The Mount St. Mary's women's soccer team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 4-2, at the MSM Soccer Field on Sunday afternoon to even its Northeast Conference record at 1-1 on the year. Junior Karyn Farrar paced the Mount with a goal and an assist in the game.

The Mount (3-7-0, 1-1-0 NEC) struck first when Farrar tallied her first goal of the season on an assist from Jenn Baker 15:46 into the game. Farrar volleyed a Baker serve from 20 yards out and hit the upper-right hand corner of the net to beat FDU (1-8-1, 0-2 NEC) goalkeeper Kyla Clark.

Mount St. Mary's made it 2-0 when Meghan Haspert took a through ball from Kelli Devine and beat Clark to her left. It was Haspert's team-leading fourth goal of the season. Mount St. Mary's added a third goal at the 32:31 mark when a Mount shot toward goal was headed by a FDU player into their own net.

The Knights got on the scoreboard with 9:40 left in the first half when Christine Niven buried a shot from eight yards out. Fairleigh Dickinson had played the ball to the middle of the field where Zaida Castillo set the ball up for Niven's first goal of the year.

The score remained 3-1 until 3:50 left in the game when the Mount's Alyssa Flora tallied her first goal of the year on a pass from Karyn Farrar. FDU's Liza Offreda finished the scoring when she scored on a breakaway with five seconds left in the game.

Shots in the game were even at 18-18 while the Mount held a 6-4 edge in corner kicks. Clark was solid in net for the Knights with 11 saves while Anna Lebo made six saves in the victory for the Mount.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday, Oct. 6, at Central Connecticut State.