BATAVIA, NY... The Genesee Women's Soccer Program held their first ever Girls' U10 and U12 Indoor Soccer Tournament on February 23rd. The U10 tournament began at 9am and there were four teams that had participated; Batavia, Cobras, Clarence, and Pavilion. Each team was guaranteed three games before being seeded 1-4th place for playoffs. First place was Clarence with three wins, second place was Cobras with two wins and a loss, and third place was Pavilion with a win and two losses, and in fourth place was Batavia with 3 losses. The first play-off game was number one seed Clarence against number four seed Batavia. Clarence came out on top and was set to play in the finals. The second playoff game between second place Cobras and third place Pavilion ended up going into penalty kicks after a five-minute overtime. Cobras survived the pk shoot out and was moving on to the finals. Clarence took the cake as the champions with a 3-0 win.
The U12 Girls' Tournament started at 12:30pm with six teams broken up into two groups. Group one consisted of Bergen 1, Empire, and Batavia 1. Group two had Bergen 2, Cheektowaga, and Batavia 2. Every team was guaranteed two games within their pool and was then seeded 1st-3rd within the group. Group one's seedings ended up with Bergen 1 seeded as first, Batavia 1 in second, and Empire in third. Group two had Batavia 2 in first place, Cheektowaga in second, and Bergen 2 in third. Both first place teams received a bye and the Group one's 2nd place team, Batavia 1, was set to play Group two's 3rd place team, Bergen 2, for the first playoff game. Batavia 1 came out on top and was moving to the semi-finals to play Batavia 2. The second playoff game was Group two's second place team, Cheektowaga, facing off with Group one's third place team, Empire. Empire ended up winning and was set to play in the semi-finals against Bergen 1. When both Batavia teams competed in the first semi-final game, Batavia 1 was the team to win, pushing them onto the finals. In the second semi-final game, Empire beat Bergen 1 1-0, solidifying their seat in the finals. The finals were a very close, well-fought game where Batavia became the champions in a 1-0 to Empire.
Jeff Reyngoudt, Head Coach of the GCC Women's Soccer Team and the Tournament Director, was excited to put on their first elementary and middle school aged tournament. "The U10s were so fun to watch and the U12s had some talent as well. I am excited for the future of soccer as I can see it will be strong based on this group of girls.", said Reyngoudt. GCC Women's Soccer is in the works of holding another outdoor summer tournament. The date has not been set just yet but, if you're interested in submitting a team or have any questions, please email Jeff Reyngoudt at jcreyngoudt@genesee.edu.
