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Women’s Soccer Score Three Late Goals; Adavnace to NEAC Championship
November 8, 2008
Sophomore Courtney McLaughlin scored the Storm's first two goals.
The Keuka women’s soccer team scored three late goals to break a 0-0 tie and knock off the #4 Wildcats of Cazenovia College in its NEAC Tournament semifinal match-up on Saturday.
For the second year in a row, Keuka advances to the NEAC Championship game as they will play host to #2 seeded Cobleskill State on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1 pm. Cobleskill defeated #6 Wells College by a score of 4-0 in its semifinal match-up.
The Storm improve to 9-5-3 overall while Cazenovia ends its season with a 6-9-2 overall mark.
The Storm dominated possession of the ball while out-shooting the Wildcats 20-2 in the game. Still, neither team was able to score in the game’s first 63 minutes. Sophomore Courtney McLaughlin (Warsaw, N.Y./Letchworth) finally broke the scoreless streak as she kicked a shot with some serious back spin on it that went right through the Wildcats goalie’s hands in the 64th minute.
McLaughlin would pad the lead for Keuka as she floated a perfect shot into the upper right corner of the goal just three minutes later. The goal was McLaughlin’s team-leading seventh on the year while
Rookie Sara James sealed the win for Keuka with her fifth goal of the season.
classmate Alyssa Hermenet (Williamson, N.Y./Williamson) assisted on the goal.
Keuka would put the game out of reach for good with its third goal in the 87th minute of action. This goal came courtesy of rookie Sara James (Wayland, N.Y./Wayland Cohocton) who booted in her fifth goal of the year off a cross from sophomore Molly McGuigan (Conklin, N.Y./Susquehanna Valley).
Sophomore goalie Ashley Vail (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) didn’t have to stop a single shot in goal to pick up her fourth shutout of the season. Cazenovia’s Britney Westcott ended with four saves.
