New Canaan Scores And Standings: Nov. 22

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Sophomore Salma Anastasio scored early in the second half as the St. Luke's girls soccer team won the NEPSAC Class C championship with a 1-0 victory over Brewster Academy on Sunday at the Pomfret School.

St. Luke's reached the final with a 2-1 win over St. Mark's on Saturday while Brewster advanced with a 1-0 victory over Greens Farms Academy.

Following their hard-fought semifinal wins, Sunday's championship game got off to a sloppy and sluggish start as both treams were giving away the ball frequently.

Neither side was able to build any consistent offensive from the back through the midfield. St. Luke's had the three best opportunities of the half spread across a 10-minute period.

Junior Caroline Parsons took a free kick from 22 yards out that bounced off the crossbar, senior Anne Troy found herself on the receiving end of a St. Luke's cross but her header found the post instead of the net, and Anastasio was stopped cold on a breakaway by Brewster junior goalkeeper Danielle Tidd.

The teams went into the break tied at 0-0 with St. Luke's holding the advantage in shots at 8-3.

The 10-minute halftime break seemed to be exactly what the Storm
needed as the team came out ready to put away the game in the opening minutes of the second half.

Just six minutes in, Anastasio collected a pass from Parsons near the top of the penalty area, placed her first touch just away from her feet and turned to get off a left-footed shot. It found the underside of the crossbar, just out of Tidd's reach, and ricocheted down toward the goal.

Amid some brief confusion, Tidd collected the ball and neither sideline seemed to know what the decision was. The referee quickly checked on the near sideline with his assistant, who immediately ruled that the ball crossed the goalline, providing a 1-0 lead for St. Luke's.

A tense final 30 minutes saw Brewster test St. Luke's sophomore goalkeeper Melanie Bow (two saves) and the Storm's back four of sophomore Molly Pivirotto, junior Lindsay Bralower and senior co-captains Hannah Butman and Kelly Seaver.

Brewster worked to build pressure through the central midfield and from the wings, all of which was shut down by the stout Storm defense and midfield play of Meredith Rogers, freshman Emma O'Brien, sophomores Taylor Callaghan, Lillie Diomede and KC Kelly and seniors Great Joung and Troy.

Brewster's best chance on the day resulted from a corner kick that found its way to the ground in the middle of seven players directly in front of Bow and the St. Luke's net. The final clearance allowed St. Luke's to emergence victorious.

New Canaan's Kurt Ondash finished the season as Cornell's third-leading receiver with 54 catches for 856 yards and five touchdowns.

A junior, Ondash significantly improved his production from last year when he caught just 11 passes for 62 yards and one touchdown.

Cornell completed its season at 5-5 after defeating Pennsylvania 48-38 on Saturday at Franklin Field. Ondash has a spectaular game for the Big Red with 10 receptions for 197 yards.

Ondash's 197 receiving yards ranks third on Cornell's all-time single-game list. It also was his third career 100-yard receiving game.

Ondash was a first-team all-state performer in 2008 when he recorded 59 catches for 1,201 yards and 15 touchdowns while leading New Canaan to an undefeated season and its third straight state championship.

Ondash was named MVP of the FCIAC championship game and first-team All-FCIAC during his senior season. He ended his career as the Rams' all-time leading scorer.

New Canaan's Streep named a captain for Bucknell men's lacrosse

New Canaan's Charlie Streep has been named as one of the captains for the Bucknell men's lacrosse team.

A senior, Streep has been one of the Patriot League's top players over the last three years. He was Bucknell's second-leading scorer last season with 37 points on 28 goals and nine assists, and his outstanding junior season culminated with honorable mention All-America honors.

Also a first team All-Patriot League selection, Streep was at his best in the postseason. He was named Patriot League Tournament MVP after recording hat tricks in wins over Lehigh and Colgate, and then he scored three more goals against Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.

Streep already has topped the 100-point plateau in his career with 104 points on 76 goals and 28 assists, and he is just 12 goals outside Bucknell's career top-10. He will be looking to bounce back this spring after suffering a knee injury during fall workouts.

"Charlie is working hard to come back from surgery this fall and he is going through a lot right now," Bucknell coach Frank Fedorjaka said. "His teammates respect that.

"Charlie is our most dynamic player on the team, and he is certainly respected for his ability by his teammates, but he also works very hard in the weight room and sells out on the field. He leads by example and is a very vocal leader in practice and in games."

MONDAY'S RESULTS

No games scheduled 

TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE

No games scheduled

STANDINGS

• Football

• Boys soccer

• Girls soccer

Field hockey

Girls volleyball