West Long Branch, N.J. (September 29,
2009)--Sophomore goalkeeper Alicia Miller (Lititz,
Pa./Warwick) made nine saves, including a diving stop on
a penalty kick in the second overtime, to lead Mount St. Mary's to
a 0-0 tie at Monmouth in the team's Northeast Conference opener on
Tuesday afternoon. The Mount is now 2-6-2 on the season and 0-0-1
in NEC play.
Monmouth's Mary Wilks, the reigning NEC Player of the Week, had
a chance to win the game with a penalty kick 34 seconds into the
second overtime. Wilks had her shot stopped by Miller, who dove to
her left to make the play. The Hawks went on to record six shots
and four corner kicks alone in the second overtime, but Miller made
three saves to preserve the tie.
Monmouth (5-3-1, 0-0-1 NEC) had a chance to win in the first
overtime, but had a shot off a cross go just wide of the goal. On
the ensuing goal kick, the Mount generated a good scoring chance
that saw freshman Kelly
Baker (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) denied on a shot
close in to the goal by Monmouth goalkeeper Lia Fierro.
In the opening half, the Mount was outshot 6-4 by Monmouth with
each goalkeeper making a pair of saves. The Hawks controlled play
in the second half, posting an 11-1 advantage in shots, but Miller
came up with four saves in the period to force the overtime
periods.
Monmouth held a 25-to-6 advantage in shots in the game and a
12-to-2 margin in corner kicks. Miller made nine saves to pace the
Mount with her first shutout of the year. Fierro made three saves
for the shutout for Monmouth.
The Mount returns to action on Friday, October 2nd,
with a 4:00 p.m. home game against Long Island at Waldron Family
Stadium on campus
Notes: The Mount is now 1-0-1 in its last two
games at Monmouth...The Hawks hold a 12-3-1 advantage in the
all-time series...Miller leads the Northeast Conference with 76
saves this season...She is averaging a league-best 7.60 saves per
game.
