CARDINALS RELENTLESS AGAINST RESERVE
CANFIELD, OH- When your team is firing on all cylinders throughout the season from the start, it is tough to stop that momentum. For the Canfield Lady Cardinals, who just have one loss on the season, they came into Wednesday’s matchup against the Western Reserve Lady Blue Devils looking to add to their win column. After a tough loss to Salem, Canfield seemed determined to fix their issues and control the game. The Lady Cardinals got out to a hot start and their defense kept Western Reserve in check to extend their lead further. Going into the half, Canfield held a 20-point lead, and they just added to that in the second half as they were able to safely run away with the victory over the Lady Blue Devils, 44-18.
Canfield, who was led by Jenna Triveri got out to a 13-5 lead after one and it was all Lady Cardinal’s after that. The depth scoring and tough defense kept Western Reserve under 10 points going into the half as Canfield went up 29-9 into the break. In the second half, the Lady Blue Devils found some strength and fought back to break apart the Canfield defense. But the Lady Cardinals offense was too much for Reserve as the third period was the dagger with Canfield adding 12 points and 3 points in the fourth to come away with the victory.
For Canfield, Triveri led the way with 12 points on the night. Abby Muckleroy added 8 points, Macey Kalina and Kate Sahli both contributed 6 points respectively for the Lady Cardinals in the victory.
For Western Reserve, both Angelina Cappabianca and Alyvia Hughes led the way with 4 points. Madison Leone and Lindsay Jones both contributed 3 points on the night.
Looking ahead, Canfield will move to 8-1 overall and stay at 1-0 in the AAC as they will be back in action on Friday, where they will host Poland. For Western Reserve, they will move to 6-3 overall and stay 2-1 in the MVAC Scarlet division as they will be back in action on Monday, January 2nd where they will host Springfield. Don’t miss it on YSNLive.com!
*Contributed by YSN’s Brendan Miller
