COLLEGE
WOMEN'S SOCCER FINAL SCORE
Middlebury 2, Tufts 1 OT
At Middlebury, VT
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Game
Box Score
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Middlebury's Annie Rowell assisted on the
game's first goal and then scored the game-winner just 57 seconds
into overtime to lift the Panthers women's soccer team to a 2-1 win
over Tufts in the season-opener for both teams on Saturday at
Dragone Field.
Tufts threatened early with a flurry of shots at the 15-minute
mark, but Middlebury keeper Lauryn Torch kept it a scoreless game
with a pair of impressive stops. The Panthers took a 1-0 advantage
at 17:24 as Paola Cabonargi took a feed from Rowell, with Tufts
senior keeper Kate Minnehan (Hopkinton, NH) coming
out to cut the angle off. Cabonargi quickly fired and found the
back of the net for a 1-0 Middlebury advantage. However, Tufts
knotted the game in the 30th minute, as junior Sarah Nolet
(Los Altos, CA) scored on a beautiful shot from 25 yards
out on the left wing after a reset.
Both teams saw opportunities to take the lead in the second
half, but neither could take advantage of them. The Panthers
thought they had gone ahead 2-1 in the 63rd minute as a shot found
the back of the net, but the play was ruled off-sides. A well-paced
game went to overtime with Tufts holding a 17-15 edge in shots.
It didn't take Middlebury long in overtime as they brought the
kick-off down into the box. Amy Schlueter fed the ball to Rowell on
the right side. She squared to the goal and fired a shot into the
far side of the net from 18 yards out to win it.
Torch made nine saves in goal to earn the victory for the
Panthers, while Minnehan made five stops for Tufts.
The Jumbos open their home season on Tuesday afternoon against
Keene State at Kraft Field. The action begins at 4:00 pm. The
Panthers next welcome Rensselaer on Wednesday at 4:30 pm.
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