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November 8, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Carole
Grills
(413) 585-2703
Smith Soccer Defeats Saint
Joseph’s 4-0 in ECAC Quarterfinals
Northampton, MA: Top seed Smith College
defeated St. Joseph’s (ME) this afternoon 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2006
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) New England Women’s Soccer
Championship. The Pioneers advance to the semi-finals at noon on Saturday and
host the winner of the Brandeis/Rhode Island College game.
Smith
scored what proved to be the winning goal just eight minutes into the game on a
corner kick by Caitlyn Colman-McGaw
(Manchester, CT) who found first year Dalyn
Houser (Atlanta, GA) who headed the ball into the upper left corner. Both
teams exchanged shots before junior Ashley
Bauer (Bradford, NH)
scored unassisted as she chipped the ball from the top of the box over the
hands of Monk’s keeper Shannon Northrop
(Westbrook, ME) to give the Pioneers a 2-0 lead at
the half.
Smith
scored its last two goals within one minute of each other at the 65 minute
mark. Houser scored her second goal
of the game on a passes from Brittoni
Famous (Collegeville, PA)
and Danielle Schmandt (Austin,
TX) and Schmandt notched her own goal less than one minute later with an
assist from Sara Dilegge (Mashpee, MA).
Both teams
had eight shots and five corner kicks. Marlowe Dieckmann (Oakland, CA)
picked up her fourth win of the season in goal while Smith improved to 12-7-1
overall while Northrop took the loss
for the Monks and end the season 11-9.
1 2 F
Smith (12-7-1)
2 2 4
Saint Joseph
(11-9)
0 0 0
Scoring: 8:02 – Dalyn Houser (Caitlyn Colman-McGaw) 36:39 – Ashley Bauer (unassisted)
65:53 – Dalyn Houser (Brittoni Famous,
Danielle Schmandt)
66:17 – Danielle Schmandt (Sara Dilegge)
Keepers: Smith – Marlowe Dieckman, 90 mins, 0 GA, 7 saves
STJ – Shannon Northrop, 90 mins, 4 GA, 4 saves
SOG- Smith 8; St.
Joseph 8
Corners – Smith 5, St.
Joseph 5
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