SKIDMORE TOPS SAINTS, 2-0

Oct. 6: The St. Lawrence women’s soccer team fell to Skidmore Saturday afternoon on a slippery MacAllaster Field in Canton, NY. The Thoroughbreds were able to slip two shots past Saints keeper Hayleigh Hochberg, giving them a 2-0 win over the Saints in Liberty League conference action.

The Saints came out strong in the first part of the game and went shot-for-shot with Skidmore until the Thoroughbreds’ first goal of the game in the 26 th minute, when Anna Cerio got the ball just past midfield from teammate Rachael Sushner and broke away from the pack and barreled downfield towards the goal. Cerio beat her defender and shot the ball past Hochberg and into the back right corner of the net. Cerio’s second goal of the season gave Skidmore a 1-0 lead. The remainder of the first half belonged to the Thoroughbreds as they out-shot the Saints 4-1 in the last 14 minutes of the period.

Skidmore’s adrenaline from their first goal helped them tremendously in the second half, as they were able to keep the Saints from making any shooting attempts until the 81 st minute of the game. Cerio had the ball in the 59 th minute and crossed it to Sushner at the far post, and while Hochberg came out and tried to intercept the cross, Sushner was able to net the goal, bringing the score to 2-0 in favor of Skidmore. It was Sushner’s fifth goal of the season.

The Saints were not going to go down quietly and poured on the pressure in the last ten minutes of the game and prevented the Thoroughbreds from getting anywhere near their net, while St. Lawrence maintained possession and kept the ball near Skidmore keeper Liza Mills and took the last three shots of the game, including a shot at the near post from sophomore forward Lauren Annaldo, but Mills was there and ready to make the save for Skidmore to close out the game.

Each team had three corner kick opportunities, but neither team was able to convert any of them into a goal.

Junior midfielder and captain Lauren Sischo, along with first-year forward Lizzie Bogosian and Annaldo, each had two shots in the game, including a shot-on-goal for each. Hochberg had five saves between the posts for the Saints, while Mills made three for Skidmore, who are now 6-4-2 overall and 2-2-0 in the Liberty League.

St. Lawrence (7-5-0 overall, 2-3-0 in the Liberty League) will travel to Ithaca, NY next Saturday to battle against Ithaca College in non-conference action. The game is set to begin at 2:00pm.