Girls Soccer - News

Cheshire Wins 2011 SCC Girls Soccer Playoffs

Quarterfinals - Saturday, October 29 @Higher Seeds

#1 Sacred Heart Academy 3, #8 North Haven 0

#5 Cheshire 1, #4 Guilford 0

#2 Shelton 4, #7 Mercy 2

#3 Amity 3, #6 West Haven 1

Semifinals - Thursday, November 3 - @Higher Seeds

Cheshire 1, Sacred Heart Academy 1 - Cheshire advances via penalty kicks, 3-0

Shelton 1, Amity 0

Championship Game - Saturday, November 5 @East Haven HS - 5 p.m.

Cheshire 1, Shelton 0 - Rams win sixth SCC title - Nicole Stauffer scored the game-winning goal with 28:27 left in game

Click here for the championship game articles in the Connecticut Post (11/6) and  New Haven Register (11/6)

Congratulations to head coach Bob Faulkner and the Daniel Hand girls soccer team for earning two awards at the recent Connecticut Girls’ Soccer Coaches Association All-State Banquet.

The Tigers earned the CGSCA Team Sportsmanship Award.  Hand has not received any Red or Yellow cards for each of the last three seasons - the only team in the state to achieve such a distinction.

In addition, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America recently honored the team – for the fourth consecutive year –with the NSCAA Team National Academic Award for exceptional academic excellence in the classroom for the 2010 season. 

Shelton - 2010 SCC Girls Soccer champions

2010 Southern Connecticut Conference GIRLS SOCCER Playoff Pairings

QUARTERFINALS – Tuesday, November 2 @Higher Seeds

 #1 Hamden 2, #8 North Haven 1 (OT)

#2 Shelton 7, #7 Branford 0

#3 Cheshire 3, #6 Guilford 0

#5 Amity 1, #4 Hand 0

SEMIFINALS – Friday, November 5 @Higher Seeds

Hamden 3, Amity 0

Shelton 1, Cheshire 0

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Saturday, November 6 @East Haven HS

Shelton 1, Hamden 0

Most Outstanding Player:  Alexandra Farley, Shelton, Defense

Congratulations to Cheshire (Housatonic), Hand (Hammonasset), Hamden (Quinnipiac) and Branford (Oronoque) for winning division titles.

Click here for updated 2010 standings (through games played on October 30) - pdf

Tournament Preview article in New Haven Register (11/1)

Photos by Bill O'Brien

2009 SCC Girls Soccer Playoff Schedule
Semifinals - Tuesday, Nov. 3 - @Higher Seeds

#1 Hand 1, #4 Mercy 1 (Hand wins via penalty kicks, 3-2)

#3 Cheshire 2, #2 Wilbur Cross 1

Championship - Thursday, Nov. 5 - 5:30 p.m. @East Haven HS

#1 Hand 0, #3 Cheshire 0 - co-champions

2008 RECAP

Hand, Wilbur Cross, Mercy and Cheshire clinch division titles

Cheshire Falls to Trumbull, 1-0, in Class LL championship game. The Rams finished the season with a 17-2-2 record.

2008 SCC Girls Soccer Playoff Results

Hand Wins Third SCC Title; First Since 1999

SEMIFINALS - Monday, October 27 @Hamden HS

#4 Hand 1, #1 Cheshire 0.

#2 Wilbur Cross 2, #3 Mercy 0

Championship Match - Wednesday, Oct. 29 - 7:30 p.m. @Shelton HS

#4 Hand 2, #2 Wilbur Cross 0

2007 RECAP

2007 SCC Playoff Schedule & Results

Semifinals - Tuesday, October 30 - @Foran HS

#4 Mercy 1, #1 Hand 0

#2 Cheshire 2, #3 Branford 1

Championship Match - Thursday, November 1 - @East Haven HS

Cheshire 2, Mercy 0

2006 RECAP

CIAC State Playoff Update:

Amity Ties Trumbull, 0-0 - Declared Class LL State Co-Champion

Hand falls to Wilton, 2-1, in Class L final

AMITY WINS 2006 SCC TITLE

Semifinals – Monday, October 30 - @Foran HS – 5:30/7:30 p.m.

#1 Amity defeated #4 North Haven, 5-1

#3 Mercy defeated #2 Hand, 2-1

Championship – Wednesday, November 1 - @East Haven HS

#1 Amity 1, #3 Mercy 0

Recap: Katie Murphy scored a golden goal in the 96th minute on a shot from 25 yards out to give the Amity High girls’ soccer team a 1-0 victory over Mercy in the 2006 Southern Connecticut Conference championship game. It was the first league tournament title in program history for Amity, who remained undefeated (18-0) heading into the state tournament. Murphy was named the Tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

Allison Horwitz stopped nine shots in the Amity net to earn the shutout. Lindsey Kunkel also stopped nine shots between the Mercy pipes.

2005 RECAP

CHESHIRE SHARES CLASS LL TITLE

Rams tie Simsbury, 2-2, and declared co-champions

CHESHIRE CAPTURES 2005 GIRLS SOCCER TITLE

Rams win third straight SCC title

Championship Game - Thursday, Nov. 3 - @Finn Stadium -  Shelton HS

#1 Cheshire defeated #3 Mercy, 6-1

Semifinal Results - Tuesday, Nov. 1 - @Foran HS

#3 Mercy defeated #2 Hand, 2-2 (4-2 Penalty Kicks)

#1 Cheshire defeated #4 North Haven, 5-0