TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Buc soccer team was blanked by the visiting Wheeling Park Patriots by a 2-0 score Saturday afternoon in a home contest.
The two teams battled to a scoreless battle in the first half.
Wheeling Park got onto the scoreboard in the 59th minute when Merritt Delk scored on a penalty kick.
Ellie Reasback had Wheeling Park’s second goal to put the game away.
“It was a very physical game,” stated Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Bob Greenough. “We gave up that penalty kick midway through the second half then injuries hindered us for the rest of the game.”
Wheeling Park owned a 12-7 lead in shots-on-goal and a 1-0 margin in corner kicks.
B-U keeper Kyndal Davis made 10 saves while Ryleigh Hicks turned away seven shots for Wheeling Park.
The loss dropped the Lady Bucs to 6-4-2 on the year.
They were slated to face East Fairmont Tuesday but a power outage moved the game to Wednesday night.
Buckhannon-Upshur will be back in action Thursday at Robert C. Byrd. The game will kickoff at 8 p.m.
B-U’s final seven games will all be on the road.
The boxscore:
Wheeling Park 0 2 – 2
Buckhannon-Upshur 0 0 – 0
(Scoring)
Wheeling Park – Merritt Delk (penalty kick).
Wheeling Park – Ellie Reasback (unassisted).
Shots-on-goal – Wheeling Park: 12; Buckhannon-Upshur: 7.
Corner kicks – Wheeling Park: 1; Buckhannon-Upshur: 0.
Saves – Wheeling Park: Ryleigh Hicks 7; Buckhannon-Upshur: Kyndal Davis 10.
