Women's Soccer Take Down Mt. St. Mary on Wednesday

When and Where:

October 14, 2023 – Patchogue, NY

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) women's took down Mt. St. Mary in a, 3-2 victory on Wednesday evening.

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 8-5-0 (6-3-0 Skyline), 

Mt. St. Mary,  4-7-3 (4-1-3 Skyline)

Top performers

• Sophomore Erica Urbancik recorded one goal

• Junior Emma Furey finished with one goal on five shots

• Senior Julia Cruz added one goal

• Junior Brooke Esposito and senior Alyssa Ramcke tallied one assist each

• Kaitlin Hansen and Emma Mihale of the Knights scored one goal each

How it happened

• In the early moments of the match Mt. St. Mary wasted no time finding the back of the net as Raina Quinones found Hansen for the goal three minutes into action

• The Golden Eagles responded just nine minutes later when Cruz found space for an opportunity off the assist from Ramcke to tie the game at one

• SJLI would take their first lead of the match in the 29th minute when Urbancik was able to beat the keeper of an unassisted goal

• Later into the second half St. Joseph's built upon their lead pulling ahead 3-1 when Furey scored off the pass from Esposito

• The Knights looked to build a comeback when Mihale found space for a chance to put it away in the goal to cut the lead to just one in the 76th minute

• SJLI was able to hold off the MSMC's attack for the remainder of the match as they secured the 3-2 victory 

Notes

• SJLI tallied 18 shots compared to MSMC's 11

• Each team collected one corner kick opportunity 

• Two yellow cards and one red card were handed out in the match

Up next

• The Golden Eagles return to action on Saturday, October 21, when they travel to take on Manhattanville for a Skyline Conference matchup at 2:00 pm.