Women’s College Soccer Week Wrap: Lange breaks out for Brockport; Neivel earns Empire 8 POTW honors

FRIDAY

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (10-2-2) 2
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (9-2-4) 1
Maya Bravo registered a goal and assist to propel Rochester to a second straight conference win. Bravo opened scoring in the fifth minute with her third of the year. Riya Kunderan scored the game-winner five minutes after NYU’s equalizer in the opening minutes of the second half. Grace Kuropatkin made seven saves for the Yellowjackets.

NORTH CAROLINA (14-3-0) 2
FLORIDA STATE (11-2-2) 4
Wrianna Hudson (Greece Athena) picked up an assist, her fifth of the year, in Florida’s victory over North Carolina.

SATURDAY

UTICA (4-11-2) 0
SUNY BROCKPORT (13-1-1) 2
Diane Lange registered her first career goal and doubled it on a penalty shot to lead Brockport to its third consecutive conference win. Utica did not have a shot on net.

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SUNY POLY (4-10-1) 0
SUNY GENESEO (10-3-3) 6
Juliette Frischmann (Brighton) completed a hat trick to lead Geneseo to a dominant victory. Frischmann leads the team with eight goals on the year. Kirsten Shepherd, Abby Foster and Carly Lawrence all found the back of the for the Knights. Foster added two assists to her team-leading total of seven. Casey Holstein and Shepherd each picked up an assist as well. Geneseo outshot Poly 17-1.

UNION COLLEGE (9-4-4) 0
RIT (8-3-4) 1
Rachel Marriott scored the only goal of the game to lead RIT to its third conference win in four games. Emily Sanchez made two saves for the shutout victory.

ELMIRA (4-9-2) 0
NAZARETH (9-5-2) 3
Tatum Overton opened scoring with her eighth of the season and Nazareth added two in the final 10 minutes to defeat Elmira. Lauren Richie and Shannon Sgombick both added their second tallies of the year to grow the margin. Lauryn Obey and Alice O’Connor each added an assist for the Golden Flyers. Annika Monfort made four saves for the clean sheet.  

ST. JOHN FISHER (10-4-2) 3
KEUKA (1-12-2) 1
Emily Woolingham and Riley Grimm broke the tie and added insurance to hoist St. John Fisher over Keuka in the final 10 minutes of regulation. Wollingham generated her fifth of the year on a feed from Jess Gale to tie the game. Grimm netted her team-leading ninth goal of the season. Avery Byrnes made three saves for the win.

MOLLOY (8-4-2) 3
ROBERTS WESLEYAN (5-8-1) 1
Mackenzie Hagen (Byron-Bergen) netted Roberts Wesleyan’s only tally using a helper from Alyssa Hackett (Spencerport). Mia Tyndell (Brockport) made five saves for the Redhawks.

SUNDAY

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (11-2-2) 1
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (9-6-0) 0
Claire Grover broke the scoreless tie in the 88^th minute to steal a third straight victory for Rochester. Grace Kuropatkin made eight saves for her ninth shutout of the season.

TUESDAY

ITHACA (11-2-3) 1
RIT (8-4-4) 0
Emily Sanchez made three saves for the Tigers.

 

WEDNESDAY

SUNY BROCKPORT (14-1-1) 3
SUNY GENESEO (10-4-3) 1
The Golden Eagles used an early 2-0 lead to fend Geneseo off for the win, finishing their regular season on a four-game win streak. Sierra Edwards (Hilton) opened scoring in the seventh minute. After picking up the assist on the initial tally, Jaylah Cossin doubled the score with her team-leading, 10^th of the season. Amelia Breton (Churchville-Chili) added the insurance tally using another assist from Cossin. Lindsey Matthews scored the Knights’ only goal of the game. Abby Foster assisted on the senior’s sixth goal of the year. Madeline McCrosson made four saves for Brockport and Emily McLouth turned away six for Geneseo. No.1 Brockport faces No.8 Elmira College in the Empire 8 quarterfinals. No.2 Geneseo battles No.7 Houghton University.  

NAZARETH (10-5-2) 1
ST. JOHN FISHER (10-5-2) 0
Lauryn Obey’s lone second-half tally proved to be enough to push Nazareth to its fourth straight win. Annika Monfort (Webster Thomas) made five saves in the contest for her seventh and third straight shutout of the year. No.4 Nazareth will face No.5 Russell Sage in the Empire 8 quarterfinals. No.3 St. John Fisher will face No.6 Alfred University in the Empire 8 quarterfinals.

ROBERTS WESLEYAN (5-9-1) 1
FRANKLIN PIERCE (11-3-1) 7
Luiza Junior Dos Santos scored Roberts Wesleyan’s lone tally in the team’s season closer. Alena Weibel added an assist on the play.

FLORIDA STATE (12-2-2) 1
MIAMI (FL) (5-8-4) 0
Wrianna Hudson (Greece Athena) scored her seventh of the year to lead Florida over Miami.

EMPIRE 8 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: MAKAELYNN NEIVEL (NAZARETH)