For Immediate Release – Sept. 6th, 2006
WELLESLEY SOCCER
Contact: Kendall Cox
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: kcox@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Soccer Tops Gordon in Season Opener
WELLESLEY, Mass. – Junior forward, Jennifer Lau (Honolulu,
Hawaii) finished a breakaway in the 51st minute to knock in the
game-winning goal as the Wellesley soccer team (1-0-0) opened its
2006 season with a 2-1 victory over non-conference opponent, Gordon
College (1-1-0).
After 25 minutes of back-and-forth play, Fighting Scots senior
back, Jill Martinelli (South Easton, Mass.) chipped
a ball over the Wellesley backs to have sophomore Kristen
Goff (Denver, Pa.)
run onto it and touch the ball past first-year Wellesley keeper,
Katie Martore (Great Falls, Va.). The Blue retaliated
just three minutes later when Lau played a ball into the box for
senior co-captain,
Alison Carney (Healdsburg, Calif.). Carney ripped
a shot into the upper right corner to knot the game at 1-1 in the
28th minute.
Still tied after the break, Lau received the ball just over the
midline, after Wellesley successfully cleared a Gordon corner.
Turning and beating one defender, Lau took off and blasted the
ball to upper left corner of the net for the game-winning score.
Both teams enjoyed solid scoring chances in the second half, including
a shot from the Fighting Scots that hit the post and a cross from
Wellesley junior Amelia Manderscheid (St. Paul, Minn.) that Lau
headed just over the crossbar, but neither team could finish on
these opportunities. The Blue held on to win 2-1 in head coach
Sarah Rahko’s first game at the helm of the program.
Martore was stellar in the net for Wellesley with six saves. Mary
Griffenhagen (Winston-Salem, N.C.) turned away four shots for Gordon,
first-year keeper Abby Ytzen (Des Moines, Iowa) stopped two shots
for the Fighting Scots in the final 15 minutes of the match.
The Blue will return to action this weekend when the team hosts
Montclair State, Simmons College, and Eastern Connecticut in the
Wellesley Invitational. Wellesley faces Montclair at 12:00 p.m.
in the first game of the tournament.
SCORING:
GOR – Kristen Goff (Jill Martinelli) 23:59
WELL – Alison Carney (Jennifer Lau) 27:46
WELL – Jennifer Lau 50:51
GOALIE SAVES:
WELL – Katie Martore, 6 (90:00 mins 1 GA)
GOR – Mary Griffenhagen, 4 (75:00 mins 2 GA), Abby Ytzen,
2 (15:00)
SHOTS: WELL 10, GOR 10
CORNERS: WELL 1, GOR 5
FOULS: WELL 9, GOR 7
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