Photo by Cody Nespor Wheeling Park’s Adlie Abraham (2) battles with University’s Gracie Oleska (8) during the Patriots’ 5-0 win at home Tuesday.

WHEELING — Playing on the fresh turf field at the newly constructed Wheeling Park Sports Complex, the Wheeling Park girls soccer team cruised to a 5-0 victory over visiting University Tuesday afternoon.

“Our girls came out very confident and in control of the game,” Park coach Carrie Hanna said. “They controlled the ball and they controlled the score. It was pleasant to see.”

It was just the second time that the Patriots (3-1-1) have played at the new complex this season, conveniently located right next to Wheeling Park High School. The complex was completed this spring and served as the home field for the Park softball team last school year.

“It’s beautiful,” Hanna said of the facility. “It’s a little bit wider than the field at (Wheeling Island) Stadium, but we like the extra space. Our team is very fast, so the extra space to work in is nice.

“It’s nice to have another venue and it’s been very nice for us to be able to come here right after school and not have to drive anywhere.”

As if to break in their new field, the Patriots came out of the gate red-hot against the Hawks Tuesday, going up 3-0 within the first 10 minutes of play with all three goals coming off the foot of junior striker Merritt Delk.

Seneca Heller added a fourth goal at the 22-minute mark and the Patriots took a 4-0 lead into the break.

Elli Reasbeck tallied a goal midway through the second half to arrive at the 5-0 final score.

The Patriots dominated possession throughout the entire game, allowing scant opportunities for the visitors’ offense.

“We kept the ball in our attacking half most of the game, our keeper only had to make one save,” Hanna said. “We did a good job keeping the ball and then combining and creating to finish our scoring opportunities as well.”

Even when both teams made mass substitutions in the second half, Park’s offensive pressure was unrelenting.

“It’s nice when everybody gets an opportunity to show what they’ve got and our girls capitalized on it,” Hanna said. “They came off the bench and our game didn’t really change. They’ve bought into our way of playing and it’s nice when they have that opportunity (to play), especially when we have three games in a week.”

Starting goalie Rylie Hicks only had to make one save to preserve the shutout. Backup Riley Perry was untested in relief.

Heller and Delk each added an assist and Audrey Lantz tallied two helpers.

Park will stay at the WP Sports Complex to host Brooke later today and then make the trek east to play at Morgantown on Saturday.

Steubenville 2, St. Clairsville 1

STEUBENVILLE — The Red Devils saw their two-game winning streak snapped at the hands of Steubenville Tuesday afternoon.

Steubenville received goals from Bailee Bell and Maleea Crownover with Marleny Torres posting an assist.

St. Clairsville’s goal came off the foot of junior MaKenna Booth. Devils keeper Rileigh Wood had seven saves.

VOLLEYBALL

Wheeling Park splits Tri

WHEELING — The Patriots split a tri match at home Tuesday, defeating Dover (25-10, 20-25, 25-20) but falling to Morgantown 2-0.

Paige Jasko had five aces against Dover, while Lily Brink had six kills, two digs and a block and Olivia Albrecht registered 11 kills, two digs, an ace and two blocks.

Against Morgantown, Jillian Huffman had seven assists and Faith Randolph had three kills and two digs.

Wheeling Park (2-1) is back in action on Thursday with a match at Weir.

John Marshall def. Brooke

WELLSBURG — John Marshall won a match on the road at Brooke Tuesday that went the distance, despite the Monarchs going down two sets early (16-22, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-11).

Sydney Hess led the team with 22 service points including nine aces. Kali Derrow had 10 blocks and eight kills while Kaitlyn Blake had 11 kills. Masyn Inclan had 10 digs.

Tyler Sweeps Wahama

SISTERSVILLE — The Silver Knights made quick work of visiting Wahama Tuesday winning in straight sets (25-12, 25-12, 25-9).

Braden Wall had a busy night, tallying 13 kills, seven digs, four blocks and three aces. Caitlyn Northcraft had 25 assists to go along with 11 points. Caitlyn Hayes had 13 points with three digs and four aces and Macie Highley had eight points with three aces.

Tyler (4-1) will hit the road next for a game at St. Marys on Thursday.

Wheeling Central sweeps Madonna

WHEELING — The Maroon Knights swept the visiting Blue Dons in straight sets Tuesday (25-15, 25-6, 25-13).

Kamy Conners led with 17 kills and 12 digs while Nicole Reasbeck had six kills and 12 digs. Gabby Leadbitter had 14 digs and Lainey Peters supplied nine assists and three kills.

Wheeling Central will host Shadyside later today.

Martins Ferry def. River

MARTINS FERRY — The Purple Riders picked up their second win of the season by sweeping River by scores of 25-7, 25-6 and 25-20.

Ferry was led on the stat sheet by Sydney Koller’s 12 points, four aces, 14 digs and nine kills. Sophomore Lindsey Best added 16 points, six aces, seven digs and six kills. Hannah Meeker was charted for 18 assists and six digs. Megan Buksa added five aces. McKenzie Carte added eight kills.

St. Clairsville sweeps Edison

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Red Devils picked up another win on Tuesday by taking down the Wildcats by scores of 25-19, 25-21 and 25-20.

St. Clairsville was led by Brooke Biancarelli’s 10 kills, eight digs and an ace. Rachel Finnical added 16 assists, seven digs, four aces and two kills. Katlyn Gray posted 10 kills and two blocks, while senior Abby Salisbury recorded 12 digs and five assists.

Monroe Central topples Bridgeport

WOODSFIELD — The Seminoles picked up their second win in as many nights by sweeping the Bulldogs, 25-11, 25-15 and 25-19.

Abby Thompson led the Seminoles with 11 kills, while Kynzi Bishop had seven kills, nine points and three digs. Jacey English posted seven kills. Olivia Valokovic netted 19 assists, while Kyra English handed out 12 assists, while scoring nine points with two aces. Ryleigh Winland had five digs.