If one league opponent has proven to be most difficult to beat over the last several years for the Palisades High women’s soccer team, it would be Hamilton. That was the case once again last Friday afternoon, when the host Yankees edged the Dolphins, 3-2, on a tiebreaking goal by sophomore Cindy Flores with seven minutes remaining. Palisades was supposed to have played at Westchester two days earlier, but all games were cancelled to allow fields to dry out from rainstorms that drenched the Southland the previous week. Flores’ goal spoiled a gutty effort by the Dolphins, who kept falling behind, then catching up. Andrea Caldas opened the scoring in the 13th minute, but junior forward Lucy Miller tied the game, 1-1, on a well-placed shot into the upper right corner of the net. Hamilton (7-0-3 overall, 1-0 in league) answered right back when Flores pounced on a rebound to score six minutes before halftime. Nifty one-touch passing by seniors Alex Michael and Diana Grubb set up a partial breakaway in the opening moments of the second half, but Miller’s shot curved just wide. Pali kept the offensive pressure on Hamilton and its persistence paid off when Miller found a seam in the Yankees’ defense, deked a defender and beat goalie Danielle Raiss with a low shot to tie the score again, 2-2, with 12 minutes left. Palisades (3-5, 0-1) hosted University on Wednesday and travels to Venice on Friday.
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