BINGHAMTON The new-look Adirondack Region open women’s soccer team put its firepower on display today in an impressive Empire State Games debut.
“When we’re going, we’re going,” Shenendehowa graduate Ashley Moore said after Adirondack twice came from behind to post a 6-3 victory over Central at Binghamton University. “In the first half we came out a little slow, and then we started to feel each other, and it all worked.”
Moore collected three goals and two assists in her first ESG appearance, Jaclyn Levie scored two goals, and Maria DeMatteo also connected as Adirondack extended its winning streak to four games and began its quest for a 10th gold medal.
Adirondack managed just five goals last summer in Westchester, beating Long Island (3-0), New York City (1-0) and Hudson Valley (1-0) in the bronze medal match after opening with a 4-0 loss to Western.
“We’re on a gold medal mission, and I do not expect to fall short,” said first-year Adirondack coach Betsy Drambour. “If we do, we’ll go down fighting.”