Women's Soccer One Win Away From NCAA Tournament
Rich Conforti
Issue date: 11/2/09 Section: Sports
By Rich Conforti
Assistant Sports Editor
In a weekend that was full of individual accolades for the Greyhounds, they now stand just one win away from a MAAC championship, a team goal that was set prior to the season. A 3-1 comeback win against fifth seeded Canisius put the Hounds in their third straight MAAC championship game.
The win brought the Hounds unbeaten streak to 13 games. The streak now stands as a school record, as Loyola has gone 11-0-2 over the span.
Despite dominating 13-5 in the shots category, Loyola trailed Canisius 1-0 up until the 37th minute of the game. Freshman Gianna Mangione would make her first goal of the season count, as she put away a Kelly Farrell corner kick that was also headed by Tessa McClenahan and Heather Cooke on the way to Mangione.
Loyola never looked back from here, as they carried their strong play into the second half, as Mangione was be credited with another goal in the 68th minute, a goal that would stand as the game-winner. Her 25-yard shot deflected off of a Canisius defender and find its way to the back of the net.
Theresa Ferraina added the third and final goal of the day for Loyola, as she put away a rebound goal, the 25th of her storied Loyola career. The Hounds were able to dominate the Griffins in the shot category, out shooting their opponents 23-9.
On the defensive end, freshman goalkeeper Danielle Ippolito was strong, holding the nation's 25th ranked offense to just one goal on the day. The defense was also superb, only forcing Ippolito to make three saves against the Griffins.
The quarterfinal round did not go as smoothly for the hounds, as it took overtime and penalty kicks for the Hounds to knock off the Manhattan Jaspers 1-1 (5-4 penalty kicks). The winning penalty kick was converted by senior Amanda Meehan, who buried her goal in the sixth round of shots.
Christina Gomez, Lisa Staropoli, Gianna Mangione, and Nichole Schiro all converted on their attempts, as Loyola only missed in the third round of attempts. Prior to the game winner by Meehan, freshman keeper Danielle Ippolito stoned an attempt by the Jasper's Jill Beauchamp.
Assistant Sports Editor
In a weekend that was full of individual accolades for the Greyhounds, they now stand just one win away from a MAAC championship, a team goal that was set prior to the season. A 3-1 comeback win against fifth seeded Canisius put the Hounds in their third straight MAAC championship game.
The win brought the Hounds unbeaten streak to 13 games. The streak now stands as a school record, as Loyola has gone 11-0-2 over the span.
Despite dominating 13-5 in the shots category, Loyola trailed Canisius 1-0 up until the 37th minute of the game. Freshman Gianna Mangione would make her first goal of the season count, as she put away a Kelly Farrell corner kick that was also headed by Tessa McClenahan and Heather Cooke on the way to Mangione.
Loyola never looked back from here, as they carried their strong play into the second half, as Mangione was be credited with another goal in the 68th minute, a goal that would stand as the game-winner. Her 25-yard shot deflected off of a Canisius defender and find its way to the back of the net.
Theresa Ferraina added the third and final goal of the day for Loyola, as she put away a rebound goal, the 25th of her storied Loyola career. The Hounds were able to dominate the Griffins in the shot category, out shooting their opponents 23-9.
On the defensive end, freshman goalkeeper Danielle Ippolito was strong, holding the nation's 25th ranked offense to just one goal on the day. The defense was also superb, only forcing Ippolito to make three saves against the Griffins.
The quarterfinal round did not go as smoothly for the hounds, as it took overtime and penalty kicks for the Hounds to knock off the Manhattan Jaspers 1-1 (5-4 penalty kicks). The winning penalty kick was converted by senior Amanda Meehan, who buried her goal in the sixth round of shots.
Christina Gomez, Lisa Staropoli, Gianna Mangione, and Nichole Schiro all converted on their attempts, as Loyola only missed in the third round of attempts. Prior to the game winner by Meehan, freshman keeper Danielle Ippolito stoned an attempt by the Jasper's Jill Beauchamp.
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