Lady Bears Move to 3-0
POTSDAM - The SUNY Potsdam womens soccer team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 3-0 victory at home over Wells College on Tuesday.
The Bears, who have not allowed a goal in 2010, dominated the Express at both ends of the field.
The Bears broke through in the 18th minute when a cross bounced off Express junior goalkeeper Megan Lawrence (Scipio Center) and junior forward Heather Johnson (Heuvelton) was there to bury her second goal of the season.
In the second half, the Potsdam offense lifted its play and rarely allowed the ball out of the Wells end. At the 65:39 mark, senior forward Cortney Poirier (Brushton took control of a loose ball in front of the net and set up junior midfielder Jess Mehm (Schroon Lake) to give the Bears a 2-0 advantage. Nearly 12 minutes later, Poirier put the game away, driving home a cross from junior midfielder Stephanie Simons (Stratford, Ontario) off a corner kick.
Potsdam junior goalkeepers Caitlin Titus (Jamesville) and Kim Callahan (Centereach) each played a half and made one to team up for the shutout. Lawrence finished with three saves for the Express (0-2).
Next, the Bears head across town to take on rival Clarkson University at 4 p.m. on
Thursday. Potsdam is undefeated (1-0-1) in its last two meetings against the Lady Knights, including
Plattsburgh 2, SLU 1: In another non-league matchup on Tuesday, sophomore forward Kristie Pageau scored her second goal of the season 13:17 into the second half to give SUNY Plattsburgh a 2-0 lead and the Cardinals were able to hold off a late St. Lawrence rally for their third straight win at Sandy MacAllaster Field in Canton.
The Saints, now 2-1, scored with 8:05 to play in regulation as sophomore Stephanie Sayward scored her third of the year off a corner kick and had an opportunity to tie the game on another corner with inside two minutes to play, but Plattsburgh goalie Alina Greiser knocked the corner kick away and Alex Troli's attempt to volley the rebound out of the air and into the net went over the crossbar.
The Cardinals broke the scoring ice with just 2:02 to play in the half as freshman forward Kayla Rabideau got a step on a Saint defender on the right side of the penalty area and placed a shot inside the far post as she was sliding to the turf.
Junior Lindsey Keyser set up Pageau's eventual game winning goal with a cross inside the box after a quick run from midfield at the 58:17 mark.
Alina Greiser finished with five saves for the Cardinals while Abby van Geldern had seven stops for the Saints.
