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Rootstown Norton

Rovers

Panthers

The Norton (OH) varsity soccer team lost Saturday's home non-conference match against Rootstown (OH) by a score of 3-1.

	1	2	Final
Rootstown	1	2	3
Norton	0	1	1

Final score provided by J. Opritza.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Rootstown (23-24)		Norton (23-24)
2	Corners	2

Match Stats

Rootstown (23-24)

Rootstown

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	3	1	7
4	Taylor Monegan (Sr)	1		2
8	Sophia Opritza (Jr)	1		2
10	Hannah Hindel (Jr)		1	1
17	Melanie Plecko (Sr)	1		2

Rootstown

#	Athlete Name	G
	Team Totals	3
4	Taylor Monegan (Sr)	1
8	Sophia Opritza (Jr)	1
17	Melanie Plecko (Sr)	1

Rootstown

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80	13	1	9	.7	1.000
1	Natalie Opritza (Sr)	65	13	1	9	.7	1.231
3	Sasha Nichols (Jr)	15	0	0	0	.0	0.000

Rootstown

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals				1
1	Natalie Opritza (Sr)				1

Norton (23-24)

Norton has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Ohio High School Soccer - Norton Rootstown

September 23, 2023: Norton, OH 44203

The crowd at Saturday's non-league test between the Rootstown Rovers (Rootstown, OH) and the host Norton Panthers (Norton, OH), saw Rootstown's soccer squad knock off Norton by a margin of 3-1.

The Rovers now sport a 6-3 record. They play next when they travel to United for a non-league test on Tuesday, September 26. Rootstown will meet a Golden Eagles squad coming off a 5-1 non-league win over Waterloo (Atwater, OH). The Golden Eagles record now stands at 7-2.

With the loss, Norton drops to 5-6 on the season. The Panthers host Field (Mogadore, OH) to meet the Falcons in a Metro Athletic test on Tuesday, September 26. The Falcons come into the test with a record of 6-4. Field won 11-1 in their recent league test against Coventry (Akron, OH)

Rootstown @ Norton Soccer Match Info

Sat., Sep. 23, 2023 @ 3p

The Norton (OH) varsity soccer team lost Saturday's home non-conference match against Rootstown (OH) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Rootstown (23-24)

National	OH	Div.
2,861	325	85

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
9-5-4	4-1-2	6-2-4	3-3	.611	.714	64	28

Norton (23-24)

National	OH	Div.
3,042	344	113

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
7-10-1	4-5-1	6-4-1	1-6	.417	.450	43	48

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	Final
Rootstown	1.6	1.7	-	3.6
Norton	1.4	.9	1.0	2.4

Team Stat Comparison

Rootstown		Norton
63	Goals	-
37	Assists	-
1.556	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Rootstown		Norton	National Avg.
#17 Melanie Plecko19	Goals	-	5
#17 Melanie Plecko12	Assists	-	3
#22 Haley Dick0	Goals Against Average	-	2.000

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Rootstown	0-1		Norton	0-2

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
8/11/23	Rootstown	Field	(L) 1-0		9/26/23	Field	Norton	(L) 6-0
					10/12/23	Norton	Field	(L) 4-0

Record Breakdown

Rootstown (23-24)		Norton (23-24)
9-5-4	Overall	7-10-1
4-1-2	League	4-5-1
5-3-2	Non-League	2-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-1	Common Opponent	0-2
6-2-4	Home	6-4-1
3-3	Away	1-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
9-5-4	In-State	7-10-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0