Women's Soccer Falls in Opener,
2-1
PURCHASE, N.Y. (9/1/09) - The Kean University
women's soccer team came up short in the 2009 season opener, as the
Cougars fell to host Manhattanville College, 2-1, on Wednesday
evening.
Trailing 2-0 with less than eight minutes remaining, the Cougars
pulled within one goal and had a pair of corner kicks in the final
two minutes, but were unable to tie the game.
Senior Kathryn Moore (Pearl River, N.Y.) got the
Valiants on the board with the unassisted goal on a free kick from
20-yards out in the 19th minute for the 1-0 first-half
lead.
The game would remain at 1-0 for the next 64 minutes, until
Manhattanville extended the lead to 2-0 when freshman Charlotte
Hotaling (Southfield, Mich.) headed the ball to junior
Holly Nonis (Brampton, Ontario), who scored what would
prove to be the decisive goal.
Kean cut the deficit in half three minutes later when
sophomore Jenna Godwin (Kingwood, N.J.)
(pictured right) deflected the shot from rookie Jaclyn
Janicky (Brick, N.J.) to pull the Cougars to within
2-1.
The Cougars had two of the team's three corner kicks in the
final two minutes, however a shot with 40 seconds remaining sailed
wide, as the Valiants held on for the season-opening victory.
Junior Leandra Russo (Galloway, N.J.) made six
saves for the Cougars, while her counterpart Ali Bromson
(Suffield, Conn.) made 11 saves.
Kean returns home to take on St. Joseph's-L.I. in the Cougar
Classic on Saturday, September 5, at 11 a.m.
