Courtesy of Wheaton Sports Information
October 7th, 2006
Four Unanswered Goals Lifts Wheaton to NEWMAC Win Over Wellesley
NORTON, MA- Four unanswered goals for the nationally-ranked
Wheaton College women's soccer team Saturday afternoon lifted
the Lyons
to a 4-1 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)
victory over visiting Wellesley College in a battle of conference
unbeatens at Mirrione Stadium.
The hosts extended their NEWMAC undefeated streak to 68 games
since October 17, 2000, when Wheaton fell to Wellesley. Collecting
their
ninth straight series victor over Wellesley, the Lyons won their
ninth consecutive game this season to improve to 12-1 overall
and 4-0 in the league. Wheaton came into today's game ranked
13th nationally
and second regionally according to the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA). The visitors dropped to 7-3 on
the season and 3-1 in the conference.
Wellesley opened today's scoring midway through the first half,
as senior Alison Carney (Healdsburg, CA/Marin Academy) drove
down the field and launched her shot into the upper corner of
the net
for a 1-0 edge. With four minutes to play in the stanza, Wheaton
junior Jenna Rabesa (Teaticket, MA/Falmouth) tied things up after
tapping in an endline cross from classmate Lauren Konopka (Medford,
NJ/Holy Cross). Despite a 1-1 score at the half, the Lyons held
12-5 and 5-0 advantages in shots and corner kicks, respectively.
Wheaton carried its first-half momentum into the second stanza,
using three different goal scorers during a 20:50 span to put
the game out of reach. First-year Kathleen Carroll (New Paltz,
NY/New
Paltz Central) recorded the game-winner with 31:36 remaining,
classmate Rosie Levy (Torrance, CA/Chadwick School) scored her
second goal
in as many games at 11:45 and Konopka, who also had two assists
on the day, came out of a scramble and posted Wheaton's final
goal of the contest with 10:46 on the clock.
In net for the Lyons, junior Stacey Kronenberg (Belchertown,
MA/Belchertown) was credited with three stops through the first
45 minutes, while
classmate Elana Cockburn (Chestnut Hill, MA/Brookline)
registered one save en route to picking up the relief win with
a scoreless
second half. For Wellesley, first-year Katie Martore (Great Falls,
VA/The Potomac School) finished with four saves. Wheaton ended
up having a 25-9 edge in shots, while the corner kicks remained
5-0 in the Lyons' favor following zero chances in the second
frame.
The hit the road again on Tuesday a conference contest
against Babson College with a game time set for 4:00 p.m.
SCORING: 1st 2nd Final
Wellesley (7-3, 3-1) 1 0 1
Wheaton (12-1, 4-0) 1 3 4
1st Half: WELL- Alison Carney (unassisted) 21:29; WC- Jenna Rabesa
(Lauren Konopka, Erin Davis) 41:00
2nd Half: WC- Kathleen Carroll (Konopka, Rabesa) 58:24, Rosie Levy (Katelyn
Brack) 78:15, Konopka (unassisted) 79:14
Goalie Saves: WC- Stacey Kronenberg (45:00) 3, Elana Cockburn (45:00) 1; WELL-
Katie Martore 8
Shots: WC- 25; WELL- 9
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