Alfred Downs D'Youville; Fisher Falls to Rochester
Alfred 3, D'Youville 2 (
Box Score)
The Alfred University women’s soccer team improved to 3-5 (0-1 Empire 8) Tuesday evening, against visiting D’Youville College with a 3-2 victory in overtime.
AU headed into halftime ahead 1-0 when sophomore forward Mary Hendee gave freshman midfielder Mariana Crevison a pass across the six yard line for her to bury in the net past the keeper.
Crevison netted another goal at the 47-minute mark to open the second half, giving Alfred a 2-0 lead. D’Youville answered with two goals at the 75th and 84th minutes to force the game to overtime.
The Lady Saxons closed out the contest at the 107th minute when freshman midfielder Fylicia Barr fed Crevison for the hat trick, and winning goal.
Senior goalie Samijo Scheer earned nine saves in net for AU throughout the contest.
Rochester 2, St. John Fisher 1 (
Box Score)
A late penalty shot proved to be the difference, as the St. John Fisher College women's soccer team saw its two-game win streak snapped after losing 2-1 to the visiting University of Rochester Yellow Jackets.
With the loss, Fisher moves to 3-6 on the season, while Rochester improves to 4-3-1 overall.
The Cardinals controlled the ball for much of the second half until the 79
th minute when Rochester's Kathryn Rowe found an opening, but was taken to the ground and awarded a penalty shot, which she netted to give the visitors the 2-1 edge.
In the first half, Rochester was first to strike when a long pass down field was corralled by Jessica Smith who buried the shot in the 20
th minute to give the visiting Yellow Jackets an early 1-0 lead.
Fisher would leveled the score at one goal apiece when
Alexandra Rohloff broke free and beat Rochester goalie, Allison Bernstein to the ball before scoring her fifth goal of the season.
Brooke Seavitt had three saves in the game.