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September 8, 2009

WSOC: DOLPHINS NOTCH SEASON’S FIRST NE-10 CONFERENCE WIN, 3-1, AGAINST PACE


Briarcliff, N.Y. – Junior midfielder Melissa Cathcart (Syracuse, N.Y./Faith Heritage) netted the first goal of her career and the Le Moyne College women’s soccer team earned its first Northeast-10 Conference win of the season, 3-1, against Pace University on Tuesday afternoon.

Cathcart, who started for the first time this season and the fifth time in her career, scored in the game’s seventh minute off a deflected corner kick to give the Dolphins a 1-0 lead. Freshman midfielder Gabriele Ariola (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) sent home an unassisted tally just over 10 minutes later, at the game’s 16:32 mark, to double Le Moyne’s lead. The goal was her second marker of the season.

The Setters pulled within a goal less than two minutes after the halftime break, on freshman forward Meghan Tremblay’s second goal of the season. Pace nearly evened the score in the game’s 58th minute when sophomore forward Mariah Darrah fired a shot at Le Moyne goalkeeper Kelsey McGee (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park). The freshman stopped the shot, then denied Pace’s Seanna Wright to preserve the one-goal lead.

Junior forward Caitlin O’Rourke (Orchard Park, N.Y./Mt. Mercy Academy) pushed Le Moyne’s lead back to two and rounded out the game’s scoring with an unassisted score at the game’s 70:50 mark. The goal was O’Rourke’s second of the campaign and marked the fourth time this season that the Dolphins netted three goals in a game.

McGee finished with seven saves in the first victory of her career. For Pace, freshman goalkeeper Courtany Hagen stopped nine shots.

The Dolphins out-shot the Setters, 20-10, in the match and held a 5-0 advantage in corner kicks.

Le Moyne (3-1-1, NE-10 1-1-1) returns to action Saturday when it hosts Millersville in a non-conference game slated for noon. The action will be streamed live on lemoynedolphins.tv

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Le Moyne 3, Pace 1
Le Moyne (3-1-1, NE-10 1-1-1)      2      1      -      3
Pace (1-2-1, NE-10 0-2)                 0      1      -      1

Le Moyne (3-1-1, NE-10 1-1-1): SCORING: Melissa Cathcart 1-0; Gabriele Ariola 1-0; Caitlin O’Rourke 1-0. GOALKEEPING: Kelsey McGee (90:00, 1 GA, 7 saves).

Pace (1-2-1, NE-10 0-2): SCORING: Meghan Tremblay 1-0. GOALKEEPING: Courtany Hagen (90:00, 3 GA, 9 saves).