Emmitsburg, Md. (September 17, 2008)--Mount St. Mary's erupted for five goals to defeat New Jersey Tech, 5-2, on Wednesday afternoon at Waldron Family Stadium on campus. Freshman Sadie Winship (York, Pa./Eastern York) scored her first two collegiate goals in the Mount's first win of the season.

New Jersey Tech (1-7) got on the scoreboard first when a Mount defender knocked the ball in off her shoulder on a corner kick 8:32 into the contest. Just over eight minutes later, the Mount evened the score when junior Meghamn Brennan (Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) tallied her first collegiate goal. Brennan beat NJIT goalkeeper Sadie Mele with a shot after a nice pass to the middle from Colleen Regan (Crofton, Md./Archbishop Spalding).

The Mount (1-7) took its first lead of the season with just under 15 minutes left in the first half on Winship's first goal of the game. Winship tapped in an easy rebound shot from right in front of the goal for the score. The play started with a long pass from freshman Ieva Kibirkstis (Point Claire, Quebec/Ecole Secondaire Des Sources) to Emily Menotti (Dover, Pa./Dover), who had her shot turned away by Mele. Both Kibirkstis and Menotti had assists on the goal.

Winship opened the second half with another great scoring chance, but Mele made a nice diving save on a shot to the upper right corner of the net. The Highlanders then pushed across the equalizing goal 3:20 into the second half. Erika Taugher put the ball in off a pass from Emma Vinski after a misplay by Mount goalkeeper Alicia Miller (Lititz, Pa./Warwick).

The Mount, however, rattled off three straight goals to seal the team's first win of the season. Junior Kim Karpinski (Freehold, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) broke the 2-2 tie when she buried a shot from 12 yards out after a scramble in front of the goal. It was Karpinski's second goal of the season.

The Mount made it 4-2 when Menotti tapped in a cross from freshman Nicole Berge (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) with 17:04 left in the game. Karpinski started the play with a pass to Berge, who made a nice cross to the middle to Menotti.

The Mount's final goal came when Winship headed a Karpinski pass into the net with 5:06 left in the contest.

Karpinski finished with a goal and two assists while Menotti added a goal and an assist in the victory. Miller made eight saves in the game to increase her Northeast Conference leading total to 50 on the season. Mele made seven saves in the loss for NJIT.

The Mount returns to action on Friday with a 7:00 p.m. game at Navy.

Game Notes: The five goals scored were the most by a Mount team since a 5-1 win over Saint Peter's on Sept. 18, 2005...The Mount held a 23-13 advantage in shots in the game...This was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.