PLATTSBURGH — Tiarra Spencer and Ashley Davidson each garnered goals to lead the Clinton Community College women’s soccer team to a 2-0 blanking of previously undefeated Paul Smith’s College on Thursday.
Spencer opened the scoring with what proved to be the game-winning goal at 41:50 of the first half with a feed from Raquel Fowler.
Then Davidson rocketed a shot into the back of net to increase the differential to two.
Clinton coach Donna Dixon was pleased with her team following a hard-fought effort.
“We held a lot of possession early in the contest but created some better scoring chances in the second half,” Dixon said. “Paul Smith’s is an improved team, and they had some quality opportunities that went wide.”
Emily Schultz played a vital role between the pipes for Clinton. The freshmen keeper fended off seven shots.
“She came off her line and broke up a couple of crosses,” Dixon said. “She played aggressive.”
With the win, Clinton’s overall record improved to 6-4-1 on the season.
“We’ve finally got a rhythm going,” Dixon said. “We’ve got a key regional game this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. against Mohawk that could potentially have playoff implications on the line.”
Men
North Country 5, Word of Life 1
SARANAC LAKE — Emerson Mentor blasted two goals and registered two assists in a four-point night to lead the North Country Community College men’s team past Word of Life.
Mentor had a foot in each of the Saints’ first two goals. He scored one of his own at 23:20 of the first half and got a helper on teammate Fernando Francois’ marker just three minutes later. The Saints carried a 2-0 lead into halftime.
Mentor and Francois recorded the next two goals of the contest before Winterson Joseph fired a shot into the back of the net to increase the differential to five.
Word of Life got its lone tally of the contest from Jose Delgado with just over 20 minutes remaining to make it 5-1.
North Country coach Adam diVincenzo was satisfied with his team’s play.
“Overall, it was a good win and now we’re 7-2 overall,” diVincenzo said. “We play Genesee this weekend, and they’re second in the nation, so hopefully we can carry this momentum.”
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North Country 5, Word of Life 1
Word of Life 0 1 — 1
North Country 2 3 — 5
First half- 1, N, Mentor (Quintero), 23:20. 2, N, Francois (Mentor), 26:29.
Second half- 3, N, Mentor (Stone), 14:50. 4, N, Francois (Mentor), 15:24. 5, N, Joseph (Quintero), 25:50. 6, W, Delgado, 24:07.
Shots:
North Country 24. Word of Life 4.
Saves:
Montroy, N, 2. Roselle, W, 19.
