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10/18/2021 12:00 AMGirls’ Soccer
The Morgan girls’ soccer team played three games last week and came away with two wins and a tie to improve to 9-0-4 in the 2021 season. The Huskies played Cromwell to a draw before defeating East Hampton and East Lyme in last week’s contests.
Morgan started off its week by battling Cromwell to a 0-0 tie in a home game on Oct. 11. Morgan outshot Cromwell, which is also undefeated, by a 7-5 margin in the contest. Senior goalie Angelina Comiskey made five saves in net for the Huskies.
Then on Oct. 14, Morgan claimed a 5-0 victory at East Hampton. The Huskies scored two goals in the first half and three goals in the second half on their way to the win, ultimately outshooting East Hampton by a 16-4 differential.
Junior Katie Martin scored Morgan’s first goal on an assist from senior Taylor Maher in the 5th minute of the contest. Mather later scored on an assist by junior Caeley Ayer in the 27th minute to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead at intermission.
Ayer scored from sophomore Glenda Zhiminaicela in the 58th minute, after which sophomore Maeve Madura netted a goal from senior Natalia Comiskey in the 59th minute to make it 4-0. Junior Logan Pernal scored an unassisted goal in the 79th minute to finish off the 5-0 victory. Angelina Comiskey stopped four shots in goal to get the shutout for the Huskies.
On Oct. 16, Morgan claimed a 2-1 home victory against East Lyme, a Class L program that is the top-ranked team in the Eastern Connecticut Conference. Ayer scored from Maher to give Morgan a 1-0 lead in the 7th minute. East Lyme tied it up with a goal in the 42nd minute, but the Huskies took the lead for good when Maher scored from Pernal in the 65th minute of the game. Comiskey made six saves for the Huskies, who outshot East Lyme 10-7.
Boys’ Soccer
The Morgan boys’ soccer squad split a pair of recent games to move to 10-2-1 on the season. The Huskies lost to Cromwell and then came back to get a win against East Hampton later in the week.
On Oct. 12, Morgan played a road game versus Cromwell and lost to the Panthers by a 2-1 score. Three days later, the Huskies hosted East Hampton and claimed a 1-0 win over the Bellringers.
Football
The Morgan football team hit the road to take on the Sport & Medical Sciences (SMSA) Co-op squad at Hartford Public High School last week. The Huskies notched their fourth-straight victory and improved to 4-1 on the year by earning a 44-42 victory over SMSA on Oct. 16.
In a back-and-forth battle, Morgan took the lead for good when senior Andrew Nye threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to fellow senior Alex Fratamico midway through the fourth quarter. On the next drive, the Huskies’ defense stopped SMSA on fourth down inside the Morgan 10-yard line. Morgan punted the ball back to SMSA, but the defense came through again by forcing a turnover on downs at midfield with about a minute left in the game.
Nye turned in a huge performance by going 38-of-49 for 517 passing yards with five touchdowns and three 2-point conversions for Morgan. Fratamico had a big night in his own right with 15 receptions for 221 yards and three TDs. Senior Ethan Ranaudo had eight catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns, while fellow senior Garret Garbinski reeled in nine receptions for 130 yards.
Garbinski also had seven tackles on defense for the Huskies. Tyler Baldwin made 12 tackles in the victory.
Morgan’s next contest is a home game versus Coginchaug/Hale-Ray/East Hampton on Friday, Oct. 22. The game gets underway at 6:30 p.m. at the Peters Complex.
Girls’ Volleyball
The Morgan girls’ volleyball team won two of its three matchups last week to boost its record to 6-11 on the season. The Huskies blanked Amistad and North Branford before losing to Hale-Ray in recent action.
Morgan opened up its week by earning a 3-0 home victory over Amistad in a non-conference contest on Oct. 11. Then on Oct. 13, the Huskies hosted North Branford and posted a 3-0 shutout versus the Thunderbirds. In its last match of the week, Morgan took a 3-0 road loss against Hale-Ray on Oct. 15.
Field Hockey
The Morgan field hockey squad moved to 3-9-1 on the year after taking a pair of one-goal road losses last week.
On Oct. 11, Morgan took a 3-2 defeat against Valley Regional in a road game. Three days later, the Huskies dropped a 1-0 decision to Westbrook-Old Lyme at Westbrook High School.