ONEONTA – The Spartans of Unatego scored two second half goals to defeat Unadilla Valley 2-1 in the Midstate Athletic Conference girls soccer championship on Saturday morning at Wright National Soccer Campus in Oneonta.

With just under four minutes remaining in the contest, Unatego’s Dana Stepp took a pass from Anabel Rommer and rifled a shot past the Storm’s Meegan White for what turned out to be the game winner. 

Unadilla Valley took the early lead seven minutes into the game when Cearah DaCostaFaro found teammate Paige Catena near the goal. Catena fired a shot into the back of the net. 

The Storm held the one goal advantage through half time and into the second half. That was until the Spartans’ Jenna Faulkner tied the game at 1-1 with 23:21. 

Faulkner was standing inside the box, ready to field the short cross from teammate Paige McCoy. When McCoy sent the ball in from the right side of the field, Faulkner one-timed it past White. 

Both teams had scoring chances in the ensuing minutes, but Unatego was able to capitalize with the Rommer-Stepp connection to give the Spartans the win.