Molloy University Athletics

Rochester, N.Y. – Entering Saturday afternoon needing one-point to clinch a first-round bye in the ECC tournament, the Molloy women's soccer team played Roberts Wesleyan to a scoreless draw. The Lions conclude the regular season 6-6-3 overall and 4-1-2 in East Coast Conference play, while the Redhawks enter postseason play 7-3-6 overall and 3-2-2 in league play.
 
As a result of today's draw and other results from around the East Coast Conference, Molloy will enter the conference tournament as the number two seed, earning a first-round bye into the ECC Semifinal.
 
How it Happened

• Roberts Wesleyan garnered the first two shots on goal of the contest in the fourth and eighth minutes. Senior goalkeeper Elyse Muñoz made a pair saves in the early going.
• Freshman Ysabelle Perillo generated Molloy's first shot on target in the 10^th minute, forcing Redhawks goalkeeper Rebecca Hoffman to make a save.
• The contest settled into a possession battle before Muñoz made her third save of the afternoon in the 26^th minute.
• The Lions created consecutive scoring chances 1:05 apart between the 33^rd and 34^th minutes. Junior's Jana Strait and Emily Scali fired challenging shots, but Hoffman turned both away.
• Neither team would tally a shot on target for the remainder of the half, sending the contest into halftime.
• Muñoz and Hoffman each made a saving in the opening 12 minutes of the second half, keeping the contest deadlocked.
• Through the 75^th minute, neither team could find target before junior Gabrielle Justiniano looked to break the seal with a shot, but Hoffman made a clean save.
• Molloy created the final scoring chance of the afternoon in the 81^st minute. Strait opened up her right foot and fired a shot toward the bottom-left corner, but Hoffman made one final save to preserve the scoreless draw.

Top Performances

• Strait led the offense with four shots and tied a team-high two shots on goal.
• Perillo collected three shots and two shots on goal.
• In goal, Muñoz collected five saves.

Up Next
The Lions will host the ECC Semifinal Saturday, October 31 at John A. Darcy Field and will play the winner of third-seeded Queens College and sixth-seeded Daemen University. The contest is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m.