Valley Sports ReportTIOGA JUNCTION — Senior Delanie Patton scored three goals and dished out two assists to lead Athens to a 7-0 win over Williamson here Thursday afternoon in NTL girls soccer action.
Freshman Everleigh Waring netted a pair of goals, while senior Brinley Nichols had one goal and two assists, and senior McKenna Jarvis doled out two assists.
Patton, off a feed from Nichols scored 7 1/2 minutes into the game to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. She scored again, this time off an assist from Jarvis, less than 2 1/2 minutes later to make it 2-0.
Nichols, off an assist from Patton, scored midway through the half to extend the lead to 3-0.
Waring finished off the first-half scoring, off an assist from Patton, with 3:23 remaining to give the Wildcats a 4-0 lead at the intermission.
Waring, off an assist from Jarvis, made it 5-0 with 26:55 remaining.
Patton and sophomore Billie Wennie, off an assist from Nichols, scored 41 seconds apart to extend the lead to 7-0 with 20:15 remaining in the contest.
Athens had a 30-9 advantage in shots-on-goal, and a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.
Junior Annika Lezak recorded five saves in net for the Wildcats.
Athens, now 7-2-1, hosts Liberty Saturday morning.
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PHOTOS BY MATT PATTON.
