Box Score SPARKILL, N.Y. (Oct. 26, 2013) - On Saturday afternoon, the Molloy College women's soccer squad topped East Coast Conference-opponent St. Thomas Aquinas College, 2-1 in Sparkill, N.Y. With the win, the Lions improved to 3-12 overall and 3-4 in the league. Meanwhile, following the defeat, the Spartans slipped to 2-11 on the year and 0-8 in the ECC.
The two squads looked to head into halftime with the score knotted at 0-0. However, Molloy rookie
Caroline Rodgers (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) had other plans as she notched a goal with 22 seconds remaining before the intermission. She scored off a feed from fellow freshman
Jessica Malone (Long Beach, N.Y.), which she headed into the net from the inside the box.
The Spartans tied things up with a 74th-minute marker from Mae Comerford, off a pass from Paige Montillo.
Seventy-five seconds later Molloy would find its eventual game-winner as senior
Sami Saad (Valley Stream, N.Y.) found the back of the netting off a pass from junior
Allison Sloper (Williston Park, N.Y.). Like Rodgers' tally, Saad's was also a header; the difference being it came off Sloper's corner kick.
In goal for Molloy, junior
Nicole DellaPorta (West Babylon, N.Y.) made six saves, while the Spartans' Lauren Morales stopped eight shots.
Head Coach
Danny Longo and the Lions return to action on Wednesday, October 30 when they play in their penultimate contest of the 2013 regular season. They'll travel to Brookville, N.Y. to take on LIU Post (12-3 overall, 5-2 - second in the ECC standings) beginning at 3 p.m. Please check back for a link to LiveStats.
