Gray Tallies Two to Help #14/21 Bombers Upend Cortland, 4-1
Cortland, N.Y. – The 14th/21st-ranked Ithaca women’s soccer team (5-0-1) continued its unbeaten streak with a 4-1 victory at Cortland on Tuesday afternoon.
Junior Rachael Palladino (Lansing/Lansing) tallied early before sophomore Anna Gray (Delmar/Bethlehem) added a career-high two goal performance to solidify a 3-0 Ithaca gap at the break. Cortland brought the match to 3-1 in the 52nd minute but a Bomber goal with 2:17 lingering in the game finalized all scoring at 4-1.
The Red Dragons held a slight 21-17 edge in shots, while the Bombers were awarded four corners to Cortland’s one.
(Lansing/Lansing) in the 15th minute just four minutes before Gray placed a direct kick in the upper left corner of goal for a 2-0 cushion.
Gray put another in the back of the net at 38:54 as her free kick deflected off a defender into goal for a score.
Six minutes into the second stint, Cortland scored its lone goal. The scoreboard read 3-1 until sophomore Amanda Callanan (Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa) rifled a 30-yard shot inside the right post for the Bombers’ largest road win of the season.
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