Calvary defeats Bishop Walsh, 4-3; Baker scores hat trick
CUMBERLAND — It was a war of attrition at Rowan Field on Friday, and Calvary, with just nine players, won out over Bishop Walsh. Dana Baker delivered a hat trick, and Millie Buckingham provided the go-ahead goal to power Calvary to a 4-3 victory over Bishop Walsh in Mason-Dixon Christian Conference action at Brother Stephen F. Paul Spartan Stadium.
“It’s a big win for us because we were playing with nine,” Calvary head coach Scott Weeks said. “Really proud of the girls. That should be impossible to win, but we did.
We pulled it off. “We were down early, and we came back, tried to encourage the girls to fight hard. It’s tough when you only have three up front and a lot of the green field in between.
” Calvary (4-3) trailed 1-0 at the half, with a goal by Bishop Walsh’s Aerianna Jackson with 7:33 remaining the lone tally on the scoreboard. Baker broke free in transition for an equalizer 1:08 into the second half, and she gave the Eagles their first lead with a similar strike — this time a putback after an initial save by Cara Daniel — in the 50th minute. Jackson leveled the margin again with 22:51 to play, taking advantage of an open goal after Calvary keeper Selah Livengood was knocked down in the box during the buildup of play.
That opened the door for Buckingham to play the role of hero. The eighth-grader chipped a shot from the edge of the box into the corner to give Calvary a 3-2 edge with 6:19 remaining. “Millie is a very humble girl, very quiet girl,” Weeks said.