Penns Valley and Bellefonte girls battle to a 2-1 contest

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: September 15, 2020

By Kenny Varner

SPRING MILLS – Good to the last shot!

The Penns Valley girls soccer team hosted Bellefonte Tuesday on senior night.

With an postseason like atmosphere, the Lady Rans held onto a nail biting 2-1 win.

With the game winding down to its final seconds, the Lady Raiders blasted on last shot on a breakaway that just missed going in.

Picking up the goals for Penns Valley were Nicole Denger and Maria Lovallo.

Bellefonte’s lone goal cane from Mia Johnson.

Penns Valley outshot Bellefonte 20-9 and led in corners 3-0.

Bellefonte goalie Keira Whitman was tough between the pipes as she stopped 11 helping keep her team in within striking distance.

Penn Valley goalkeeper Kylie Auman was tough as well saving five shots.

Early on, it was a back and forth battle for possession.

The Red Raiders pushes the first goal across on a blast by Johnson at the 31:46 mark.

But before either of the teams settled in defensively, Denger blasted a shot that soared just above the finger tips of Whitman, tying it at one.

Penns Valley used the momentum from the goal and took the ball down into the Red Raiders back third posting its first and second corners of the game.

Both defenses started to dig in their heels and battled to keep the other of the board.

Penns Valley just missed a goal when Scotty Dinges blasted a shot that hit the top bar and bounced down.

With the goalie being unable to recover to the ball, Leigha Schrader slid at the ball and cleared it out from the goal area.

The Lady Rams speed put them in numerous breakaway opportunities but Addyson Manning stopped the breaks numerous times, cutting down the easy look at the goal.

With 13.45 left in the first, the Lady Rams broke through for the second time, Lovallo blasted one in from the middle of the field, making it a 2-1 contest.

In the second, the defenses were locked in and so were the goalies as neither team was able to sneak one past the other.

After different momentum changes the time started to wind down on the clock.

It proved to be a battle of the back-thirds throughout as the Lady Rams were able to survive with the 2-1 victory.