Sharon Boys Soccer Soundly Defeats Mansfield 3-2

Mansfield and Sharon battled during the first half of the game on Thursday to make their goals and the final score of 3-2.

The half started off scoring early, with Sharon's Jake Steinberg, scoring within the first two minutes of the game.

Mansfield answered back a few minutes later, with goals from Andrew Sarkis and Brendan Murphy respectively. Mansfield would not score again, despite nearly 20 attempts during the game.

Mansfield held the lead for about ten minutes, keeping the pressure up on Sharon and holding them in the defensive. But then Sharon's William Ginsberg fired in two goals to bring Sharon to the lead for the rest of the half and the game.

"We were up one to nothing and then hit a slump," said Sharon head coach Barry Kaye. "We hit a slump for ten minutes and they came back."

Mansfield head Coach Steve Sheridan said that Mansfield needs to improve on all aspects of the game.

"We need to look to improve on every phase of the game," he said. "Right now, we can't just show up for 80 minutes. We've got to bring to the game what we do on practice."

Mansfield's record goes down to 2-5-3, and will play North Attleboro on Tuesday. Sharon improves it's record to 3-2-3 and will play Canton on Tuesday.