Emmitsburg, Md. (October 17, 2008)--Robert Morris
rallied from a 3-1 second-half defict to defeat Mount St. Mary's,
4-3, in Northeast Conference women's soccer action at Waldron
Family Stadium on Friday afternoon. The Mount's Emily
Menotti (Dover, Pa./Dover) and Meghan
Haspert (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) each had a goal and an
assist in the loss for the Mount.
The Colonials (5-8-0, 1-3-0 NEC) opened the scoring just 3:46 into
the game when Jess Sharik took a pass from Jennifer Tobar and
converted a breakaway goal for a 1-0 advantage. The Mount evened
the score 2:35 before the half when Mary
McCarron (Beltsville, Md./Elizabeth Seton) scored her first
collegiate goal. The play started with a Mount free kick by
Sadie
Winship (York, Pa./Eastern York) from 30 yards out.
Menotti got a a head on the ball and flicked it to a wide open
McCarron, who buried the shot from right in front of the goal.
The Mount (2-12-1, 1-3-1 NEC) came out flying in the second half,
scoring twice in the opening eight minutes. Haspert scored the
first goal when she rocketed a shot from the top of the penalty box
for her second goal of the season 5:22 into the second half. The
goal was the 10th of her career at the Mount. Just 2:37 later, the
Mount added another goal to stretch the lead to 3-1. Haspert
started the play with a long ball to Menotti, who converted her
breakaway goal.
Robert Morris struck back when Brianna Bell tallied her first goal
of the year 10:18 into the second half. Bell took a pass across
the top of the penalty area from Jennifer Tobar and beat Mount
goalkeeper Alicia
Miller (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) to the lower left side of
the net. The Colonials had a chance to tie when they were awarded
a penalty kick with 18:21 left in the game. Miller, however, came
up with a big save as she dove to her right to stop a shot by
Sharik.
Playing a player down due to a pair of yellow cards to one of their
players, Robert Morris evened the score with 8:50 left in the
game. Rachel Sebbens took a nice feed from Heather Niznik for a
one-on-one with the goalie which she converted to make the score
3-3. The Colonials got the game-winner with 1:18 left off a play
from a corner kick. Sharik took the corner kick, which resulted in
the ball bouncing high in the air in front of the Mount goal.
Jessica Weary took advantage by heading in the ball into the open
net for the decisive goal.
Robert Morris held a 25-to-18 advantage in shots in the game and an
8-0 edge in corner kicks. Miller made seven saves for the Mount
while Caitlin Dilal made nine saves for the Colonials.
The Mount returns to action on Sunday with a 1:00 p.m. home game
against Saint Francis (Pa.) at Waldron Family Stadium.
