Mt. Abram defeats Wiscasset 2-1 in OT
Wiscasset’s Gabby Chapman #6 plays in Tuesday night’s game with Mt. Abram hosted by Wiscasset Middle High School. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wolverine Maeve Blodgett. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Grace Webber (left) chases down a loose ball with Mt. Abram’s Baylie McLaughlin in pursuit. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Arie Mills #24 goes shoulder to shoulder with Mt. Abram’s Alice Cockeran. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Gabby Chapman #6 plays in Tuesday night’s game with Mt. Abram hosted by Wiscasset Middle High School. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wolverine Maeve Blodgett. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset’s Grace Webber (left) chases down a loose ball with Mt. Abram’s Baylie McLaughlin in pursuit. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Arie Mills #24 goes shoulder to shoulder with Mt. Abram’s Alice Cockeran. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
After over 80 minutes of play, Mt. Abram came away a 2-1 winner over the Wolverines Tuesday under the lights at Wiscasset Middle High School.
Alice Cockeran’s unassisted goal, (her second of the game) ended it at 3:58 of the second overtime.
The game remained scoreless through the first half. The shots on goal were even at four a piece. At the 29:50 mark, the Wolverines drove deep in Mt. Abram territory but Gabby Chapman’s shot was batted down and caught by goalie Abby Brackley. Later, Cockeran made a nice cross pass to River Horn only to have her shot caught and punted away by Wolverine keeper Lindsey Gordon.
At 18:50, Cockeran intercepted a Wiscasset pass and broke for the net but fullback Maeve Blodgett was there to deflect her shot wide and out-of-bounds. A few minutes after that, Chapman chipped a shot from 30 yards away. Brackley bobbled the ball but held on for the save.
The Wolverines had two other nice drives late in the first half, led by Grace Webber on the wing. She centered two passes, but both times the ball was taken away by Mt. Abram defenders.
Mt. Abram finally broke the deadlock at 19:43 of the second half when Risa Marble crossed a pass to Cockeran who was there for the score. The visitors, clad in all blue, continued to dominate for the next six minutes of play. With 6:35 left, the referee whistled Mt. Abram for an infraction (tripping) just inside the penalty area. Chapman very cooly hammered the ball into the left corner of the net, tying the game.
Wiscasset had the only shot in the first five-minute overtime. With 28 ticks left on the scoreboard clock, Mt. Abram was whistled for pushing just outside the 18-yard line. Chapman’s shot was on the mark but high carrying over the crossbar. Chapman’s direct kick in the second OT was caught by the goalie. Cockeran who shifted from the left wing to the right side then broke free and netted the game-winning goal.
Gordon and Brackley each finished with 10 saves. Both played a fine game in the net. The loss drops WMHS to 4-4-1 in the Mountain Valley Conference, Mt. Abram is 2-4-2. The next chance to see the WMHS girls at home in Oct. 6 versus Boothbay. The game starts at 6 p.m.
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