Sep 23, 2025
Deborah Shultz of Williamsport and (2) of Montoursville battle for posession of the ball on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
After the sport had wrapped up and post-game handshakes concluded, all of Williamsport’s gamers gathered round Deborah Shultz in entrance of the locker room on the Balls Mills Soccer Membership and began leaping, cheering and chanting.
“Debbie! Debbie! Debbie!”
It was a becoming celebration for Shultz, who got here up with ice in her veins and as clutch as may very well be in a pressure-packed closing closing seconds.
Rewind a couple of days in the past, and Shultz had an opportunity in Saturday’s sport to place away a objective late, however missed a shot. She informed coach Beckham Sibiski later that night she was going to make up for it of their subsequent sport on Tuesday towards Montoursville.
Take into account that mission achieved for Shultz.
Breah Phillips of Williamsport takes an enormous stride earlier than taking a shot on objective towards Montoursville on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
The Williamsport senior was fed a ball from Breah Phillips and scored a game-winning objective in double extra time with simply 19 seconds to play within the sport, scoring from contained in the 18 to offer Williamsport an thrilling 2-1 double extra time win towards rival Montoursville at Balls Mills on a foggy, wet evening.
When requested if she was glad to have been in a position to put in that game-winner after having missed a while as a consequence of a concussion, Shultz was ecstatic to be the one to attain.
“Oh my gosh, yeah. On Saturday, I missed a shot after which tonight I made the successful one, so it sort of makes up for it,” Shultz mentioned with a smile. “It sort of simply got here to me and I hit it, and I used to be like if this doesn’t go in, I’m going to start out crying as a result of it wanted to go in and we wanted to win. I used to be so drained, my calf was cramping, and I used to be like this has to go in or I’m going to cry or one thing. It simply sort of got here to me.”
The sport-winning objective was the spotlight of an evening which featured some excellent soccer between Montoursville and Williamsport in a sport that each groups had possibilities to place away and greater than gave followers their cash’s value for pleasure.
“We’re pleased with our youngsters. They performed actually arduous tonight and so they performed their hearts out. Sadly, we had a pair unfortunate bounces that value us. We had alternatives to attain all through the evening. They only capitalized on one and that induced us to battle in extra time a bit of bit,” Montoursville coach Vic Gorini mentioned. “However total, we’re pleased with the ladies. They put in a very good effort. We simply didn’t clear up the touches on the ending ends.”
Kenna Bennett (18) of Montoursville celebrates her sport tying objective within the first half towards Williamsport on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Williamsport scored with 16:24 to play within the first half to interrupt open the scoreless sport at that time when Jaelynn Helmrich had a shot 20 yards out after being despatched a ball by Phillips and shot it to the left put up for a 1-0 lead. Williamsport performed effectively defensively and didn’t surrender any breakaways towards Montoursville, however the Warriors struck when time wasn’t on their facet.
With simply 4 seconds remaining till halftime, Montoursville’s Kenna Bennett received within the 18 and rifled a shot simply previous Williamsport’s keeper to tie the sport in thrilling vogue and make it a tied sport going into the break.
“That was actually large. Kenna simply does every part for us. We’re shifting her everywhere,” Gorini mentioned. “She goes from our again line to up prime and he or she’s only a participant that e depend on to play many roles.”
Getting into the halftime break, Sibiski informed his group to not let Montoursville’s objective shift momentum away and to play with the identical depth as the primary half towards a very good Montoursville group.
“Clearly you by no means wanna see that occur, clearly they heard it from me first and I mentioned we are able to’t let that deflate us. We are able to’t allow them to proceed with any momentum,” Sibiski famous. “I believed we did an ideal job plateauing their momentum and made it an even-keel sport. To return out on prime so late into extra time is such an ideal feeling.”
Loisa Hofstrom of Williamsport has her shot blocked by Harlee Hagemeyer of Montoursville on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
The primary half was even between the 2 colleges. Each groups fired 4 photographs on objective, each groups solely had one shot come from within the 18, and each groups noticed their keepers provide you with stops to maintain it shut. It was extra of the identical within the second half as effectively to pressure extra time.
Williamsport held majority of the possession all through the second half and restricted Montoursville’s alternatives. Within the 40 minutes earlier than extra time, Montoursville had simply two photographs on objective, each coming from Bennett on free kicks from at the least 25 yards or additional out.
“I knew it was going to be so powerful. I didn’t know which approach it was going to go, however good factor we discovered the W,” Shultz mentioned of enjoying a rival beneath the lights. “I feel we simply discovered what labored for us on the perimeters and stored working it up the sphere and we received outcomes out of it. We discovered what works.”
“It’s going to be a rivalry sport, it’s going to be aggressive, bodily and in the end it was an ideal contest,” Sibiski mentioned. “Among the best video games I’ve coached and Montoursville put collectively an ideal efficiency. We had been lucky to return out with a win this time.”
Kenna had a free kick within the first half from greater than 30 yards out that was put proper on body that McKylee Vollman was in a position to knock down. And each her second-half free kicks had been nice photographs deep that Vollman needed to block.
Jaelynn Helmrich (18) of Williamsport and Becca Teffeteller (6) of Montoursville battle for management of the ball in entrance of the Montoursville objective on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Her direct kicks are a pleasant weapon the Warriors can make the most of in video games like Tuesday the place she’s in a position to pressure a shot deep.
Bennett had one such kick with six minutes remaining within the first extra time interval from the nook of the 18-yard field from simply greater than 20 yards out. The Warrior had a pleasant have a look at the objective, however her shot to the close to left put up went into the facet of the online simply large.
“Kenna’s vary and play on the again is without doubt one of the causes regardless that she’s within the again, she will be able to play direct to our forwards with our vary,” Gorini mentioned. “That’s very useful when you might have a brand new group that’s attempting discover their approach and attempt to deal with the ball. Simply enjoying the ball direct to the entrance line is simply your only option.”
With 3:30 to play within the first extra time interval, Shultz had a have a look at the 18 and despatched a shot towards the center of the online, however noticed Abby Strassner provide you with the save.
Montoursville’s final likelihood to place the sport away got here with simply over two minutes displaying on the clock. The Warriors’ Vivian Heivley fired from 22 yards out however it was Vollman who received the cease and prevented a game-winner from slipping by her.
Linah van Emrik of Williamsport stops the run on the objective by Regan Aguirre of Montoursville on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Each keepers had been large for his or her groups on Tuesday. Strassner recorded 9 saves and Vollman got here up with six stops.
“Abby’s actually athletic. She’s younger, she’s solely a sophomore, and he or she labored actually arduous all summer season,” Gorini mentioned. “She labored actually arduous within the preseason and we’re actually pleased with what she’s carried out.”
Williamsport 2, Montoursville 1 (2 OT)
W–Jaelynn Helmrich (Breah Phillips), 16:24. M–Kenna Bennett, 0:04. W–Deborah Shultz (Phillips), 0:19.
Photographs: M 8, W 13. Corners: M 4, W 3. Saves: M 9 (Abby Strassner), W 6 (McKylee Vollman).
Information: Montoursville (3-6), Williamsport (3-6-1).
Jaelynn Helmrich of Williamsport takes a shot on objective towards Montoursville on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Loisa Hofstrom of Williamsport Becca Teffeteller of Montoursville battle for management of the ball on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Abby Straussner of Montoursville makes a save towards Williamsport on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Adisyn Zangara of Williamsport tries to cease the shot on objective by Religion Berwanger of Montoursville on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
Adel Dunkleberger of Montoursville tries to go the ball to group mates as she performs Williamsport on the Balls Mills Soccer Complicated. DAVE KENNEDY/Solar-Gazette
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