For
Immediate Release – 10.21.06
WELLESLEY SOCCER
Contact: Kendall Cox
Email: kcox@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Socer Edged by Springfield, 2-1
WELLESLEY,
Mass. –Springfield’s Lauren Peltier (Agawam,
Mass.) scored in the 58th minute to lift the Pride to a 2-1 victory
over host Wellesley College in New England Women’s and Men’s
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) soccer action on Saturday afternoon.
Wellesley, who was previously tied for third in conference standings
with the Pride, drops to 9-5 overall and 5-3 in the NEWMAC, while
Springfield improves to 10-4 and 6-2 in NEWMAC play.
Springfield
opened the scoring at 7:14 into the match, as junior Lindsay
Bugbee (Granby, Conn.) finished a scramble in front of
the goal to give the Pride a 1-0 advantage. Springfield continued
its offensive pressure in the first frame, holding 10-5 and 4-0
advantages on shots and corner kicks respectively, but Wellesley’s
first-year goalie Katie Martore (Great Falls, Va.) nabbed eight
first-half saves to keep Springfield from capitalizing on any chances
before the break.
The
Blue evened the game at 1-1 in the second stanza when sophomore
midfielder
Dee Garrahan (Fairfax, Va.) finished a long
pass from senior co-captain Elise Duryee-Browner (San
Francisco, Calif.). The
tally was Garrahan’s
fifth on the season. The tied, however, was short-lived as Peltier’s
game-winning score came just four minutes later. Kayla
Thibeault (Lebanon, Conn.) served a direct kick from the left side of field
which Peltier knocked past Martore for the 2-1 victory.
Martore
turned away 15 shots for the Blue, while Springfield’s
sophomore Sue Jenney (East Granby, Conn.) notched 7 saves in the
Pride’s win.
Wellesley will close out its regular season on Wednesday when
the Blue travels to Smith for a 3 p.m. NEWMAC contest, while Springfield
wraps up its regular season action on Tuesday when the Pride hosts
WPI under the lights at 7 p.m.
SCORING:
SPR - Lindsay Bugbee (unassisted)
WELL – Dee Garrahan (Elise Duryee-Browner)
SPR - Lauren Peltier (Kayla Thibeault)
GOALIE SAVES:
WELL – Katie Martore, (90:00 min, 15 saves, 2 GA)
SPR– Sue Jenney (90:00 mins 7 saves, 1 GA)
SHOTS: WELL 14, SPR 25
CORNERS: WELL 1, SPR 4
FOULS: WELL 13, SPR 16
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