Season ends for Housy girls soccer

FALLS VILLAGE —The Housatonic Valley Regional High School girls soccer team traveled to Winsted Nov. 2 for a game against Northwest Regional 7.  The game was tied at the half 0-0, but Northwest broke the game open in the second half on its way to a 4-1 victory. Jessica Leslie scored Housy’s goal.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the girls played their last game of the season, at home against Shepaug.  Housy had to win the game to qualify for the state tournament.  As in the Northwest game the score was tied 0-0 at the end of the first half.  Housatonic’s leading scorer, Brianna Ongley, was injured and was unable to play for most of the second half.  The team ended up not scoring and Shepaug won the game 2-0.

The team ended the season with a record of 5-10-1.

The junior varsity team lost to Northwest and Shepaug by identical scores of 3-1.  Katherine Funkhauser and Britney Pastre were the scorers for Housy.

The junior varsity team’s final record was 2-8-1.

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