Sept. 22, 2006

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. - The #25-ranked Adelphi University women's soccer team tied C.W. Post, 1-1, in a double overtime battle this afternoon at Stiles Field. The Panthers are now 3-0-3 on the season and 1-0-1 in the ECC, while the Pioneers move to 4-1-1 and 2-0-1 in league play.

Adelphi held a slight 5-3 shot advantage over C.W. Post in the first half as both teams fought for position. At intermission the score was deadlocked, 0-0.

Freshman Brittany Hess (East Meadow, N.Y.) put the Panthers on board first in the 63rd minute. Junior Denise Auer (Holbrook, N.Y.) sent a cross which deflected off a C.W. Post defender and booted in by Hess. The Pioneers managed to tie the game with less than four minutes on the clock as Lindsay Nick (Hauppauge, N.Y.) scored from 18-yards out on a feed from Meaghan Glibowski (Holbrook, N.Y.). The final minutes ran down to force overtime.

During the final 20 minutes of this physical contest, neither team was able to connect with the back of the net.

Junior Christine Conway (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) had six saves for the Panthers in 110 minutes in goal. Junior Kim Yacenda (Greenlawn, N.Y.) made four stops for the Pioneers.

Adelphi returns to action on Sunday, September 24, as they travel to Bloomsburg University. Game time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.