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After three straight wins the North Penn-Mansfield Lady Tigers suffered their third consecutive loss by falling 2-1 to Sayre on Thursday, October 12 during Senior Night.

After a scoreless first 47 minutes of play the Lady Tigers finally put the ball in the back of the net. As the Tigers pushed the ball into Sayre territory, Amanda Rutledge centered the ball to Trinity Bogaczyk, then Alyssa Remely cleaned up the pass and sent a shot past Sayre’s goalie for a 1-0 lead.

Sayre got on the scoreboard with 12:05 remaining as Stephanie Klovekorn was fouled in the penalty box, drawing a penalty kick. Klovekorn’s shot went past keeper Alaina McKee to knot it up at 1-1. The Lady Redskins then broke the tie with 8:37 remaining on a goal by Madisyn Wheeler.

Sayre took 21 shots on goal to Mansfield’s 3 and held a 4-2 advantage in corner kicks. Sayre keeper Camry Lane recorded 2 saves in goal while McKee stopped 19 shots.

“We had them down 1-0 or so,” said North Penn-Mansfield head coach Maryann Wilcox. “We got a very bad call on the outside. They kicked it out of bounds and ended up with a throw-in, which in turn led to the penalty kick off of that play. That was the turning point of the game right there. We have several close ones to take the lead again but unfortunately we couldn’t put it in.”

The loss drops the Lady Tigers to 3-10-1 on the year. The team will be back in action this Saturday against rival Wellsboro.