WOMEN'S SOCCER LIFTED BY ESPOSITO'S HAT TRICK IN 4-1 WIN
AT MOUNT SAINT VINCENT
OCTOBER 7, 2008
Boxscore
YONKERS, N.Y.-The SUNY College at Old Westbury
women's soccer team notched their fourth win in conference play
with a 4-1 win over Mount Saint Vincent College on Tuesday
afternoon at Tibbets Brook Park. Freshman Cassandra Esposito
(Valley Stream, N.Y.) scored a hat trick to lead the Panthers to
victory. Old Westbury improved to 4-5 in league play and 4-6
on the season while Mount Saint Vincent fell to 1-2 in conference
action and 1-10 overall.
The Panthers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the
30th minute of play as Esposito gathered a ball and
dribbled through the midfield defense and fired a shot inside the
far post for the score. The advantage was doubled in the
40th minute as a turnover by the Dolphins outside the
box wound up on the foot of junior Courtney Dixon (Baldwin, N.Y.)
who netted her first goal of the season to make the score
2-0. Lauren Perla answered with the lone tally for Mount
Saint Vincent with a penalty kick score at the 50:17 mark to close
the gap to a one goal deficit, 2-1. Old Westbury responded
when junior Mikele Reitmayr (Wantagh, N.Y.) slotted a pass to
Esposito in the box and curled a shot inside the far post for her
second goal of the game to increase the lead to 3-1 in the
61st minute. Esposito closed out the scoring for
the Panthers with her third goal of the game in the 65th
minute as she gathered a free ball outside the box and fired a shot
into the right post for the score.
Esposito's hat trick was the third of the season for the
freshman sensation, who leads her team and conference with13 goals.
Overall the Panthers outshot the Dolphins 13-7, despite being
edged by Mount Saint Vincent, 2-1 in the corner kick
department. Sophomore keeper Deborah Ciccarelli (St. James,
N.Y.) made three saves for Old Westbury while Annamaria Buzzetta (4
saves) and Jen Kushner (1 save) combined to allow four goals while
patrolling the cross bars for Mount Saint Vincent.
The Green and Ivory return to the pitch on Saturday, October
11th to welcome non-conference opponent, Rutgers
University-Newark to Panther Park. Kickoff is slated for 1:00
p.m. Please visit www.oldwestburypanthers.com for
more information on women's soccer or any of the other Panther
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