Emmitsburg, Md. (October 5, 2008)--Mount St. Mary's defeated Sacred Heart, 2-0, in a Northeast Conference women's soccer game on Sunday afternoon at Waldron Family Stadium on campus. Senior Colleen Regan (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and freshman Sarah Malpezzi (Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey) provided the Mount's goal in the contest. With the win, the Mount moves to 1-1 in NEC play and 2-10-0 overall.

The Mount struck first when Regan took a nice through pass from Emily Menotti (Dover, Pa./Dover) to beat Sacred Heart goalkeeper Meghan Reichelt to the left for her first goal of the season. The Mount added to its lead when Malpezzi struck for her first collegiate goal with just under two minutes left in the first half. Malpezzi took a Sacred Heart turnover about 30 yards from the goal, turned and lofted a shot to the upper left part of the net for the score.

From there, Mount goalkeeper Alicia Miller (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) held the Pioneers (1-9-2, 0-2-0 NEC) off the scoreboard. Miller made eight saves in the contest for her first collegiate shutout.

The Pioneers best chance to score in the game came with 32 minutes left when Lisa Nowakowski rifled a shot off the crossbar. Reichelt made two saves in the game for Sacred Heart.

Sacred Heart outshot the Mount, 16-to-7, in the contest, including 7-to-2 in the second half.

The Mount returns to action on Friday, October 10, with a 3:00 p.m. game at Central Connecticut State.