LATE GOAL PUTS #5 HERONS

OVER SAINTS, 1-0

Oct. 21: The St. Lawrence women’s soccer team was able to keep nationally-ranked William Smith out of the net until the 90 th minute of play when the #5 Herons scored the lone goal of the game to edge the Saints 1-0 in Liberty League action Sunday afternoon in Geneva, N.Y.

With 49 seconds left in regulation, Heron Brelynn Nasypany scored on a 60-yard breakaway off a Saint corner kick and put the ball in the back of the net past Saints keeper Hayleigh Hochberg. It was Nasypany’s 11 th goal of the season.

The Saints held their own against an undefeated Heron squad. Hochberg made eight saves throughout the contest. William Smith’s Alice Binns made four stops for the Herons, including a key save in the 32 nd minute after a shot by Lauren Annaldo, who got the ball off a corner from teammate Stanzi McGlynn.

The Saints defense was a key player in the game, as first years Nicky Hynes and Katie Lacy, sophomore Rachelle Doucette and senior captain Julie Giller all played strong in the back and were able to keep a strong Heron offensive from scoring for the majority of the game..

“Our team played exceptionally well today,” said Head Coach Deb Biche. “The game was one of our best this season. William Smith is a tough team with a number of good forwards who had a lot of great opportunities, but our defense made it difficult to convert them.”

The Saints fell 7-8-0 overall and 2-5-0 in conference play, placing them 6 th overall in the Liberty League for the 2007 campaign. They will go on to face SUNY Potsdam Wednesday Night under the lights in Potsdam, NY. The game is set to begin at 7:00pm.

SAINTS DROP TO #9 HAMILTON, 5-1

Oct. 20: First year Katie McHugh scored her first collegiate goal and the only goal for the Saints against nationally-ranked Hamilton College in Clinton, NY on Saturday afternoon. The Saints lost to the #9 Continentals, 5-1.

The midfielder, who hails from Lowville, NY, scored an unassisted goal for the Saints in the 48th minute when her shot slipped under Hamilton keeper Caitlin McGilley’s reach and past the goal line.

The Continentals out shot the Saints in the first half 10-2 and had four goals before the period was over. Hamilton’s Erica Dressler scored the first and last goals of the game for the Continentals, tallying her ninth and tenth goals of the season, and had the assist on the third goal, which was scored by teammate Taylor Brady. her assist broke Hamilton’s single-season record, while her season point total, which currently stands at 28, now ties another single-season record.

In the second half, the Saints poured on the pressure. The Continentals only out shot the Saints 11-10, while Dressler had her second goal of the game in the 81 st minute.

Sophomore Becca Townsend had three shots on goal for the Saints, while junior Caitlin Quinn had two, and sophomore Stanzi McGlynn, as well as first year Lizzie Bogosian had one each.

Saints keeper Hayleigh Hochberg had eight saves in the game, while McGilley had five. Hamilton’s Kate Fowler stepped in between the posts for the Continentals and relieved McGilley for the last thirteen minutes of the game and made two saves.

The Saints, who are now 7-7-0 overall and 2-4-0 in the Liberty League, will play in their last conference game Sunday afternoon in Geneva, NY against the William Smith Herons. The game is set to begin at 1:00pm.