Sayville Girls Soccer Captures Suffolk Class A Title

Planning for the future plays just as important a role in a team's success as taking action in the present. Luckily, the Sayville girls varsity soccer team is taking care of both —with Madison Hoon.

Hoon scored two goals for the Golden Flashes Wednesday night, helping them capture the Suffolk County Class A championship with a 4-0 win over Islip at Dowling Sports Complex.

"She's almost unstoppable," said Sayville head coach Joe Nasta of his blossoming . "She's just scary good for a young kid like that. She's in a different atmosphere."

Hoon put the top-seeded Golden Flashes on the scoreboard just 1:36 into the game, when she redirected a cross from captain Dari Sellitti behind Islip goaltender Tara Mackey.

"It got us all riled up," Hoon said of her goal that quickly put Sayville on top.

The Golden Flashes took that energy from the early goal and transferred into action, when Sellitti buried a shot passed Mackey just over a minute later, putting her team up by two.

"We started off really strong because we knew we had a job to get done," Sellitti said. "We wanted this so badly, we prepared all season long for this."

Sayville dominated the play for the better part of the rest of the half, holding No. 2 Islip to only three shots on goal.

"We never really knew how good we were," said Nasta. "As the year progressed we had a lot of games that were kind of not competitive."

Sayville (12-0, 15-1), who 66-7 during the regular season—and posted 11 shutouts—were anxious to see how they would perform against the tough competition once the playoffs began.

Nasta was pleased with his team's 4-0 win over Kings Park in the semifinals, but was not ready for the performance that the girls left on the field against Islip.

"Today, we took it to a level that I didn't expect," Nasta said. "I wish I could take credit for it. As a team they just decided that they weren't going to be denied."

Hoon notched her second goal almost identically the way she scored her first. Just over a minute into the second half, Hoon took a cross from teammate Amanda Famularo and slid the ball by Mackey.

Hoon, who now has 12 goals and eight assists on the season, has begun to takeover as a dominant player for Sayville—something they are going to need once the likes of Sellitti and Kelly Santangelo graduate next summer.

"I'm getting tired of talking about that kid," Nasta joked of Hoon's amazing play this season. "From the beginning of the year when we knew she was good to now… she's just stepping outta her shoes."

Santangelo put any chance Islip had at mounting a comeback away when she drilled a 30-yard free kick passed Mackey midway through the half.

With the Suffolk County Class A title in the books, the girls now set their sights on Saturday afternoon, when they take the field against Garden City (9-2-2, 14-2-2) in the Class A Long Island Championship game.

"We just have to come out strong and put away every opportunity that we have," Sellitti said. "We have to set the tone for the game."