WHEELING – The Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs had their closest match of the year last Thursday on the road against the University Hawks, but still prevailed by a 14-13 score.
They followed that up with a 23-3 victory on the road over Wheeling Park on Saturday. The two wins improved the Lady Bucs to 10-0 on the year.
Their average margin of victory in their first 10 games is 17 goals.
In their one-goal victory over the Hawks, Miranda Greene, Hannah Walton and Kierra Arbogast each had four goals while Kendall Defibaugh tallied two goals. Walton had a team-high six ground balls.
Haylea Crihfield made 12 saves in the victory for the Lady Bucs.
In their 20-goal victory over Wheeling Park, Greene led the way with five goals while Reese Hutson had four and Defibaugh and Gaidian Adams had three each.
Adams led the team in ground balls with five. Crichfield and Emma Corder shared time in net for B-U and each made one save.
The Lady Bucs will be back in action Friday hosting Fairmont Senior. The Polar Bears will enter the game with a 10-1 record. The contest with start at 7:30 p.m.
The boxscores:
Buckhannon-Upshur – 14
University – 13
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Miranda Greene 4; Hannah Walton 4; Kierra Arbogat 4; Kendall Defibaugh 2. Totals 14
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – Kendall Defibaugh 2. Totals 2.
Buckhannon-Upshur ground balls – Hannah Walton 6; Gaidan Adams 5; Kaylee Black 4; Miranda Greene 4; Kierra Arbogast 4; Reese Hutson 3; Mashae Bowser 3; Kendall Defibaugh 2; Destiny Chidester 2; Paula Vaughn 1; Kaylee O’Connor 1. Totals 35.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – Haylea Crihfield 12 (50 minutes).
Buckhannon-Upshur – 23
Wheeling Park – 3
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Miranda Greene 5; Reese Hutson 4; Kendall Defibaugh 3; Gaidian Adams 3; Heather Hayes 2; Hannah Walton 2; Paula Vaughn 1; Shaylee Hitt 1; Kaylee O’Connor 1; Kierra Arbogast 1. Totals 23.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – Kendall Defibaugh 2; Miranda Greene 2; Kendall Hefner 2; Hannah Walton 2. Totals 8.
Buckhannon-Upshur ground balls – Gaidian Adams 5; Miranda Greene 3; Shaylee Hitt 3 Reese Hutson 2; Kaylee Black 2; Kendall Defibaugh 2; Rylee Carr 2; Destiny Chidester 2; Mashae Bowser 2; Kierra Arbogast 2; Kendall Hefner 1; Hannah Walton 1; Mary Ellen Adams 1; Sarah Gompers 1; Genevieve Gregory 1; Kaylee O’Connor 1. Totals 31.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – Haylea Crichfield 1 (30 minutes); Emma Corder 1 (20 minutes).
