Golden Flyers and Cardinals Post Shutouts
Nazareth 1, Houghton 0 (
Box Score)
Sophomore
Elizabeth Howell scored the lone goal of the game for visiting Nazareth to lead the Golden Flyers to a 1-0 victory over Houghton in a women's soccer game on Tuesday evening. Junior goalkeeper
Abbie Carey finished with five saves for her first shutout of the season.
With the victory, the Golden Flyers snapped the Highlanders' four-game winning streak. It's also the first loss Houghton has suffered at home this season. Nazareth holds a 10-3 all-time record against the Highlanders. After the win, the Golden Flyers improve to 6-3-2 overall. Houghton drops to 8-2 overall with the loss. With the Highlanders joining the Empire 8 as a provisional member, the game does not count in the conference standings.
Howell scored her goal only 8:22 into the game to record her second goal of the season. The goal came less than four minutes after Nazareth nearly surrendered the lead. The Highlanders' leading scorer, Stephany Ellison, hit the crossbar with her shot in the fifth minute of regulation.
In the 14th-minute, Carey made two saves in a 27-second span to maintain the Golden Flyers' edge. Ellison had the first shot of the sequence, then was followed by a shot from Jenny Zacchigna. Carey stymied attempts by Ellison and Zacchigna again in the 55th-minute and the 74th-minute, respectively, to preserve the Golden Flyers' lead. In the final nine minutes, Ellison had another opportunity following a corner kick, but Carey made the save. Nazareth's defense secured the victory by not allowing the Highlanders another attempted shot.
Michaela Soules finished with a team-high three shots on goal for the Golden Flyers. Two of Soules' shots came in the final 12 minutes of regulation as she tried to provide Nazareth with an insurance goal. Soules also had a shot early in regulation. Junior
Olivia Derleth, sophomore
Tyler Carr, and freshman
Briana Vibbard also had shots on goal. Houghton's goalkeeper, Shawna Sprout, recorded six saves in the loss.
The Golden Flyers and Highlanders each had 11 shots on goal. Houghton finished with a 6-3 advantage in corner kick chances, including a 4-0 advantage in during the first half.
St. John Fisher 3, Buffalo State 0 (
Box Score)
Three different players scored goals as the St. John Fisher College women's soccer team earned their third consecutive shutout win against the visiting Buffalo State Bengals, 3-0, Tuesday night at Growney Stadium.
Alexandra Rohloff broke the tie near the midway point of the second half as she skirted down the sidelines and split two Buffalo State defenders to create space. The Clarence, N.Y. native then booted the ball past the charging Bengal goaltender to give Fisher the 1-0 edge.
Molly Beaton scored Fisher's second goal in the 72nd minute when she kicked home a crossing ball off the foot of
Taryn Guinta to extend the Cardinal's lead.
Fisher was back at it again in the game's waning moments when
Chelsea Oberkrieser found Ciara Vitello who scorched the ball into the back of the net tallying her first career goal in the process.
In the first frame of action, the Cardinals controlled the possession for much of the half, holding the visiting Bengals to only two shots. Fisher peppered Buffalo State's goalkeeper with 10 shots, but were unable to find nylon as both teams played to a scoreless first half.
Brooke Seavitt picked up her third consecutive shutout, giving the junior goalkeeper five on the season.
Gabriella Cotungo had two saves in relief.