SCHENECTADY, NY – Junior midfielder
Caitlin Cuozzo (Norfolk, MA/King Regional) scored two goals to lead Union College to a 3-1 women's soccer triumph over Keene State Sunday at College Park.
The Dutchwomen and Owls both stand 1-1 after their opening weekend of play.
Ashley Brown (Plainville, CT/Suffield Academy) scored the other goal for Union, which had a 14-6 shot advantage of the day. The Dutchwomen also had six corners to the visitors' three.
Cuozzo opened the scoring at 27:59, with a shot to the high left side of the net after a feed from
Stephanie Cronan (Marblehead, MA/Marblehead). Keene State quickly tied the game at 28:55 as Breanne Lucey (Keene, NH/Keene) scored off a corner kick from Tara Wagner (Avon, CT/Avon). The teams remained tied at 1-1 at the half.
At 52:16, Cuozzo gave the Dutchwomen the lead for good. Once again Cronan provided the assist, as she carried through defenders and dished to Cuozzo, who scored in the high right side of the cage. Brown wrapped up the scoring to provide the 3-1 final with an insurance goal at 75:40. She took a pass from freshman
Katie Weinstein (Marblehead, MA/Marblehead) and scored from a cross shot from the right side.
Freshman goalkeeper
Mia Simone (Rexford, NY/Academy of the Holy Names) made three saves for Union, posting her first career victory. Liz Rosen (Swanzey, NH/Mt. Mansfield (VT)) made five saves for the Owls.
Union is idle until next Sunday, September 10, when the Dutchwomen play at Williams at 2 p.m.
SCHENECTADY, NY – The Rensselaer and SUNY New Paltz women's soccer teams played to a scoreless double-overtime draw in non-conference action at College Park Field on the campus of Union College Sunday afternoon. Rensselaer stands at 0-1-1 on the short season while New Paltz posts a 1-1-0 record.
New Paltz held a 16-10 shot advantage, including a 9-3 onslaught in the second half, but Rensselaer senior goaltender Tara Marandino (Massapequa, NY/ Massapequa) made eight saves on the day to keep the Hawks at bay.
New Paltz freshman Salley Kafko (Brooklyn, NY/ Midwood) had the closest scoring chance of the first half when she sent a shot wide across the net from the right side past Rensselaer's Marandino, who had come out of the net to play a previously wide shot.
Marandino came up big in the 80th minute, hauling down a shot by New Paltz sophomore Kate Addis (Amherst, NY/ Amherst) which came after a direct kick.
Rensselear put three shots on net in the first overtime, including two in the 99th minute as freshmen Jacquelyn Garlasco (Paramus, NJ/ Immaculate Heart Academy) and Amanda Nicklin (Ridgefield, CT/ Ridgefield) sent in shots from 18 yards out, only to be thwarted by New Paltz sophomore goaltender Sarah Boccard (Washingtonville, NY/ Washingtonville). Boccard finished the day with four saves.
