Emmitsburg, Md. (October 2,
2009)--Long Island scored with 3:45 remaining to earn a
2-1 victory over Mount St. Mary's in Northeast Conference women's
soccer action at Waldron Family Stadium on campus. The Mount's
Meghamn Brennan (Little
Silver, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) had tied the game midway
through the second half with her first goal of the year.
The Blackbirds (6-3-0, 2-0-0 NEC) took a
1-0 lead at the half on Ariana Calderon's penalty kick with just
under 14 minutes left in the opening stanza. LIU's Katie Egan was
taken down in the box to draw the penalty kick. Calderon then
converted with a shot to the right of Mount goalkeeper Alicia
Miller (Lititz, Pa./Warwick).
Just five minutes into the game Mount
defender Andrea
Bujacich (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa) kept Long
Island off the scoreboard when she cleared an LIU shot off the goal
line. On the play, Kayleigh Morgan took a long pass from
Calderon on the right wing and chipped the ball over Miller's head,
who had come out to challenge on the play. Bujacich raced to the
goal line and cleared the ball out of bounds.
The game remained 1-0 until the 58th
minute when the Mount (2-7-2, 0-1-1 NEC) evened the score. The
Mountaineers took advantage of a bad LIU clear attempt to earn
the equalizing goal. Kelly
Baker (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) gathered the
ball just outside the penalty area and passed to Emily
Menotti (Dover, Pa./Dover) in the middle. Menotti was
able to get the ball through to Brennan, who was 1-on-1 with the
goalie from six yards out. Brennan was able to finish the play to
make the score 1-1.
Long Island's Kim Bishop scored the game
winner with 3:45 left on a shot from just inside the top of the
penalty area. The play started when Long Island's Caitlin Meadows
ripped a shot that was tipped by Mount keeper Miller off the cross
bar. The Mount had a chance to clear, but was unable to do so, and
Bishop was able to gather the ball in and hit the game-winning
shot.
Long Island outshot the Mount, 18-to-6,
in the game and held a 4-to-2 advantage in corner kicks. Miller
made six saves in the loss while LIU goalkeeper Jennifer Bannon
made a pair of saves in the victory.
The Mount returns to action on Sunday,
October 4, with a 1:00 p.m. home game against Wagner at Waldron
Family Stadium on campus.
