saturday at noon.
GOLDEN COUGARS ADVANCE IN A
FALCONER -- Alyssa Howard scored twice and Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove downed No. 11 Lake Shore 6-0 in the Class A prequarterfinals.
Julianna Roth provided a goal and an assist for the Golden Cougars, Kylie Kress made two assists, Emilee Chapman, Lily McPherson and Sydnee Snow scored once each and Quinn Johnson had an assist. Ellyson Baglia made three saves to maintain the clean sheet.
No. 6 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove (12-4-1) travels to No. 3 Pioneer (15-2-0) on Saturday at noon for a quarterfinal matchup.
STARPOINT DUMPS DUNKIRK
LOCKPORT -- Grace Crissman scored a hat trick and made four assists as No. 2 Starpoint rolled No. 15 Dunkirk 10-0 in a Class A quarterfinal.
The Spartans (14-1-0) also received a goal and two assists from Ella Fritz, both Ashley Mainstone and Nora Crissman scored twice, Tricia Ostrowski and Emma Golaszewski had one goal each and Gabby Schmidt added one assist.
Celeste Batista made 29 saves for Dunkirk (2-15-0).
Starpoint will host No. 10 Royalton-Hartland/Medina (8-9-0) on Saturday at noon.