Women’s College Soccer Week Wrap: Madeline McCrosson earns Empire 8 POTW honors; Cipolla nets four in MCC blowout

SATURDAY

MONROE CC (5-0-1) 8
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE (3-5-0) 0
Sam Cipolla (Gates-Chili) found the back of the net four times on 10 shots to bring Monroe to victory. Safron Millar followed with two tallies while  Kennady Billman and Briann Romaniak each had one. Kayla Baca (Spencerport) and Billman picked up two assists. Sofia Martins, Mallory Johnson (Rush-Henrietta), Olivia Paterniti, Manou Van Gils, Romaniak and Cipolla all finished with an assist. Clare Boesel made one save in the shutout.

TOMPKINS CORTLAND CC (0-3-0) 1
FINGER LAKES CC (1-4-0) 2
Brynn Westlake (Bloomfield) netted two goals and provided a late-game defensive save to give Finger Lakes the win. Hannah Cowan made seven saves, including five after Westlake’s second tally, to keep Finger Lakes in the game.

SUNY NIAGARA (0-3-0) 0
GENESEE CC (1-1-0) 6
Grace Devine found the back of the net twice and Ruby Hoyt (Brockport) garnered three helpers to push Genesee over Niagara. Hoyt also collected her first goal of the season. Catherine Wolck and Alicia Borden (Belfast) both found the back of the net and added an assist.

ROBERTS WESLEYAN (2-2-0) 1
WALSH UNIVERSITY (3-0-0) 4
Alyssa Hackett’s (Spencerport) third of the season came 18 seconds into the second half, cutting the score to 3-1. Nicolette Knauf and Mia Tyndell (Brockport) split time in net and combined for eight saves.

ST. JOHN FISHER (3-1-1) 4
ELMIRA COLLEGE (0-3-2) 0
St. John Fisher split four goals between both halves and outshot Elmira 30-10 to take its third win in four games. Junior Madelyn Wania opened scoring on touches from Gwen Madden. Ryann Dauksza doubled the lead before halftime with an assist from Emma Spelman (Hilton), her first of two. Kate Rachwal and Madden increased the lead by two in the final half. Sofia Pantoja made three saves over the first 72 minutes of play. Avery Byrnes took over in net, denying four shots.

ITHACA COLLEGE (4-0-1) 3
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY (3-2-0) 2
Despite being outshot 13-3, Nazareth maintained a lead in the second half but fell victim to a late-game-tally from Ithaca. Grace Palczewski scored her first of the season to tie the game at one. Haley Glassman and Taylor Ashe (Victor) provided the assists. Lauryn Obey gave the Golden Flyers the lead in the 58^th minute on touches from Tatum Overton. Ithaca followed with two unanswered, including the game-winner in the 82^nd minute. Annika Monfort made five saves for Nazareth.

No. 7 UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (4-0-1) 6
BUFFALO STATE (2-4-0) 0
Rochester’s Jordyn Kowalkowski and Sydney Holmes split four goals in the victory. Claire Grover and Natalie Kocsis accounted for the second and third goals of the match. Natalie Santangelo, Remi Cherkas, Cece Vassallo and Kocsis all snagged an assist in the win. Grace Kuropatkin, Kennedy Stark and Marla Radikas shared time between the pipes, combining for three saves.

RIT (3-0-2) 1
SUNY PLATTSBURGH (1-4-0) 0
Elena Onodera’s fourth of the year proved to be the game-decider as RIT grabbed its first win following two ties. Roberta Moger picked up the assist on the goal in the 51^st minute. Avery Donnelly and Emily Sanchez split time in net, needing to make zero saves.

SUNY GENESEO (3-1-1) 3
HARTWICK COLLEGE (2-2-1) 0
Casey Holstein generated a goal and two assists to lead Geneseo to victory. The freshman found Nadia Jaworowicz (Webster Thomas) in the 30^th minute for her first point of the season. Holstein doubled the lead in the second half on a feed from Lanna Wandy. Senior Lindsey Matthews netted her fifth of the year to cap off scoring with 25 minutes remaining. Mollie Collins turned away two shots for her first solo shutout of 2024.

SUNY BROCKPORT (4-0-1) 1
RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE (1-2-2) 0
Sierra Edwards scored the game-winner and her fourth of the season for Brockport. Madeline McCrosson made four saves for the shutout victory.  

SUNDAY

MONROE CC (6-0-1) 7
ANNE ARUNDEL CC (4-2-0) 0
Six different players found the back of the net as Monroe Community College grabbed its fifth straight win. Emily Parker (Wheatland-Chili) led the charge with two tallies. Nicole Cruz (Gananda), Sofia Martins, Sam Cipolla (Gates-Chili), Kayla Baca (Spencerport) and Olivia Paterniti all scored once. Brianna Romaniak, Mathilda Hellmich, Mallory Johnson (Rush-Henrietta), Paterniti, Cipolla and Martins each picked up an assist. Luciana Giraldo and Clare Boesel (Pal-Mac) each made one save for the shared shutout.

TUESDAY

ST. JOHN FISHER JV () 1
GENESEE CC (2-1-0) 4
Sofia Riquelme (Cuba-Rushford), Beatriz Sartorato, Audrey Hurlburt and Alicia Borden (Belfast) all scored in the victory for Genesee. Grace Devine (Greece Athena) accumulated three assists and Isabella Thom added one. Sarah Kidder made 13 saves in net for

No.7 UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (5-0-1) 3
ST. JOHN FISHER (3-2-1) 0
Using three second half tallies, No. 7 ranked U-of-R improved to 5-0-1 with a third straight shutout win. Eileen Harvey broke open scoring with her first of the year on a feed from Natalie Kocsis. Hannah Nagashima made it 2-0, unassisted. Claire Grover provided the late insurance on touches stemming from Natalie Santangelo.

WEDNESDAY

MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY (0-1-3) 1
ROBERTS WESLEYAN (2-2-1) 1
Kara Choate’s second of the season was enough to hold Mansfield to a 1-1 tie. Mansfield grabbed the lead two minutes into the game and proceed to be outshot 26-1 for the remainder of the match. Alyssa Hackett (Spencerport) provided the assist to Choate’s goal in the 52^nd minute. Mia Tyndell (Brockport) made one save for the Redhawks.

WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE (3-2-1) 2
SUNY GENESEO (3-2-1) 0
Mollie Collins made five saves for the Knights.

EMPIRE 8 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MADELINE McCROSSON (SUNY BROCKPORT)