WOMEN'S SOCCER FALLS SHORT IN LOSS TO ST. JOSEPH'S-L.I.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Boxscore

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y.-The SUNY College at Old Westbury women's soccer team suffered a conference loss on Saturday afternoon, falling to St. Joseph's College-L.I., 6-2 at Panther Park.  With the loss, Old Westbury falls to 3-4 on the year and 3-3 in league play while St. Joseph's College-L.I. improves to 6-4 on the season and 3-0 in conference action.

In the first half, the Golden Eagles took an early lead as Angie Merante netted a header to the back of the net off a cross by Jackie Barbour in the second minute of play.  St. Joseph's-L.I. doubled their advantage when Nicole Christensen scored off a loose rebound in the box at the 14:38 mark.  St. Joseph's-L.I. scored the eventual game winner in the 60^th minute when Angie Merante scored off a pass by teammate Megan Brady for a 3-0 advantage.  Alyssa Cote increased the St. Joseph's-L.I. lead to 4-0 in the 63^rd minute when she scored off a rebound in the box.  Freshman Cassandra Esposito (Valley Stream, N.Y.) posted Old Westbury's first score of the game in the 65^th minute when she beat a defender for the score off a pass from freshman Chryssanti Nicholas (Albany, N.Y.).  Jessica Durant sent a ball to Jackie Barbour in the 65^th minute that landed past the outstretched arms of sophomore keeper Deborah Ciccarelli (St. James, N.Y.) to give the Golden Eagles a 5-1 advantage.  Esposito retaliated in the 66^th minute when she served a ball to the back post where she put home her team-leading 10^th goal of the season on a pass by junior Jennifer Campisi (Commack, N.Y.).  The Golden Eagles capped the scoring in the 88^th minute on a goal by Jackie Barbour.     

The Golden Eagles out shot the Panthers 40-5 in the match including holding an 18-4 advantage in shots on goal department in addition to a 10-0 corner kick advantage. Cassandra Esposito led Old Westbury with four shots while junior Mikele Reitmayr (Wantagh, N.Y.) recorded one. 

Deborah Ciccarelli made 12 saves and allowed six goals for Old Westbury while Dana Carney posted a shut out over the first 64 minutes until Michelle Gulino closed out the final 26 minutes with two goals allowed and two saves for the Golden Eagles.    

The Green and Ivory return to the pitch on Wednesday, October 1^st at Skyline Conference opponent, Farmingdale State.  Kickoff is slated for 4:00 p.m. Please visit www.oldwestburypanthers.com for more information on women's soccer or any of the other Panther athletic teams.