For Immediate Release – Sept. 10th, 2006
WELLESLEY SOCCER
Contact: Kendall Cox
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: kcox@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Uses Second Half Surge to Blank Simmons, 4-0, in Blue’s
Invitational
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College soccer team exploded
for three second half goals in a span of four minutes on its way
to a 4-0 blanking of Simmons College (1-4) in Sunday’s Consolation
Game of the Blue’s Invitational. The Blue improve to 2-1
on the season in a victory that saw first-years Haley Geller (Berkeley,
Calif.) and Loretta White (Northampton, Mass.) score their first
career goals in Wellesley College uniforms.
Wellesley controlled the pace of play in the first frame, out-shooting
the Sharks by a 12-5 margin and gaining five corner kicks opportunities,
to Simmons’ zero. The Blue, however, could not find the back
of the net on any of these chances, including a 30 yard blast
from first-year Catherine Caruso (Belmont, Mass.) that Simmons
goalie, Kathleen Taglierli (Arlington, Mass), deflected just enough
to skim the post and go wide.
After the break, Jennifer Lau (Honolulu, Hawaii)
finally put Wellesley on the scoreboard in the 59th minute when
she scored on a penalty
kick after being taken down in the box on her way to goal. Just
one minute later, Lau threaded a ball to Geller who was just outside
the eighteen and fired the ball over the head of Sharks goalie,
Laura Doran (North Andover, Mass.). White added
an insurance goal for the Blue in the 62nd minute when she found
a loose ball in
the box and ripped a shot into the right-corner of the net. White,
in her collegiate scoring debut, found the net again in the 78th
minute when she knocked in a corner kick served by senior, co-captain,
Alison Carney (Healdsburg, Calif.), to give the Blue the 4-0 victory.
First-year Wellesley goalie, Katie Martore (Great Falls, Va.),
recorded six saves in her first collegiate shutout. Simmons keepers
Taglierli, Doran, and Katelyn Cassidy (Stonington, Conn.) combined
to stop 13 shots for the Sharks.
The Blue will return to action on Wednesday when the team travels
to Emerson College for a non-conference game with a start time
slated for 6 p.m.
SCORING:
WELL – Jennifer Lau 58:12
WELL- Haley Geller (Jennifer Lau) 59:40
WELL – Loretta White 62:02
WELL – Loretta White (Alison Carney) 77:48
GOALIE SAVES
WELL – Katie Martore (90 min, 6 sv)
SIM – Kathleen Taglierli (45 min, 9 sv), Laura Dora (20 min,
2 sv), Katelyn Cassidy (25 min, 2 sv)
SHOTS: WELL 24, SIM, 8
CORNERS: WELL 9, SIM 0
FOULS: WELL 8, SIM 4
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