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Contact:  Deb Reardon
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Date:  11/5/05

 

St. Joe’s defeats Russell Sage in Semi-final #1   

STANDISH, MAINE – #1 seed Saint Joseph's College advanced to the title game of the DIII Independents Northeast Women’s Soccer Championship with a 2-0 victory over Russell Sage College (7-4-6).  St. Joe’s (11-6) will take on the winner of #2 Meredith College vs. #3 Green Mountain College game tomorrow at 1:30.

The Monks struck early as senior tri-captain Kerri Driscoll (Surry, ME) delivered a perfect pass to first year Heather Stanger (Rockport, MA) for a shot to the upper right corner of the goal just 8 minutes into the match.

St. Joe’s weathered a scare in the 23^rd minute as junior Krista Wotherspoon (New Gloucester, MA) came out to challenge a shot by first year Alex Adams (Saratoga Springs, NY) and sophomore midfielder Allison Walton (Meredith, NH) made a tremendous defensive play for the save.

First year Megan Willette scored her 23^rd goal of the season in the 70^th minute, losing her defender and making the most of a difficult angle to beat keeper sophomore Schuyler Kokernak (Watervliet, NY).

Schuyler recorded 3 saves for the Gators while Wotherspoon had 2 for the Monks.

Russell Sage plays at 11:00 am tomorrow in the consolation game.

 

                             Soccer Game Summary (Final)
                       The Automated ScoreBook For Soccer
         Russell Sage vs Saint Joseph's (Nov 05, 2005 at Standish, ME)

 Russell Sage (7-4-6) vs.Saint Joseph's (11-6)
 Date: Nov 05, 2005 Attendance: 200

 Goals by period       1  2  Tot
 -------------------------------
 Russell Sage........  0  0 -  0
 Saint Joseph's......  1  1 -  2   

SCORING SUMMARY:

  1.   8:12 SJC Heather Stanger (Kerri Driscoll)
  2.  69:10 SJC Megan Willette (unassisted)

 Shots: Russell Sage 4,

Saint Joseph's 10
 Saves: Russell Sage 3 (Schuyler Kokernak 3), Saint Joseph's 2 (Krista Wotherspoon 2)

 

 

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