Philadelphia,
Pa. (September 6, 2009)--Sophomore Sadie
Winship (York, Pa./Eastern York) scored with just
under 22 minutes remaining to lift Mount St. Mary's to a 3-2 win at
Drexel on Sunday afternoon. The win, coupled with a 2-1 victory at
Saint Joseph's on Friday night, gave the Mount a two-game sweep of
its weekend trip to Philadelphia.
For the second-straight game, the Mount rallied from an early 1-0
deficit to earn the victory. Drexel's Michelle Donnelly scored
unassisted 17:01 into the game to give the Dragons (0-4) the early
lead. The Mount was able to even the score right before the half.
Senior Kim Karpinski (Freehold,
N.J./Red Bank Catholic) tallied her first goal of the
season with 2:04 left in the half on an assist from graduate
student Breana Waraksa (Media,
Pa./Strath Haven).
The Mount (2-3-0) grabbed its first lead of the game in the
58th minute on an Emily Menotti (Dover,
Pa./Dover) goal. Menotti's goal was the 10th
of her career, moving her into a tie for eighth on the Mount's
all-time goal list with Meghan Haspert. Senior
Meghamn Brennan (Little
Silver, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) had the assist on the
goal.
Drexel evened the score just over three minutes later on a Jenna
Lindsay goal, but Winship came through for the Mount seven minutes
later with the game-winning goal. Winship's shot from just inside
the box on the left side was placed just over Drexel goalkeeper
Nicole Sinclair's head. It caromed high off the post and back into
the Drexel goal to give the Mount the lead, 3-2.
The Mount's weekend sweep breaks a couple of long droughts for the
program. The Mount has not won two straight games since
back-to-back wins over Saint Peter's and Howard during the 2005
season. In addition, the Mountaineers have not won back-to-back
games on the road since besting Saint Francis (Pa.) and Marist in
October of 1996.
Drexel outshot the Mount 20-13 in the game, but Mount goalkeeper Alicia
Miller (Warwick, Pa./Lititz) stymied the Dragons with 12
saves. She preserved the win when she stopped Sydney Douglas, who
broke in alone on goal, in the final minute of the game. Miller is
averaging 8.80 saves per game this season.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday, September 11, with
the program's first-ever home night game against Bucknell at
Waldron Family Stadium. Kick-off for the game is slated for 7:00
p.m. Lights were installed in the Mount's Waldron Family Stadium
this past spring.
