The West Haven boys soccer team after losing at Fairfield Prep on Monday afternoon, 3-0, got its first victory of the season on Senior Night at Ken Strong Stadium on Wednesday evening. After falling behind 1-0 at 25:26 of the first half, the Blue Devils came up with two, late goals to get the elusive triumph. With the Westies still trailing 1-0 with six minutes left in the game, freshman Aldo Barragan scored at 74:33 to knot the game at one and then senior Malcolm Antoine’s goal just 2:12 later vaulted the boys into the lead and allowed the seniors to savior the victory in their final home game.
The Blue Devils did not fare as well on Friday evening in a 5-2 loss to Career/Hillhouse.
The girls soccer team with a postseason berth already secured was looking to improve its seeding for the CIAC tournament when the Westies hosted the Foran Lions on Monday evening. With Kelsey Gilmore sidelined with illness, the Blue Devils were looking for offense in her absence. Sophomore Alexia Guerrero took a pass from Jessica Robinson and found the back of the net with the only offense the Westies would need in a 1-0 victory over the Lions. Alycia Morales was called on to make two saves in the victory.
On Wednesday afternoon, the girls traveled to Branford to face the Hornets. The Hornets kept the Blue Devils off the scoreboard and tallied their lone goal with 13:38 left in the game to defeat the Westies 1-0.
On Friday evening, the Westies hosted the North Haven Indians at Ken Strong Stadium. The girls got a goal from Mackenzie Holy, assisted by Keegan Riccio but that wasn’t enough in a 2-1 loss to the Indians. Betsy Magana and Alycia Morales split time between the pipes, each recording two saves.
The volleyball team battled hard for the first, two games against the Hand Tigers on Monday afternoon at the WHHS Gym but, the Tigers had more than the Westies could handle in a 3-1 loss. Megan Paterson led West Haven with 20 assists and five digs while Lexi Burzynski had five aces and five kills in the loss. Also contributing for the Blue Devils were Veronica Lynn with seven kills and two aces and Nancy Tapia with six kills and six digs.
The Westies bounced right back with a 3-0 defeat of the Platt Tech Panthers at home on Tuesday. After a back and forth close, first game, the Blue Devils dominated the second game and third games. Megan Paterson led West Haven offensively with 21 assists while Veronica Lynn had six aces and four kills and Irene Ronan had nine kills and two aces.
On Saturday afternoon, the Westies were looking to keep their postseason hopes alive with a trip to North Haven to face the Indians. Unfortunately for the girls, their playoff hopes came to an end in a 3-1 loss to the Indians.