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Lady Cards Soccer Upset FCIAC Top Seed

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The Greenwich girls soccer team is back in the FCIAC finals

Shannon Colligan scored two goals Thursday as the fourth-seeded Cardinals upset top seed St. Joseph 4-1 in the semifinals on Thursday night in Norwalk.

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Samantha Grasso scored just over two minutes into the game to give the Cadets (15-2-1) an early lead, but Emma Christie tied it for Greenwich (12-2-4) five minutes later.

Colligan then scored her first goal in the eighth minute to give Greenwich a 2-1 lead at the half. Naomi Leeds and Colligan scored in the second half to complete the victory.

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Greenwich advanced to Saturday's final (Fairfield Ludlowe, 2 p.m) against No. 7 seed Fairfield Warde, which defeated No. 6 Wilton 1-0 in Thursday's first semifinal.

In the FCIAC girls volleyball quarterfinals, Greenwich squandered a two-game lead, falling to New Canaan, 17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22 and 16-14.

The Rams advanced to take on Darien in one semifinal at Fairfield Ludlowe on Friday (7 p.m.) while Ridgefield at Staples will clash in the first semifinal at 5 p.m. at Ludlowe

Following a short week, the Greenwich football team looks to improve to 7-1 on Saturday when the Cardinals host McMahon in a 2 p.m. start.

Greenwich is coming off a 41-7 win over Westhill in a game that was postponed to Monday following Saturday's snowstorm. Shane Nastahowski rushed for 106 yards and two TDs, raising his season total to 750 yards and 14 TDs. 

Greenwich remains undefeated in the FCIAC along with New Canaan and Staples, but the Cardinals will need one of those teams to lose to qualify for the FCIAC championship Nov. 18 at Trumbull's McDougall Stadium.

Having beaten three winless teams in Bassick, Fairfield Ludlowe and Westhill, the Cardinals do not have enough bonus points to overtake the Rams and Wreckers if they win out.

McMahon continued its up-and-down season with a 14-13 loss at Ridgefield last week to fall to 3-4. The Senators have lost all four of their games by seven points or less.

The CIAC announced Thursday it has postponed the start of its state tournaments to allow  extra time for conferences to complete their own playoff tournaments.

State tournaments in soccer, field hockey, volleyball and swimming, scheduled to start on Monday, now will be begin Thursday. Pairings will be announced Wednesday.

Volleyball and field hockey state championship games now will take place Nov. 18-19. Girls and boys soccer championship games will be played the following weekend.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS

Girls soccer

Greenwich 4, St. Joseph 1 FCIAC semifinals

Girls volleyball

New Canaan 3, Greenwich 2 (17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 16-14)

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE

Girls swimming

FCIAC diving finals, 5 p.m., at Westhill

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

Football

McMahon at Greenwich, 2 p.m.

Girls soccer

Fairfield Warde vs. Greenwich, 2 p.m., at Fairfield Ludlowe, FCIAC finals

Girls swimming

FCIAC finals, 4 p.m., at Greenwich

STANDINGS

  • Football
West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record Overall Points F/A Staples 6-0 204-87 6-0 204-87 Greenwich 6-0 252-67 6-1 285-118 Danbury 3-3 171-111 4-3 201-117 Trumbull 2-4 124-155 2-4 124-155 Bridgeport Central 2-4 145-206 2-5 173-259 Westhill 0-6 81-242 0-7 81-263 Central Division FCIAC Record
 FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
 Overall Points F/A Norwalk 6-1 196-106 6-1 196-106 Ridgefield 5-2 188-124 5-2 188-124 McMahon
3-4 200-145 3-4 200-145 Stamford 4-2 204-75 4-2 204-75 Harding 2-5 57-200 2-5 57-200 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-7 44-261 0-7 44-261 East Division FCIAC Record
 FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
 Overall Points F/A New Canaan 7-0 253-109 7-0 253-109 Darien
6-1 201-136 6-1 201-136 Fairfield Warde
4-3 167-134 4-3 167-134 Wilton 3-4 219-192 3-4 219-192 Trinity Catholic 3-4 138-162 3-4 138-162 St. Joseph 1-6 88-210 1-6 88-210 Bassick 0-7 48-258 0-7 48-258
  • Boys soccer
West Division FCIAC Record Points Trumbull* 11-1-4 37 Staples 10-2-4 34 Greenwich 9-4-3 30 Westhill 9-5-2 29 Danbury 6-2-7 28 Bridgeport Central 3-11-2 11 Central Division FCIAC Record Points Norwalk* 13-1-2 41 Ridgefield 7-6-3 21 Stamford 6-9-1 19 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-9-2 17 McMahon 4-12-0 12 Harding 0-14-0 0 East Division FCIAC Record Points Darien* 11-2-3 36 Wilton 9-5-2 29 New Canaan 8-3-5 29 Fairfield Warde 6-6-3 21 Bassick
5-7-3 18 St. Joseph 2-11-3 9 Trinity Catholic 1-13-1 4
  • Girls soccer
West DivisionRecordPoints Westhill 11-1-4 37 Greenwich 10-2-4 35 Trumbull 7-3-6 27 Danbury 6-8-2 20 Central 0-16-0 0 Central DivisionRecordPoints Staples 8-5-3 27 Ridgefield 5-6-5 20 Fairfield Ludlowe 6-9-1 19 McMahon 5-10-0 15 Stamford 3-13-0 9 Norwalk 2-13-0 6 East DivisionRecordPoints St. Joseph 14-1-1 43 New Canaan 12-2-2 38 Darien 9-4-3 30 Wilton 8-3-5 29 Fairfield Warde 9-5-2 29 Trinity Catholic 1-15-0 3

Field hockey

West Division
FCIAC Record Points
Staples 7-2-3-1 18 Stamford 8-4-1-0 17 Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11 Westhill 5-7-1-0 11 Ridgefield 0-6-5-2 7 Danbury 3-10-0-0 6 Trumbull 0-12-1-0 1 East Division Darien 13-0-0-0 26 Wilton 11-2-0-0 22 Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21 New Canaan 8-4-1-0 17 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-6-1-1 12 McMahon 4-7-2-0 10 Fairfield Warde 3-6-3-1 10

Girls volleyball

West Division Record Staples 15-2 Greenwich 13-4* Danbury 12-6 Westhill 11-7 Trumbull 8-10 Bridgeport Central 1-16 Central Division Ridgefield 15-2* Stamford 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe
11-7 Brien McMahon 5-12* Norwalk 3-15 Harding 1-17 East Division Darien 18-0 New Canaan
14-4 Fairfield Warde 9-8* Trinity Catholic 7-11 St. Joseph
6-11 Wilton 5-13 Bassick 0-17

 

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