Rochester girls soccer roundup: Cortes-Gustafson stops 22 shots in loss to Manchester

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls soccer

Manchester 1, Rochester 0 (Monday): Alexandria Cortes-Gustafson had 22 saves in goal for the visiting Lady Zs in a road loss to conference and sectional rival Manchester Monday.

Rochester dropped to 3-7-1 overall and 1-2 in the Three Rivers Conference with the loss.

“Our second top-notch defensive showing in a row,” Rochester assistant coach Mark Eber said in a statement. “Just need to find some goals.”

Rochester visits Peru at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Maconaquah 2, Rochester 0 (Saturday): Alexandria Cortes-Gustafson had seven saves in goal for Rochester in a road loss to Maconaquah Saturday.

Delight Pier scored a goal in each half.

“RHS shut out the number one scorer in the TRC (Molly Berryman), but Mac got a goal seven minutes in and the clincher with two minutes left,” Rochester assistant coach Mark Eber said in a statement.

Twin Lakes game postponed

The Twin Lakes-Rochester girls soccer game has been postponed from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2.

Start time is 5:45 p.m. at the Brent Blacketor Memorial Sports Complex.

This will be Rochester’s regular season finale.